Virtual Sketchbook

Came across this quote....

This quote goes with today :)...... thanks calamity Kim

The spinsters and knitters in the sun And the free maids that weave their thread with bones. -Shakespeare

Stitching by the pool today.......

Stitching outside in the sun today, trying to finish BadCo so I can start my new piece Old Testament (I think, it could be scroll or torah), actually I have started some of the small stitched pieces that will be part of the scroll..these are my small carry around pieces that I can do at the Doc's and such :)

A peek at a WIP......

This is a piece I am working on as part of Global Elements (my upcoming show in Oct.), It is Bermuda inspired and has a story..it is called BadCo. I am really enjoying the handstitching and the fabric and the dyeing and the building of a story...I think I have found a medium and a mode that is really DOING it for me, it has only taken eons, but I believe that everything I have done up to now has led me here...its all about the process andI am loving this process...

This is my sewing basket, isn't it cool!! It is Maine made, and I am loving the spool holder :)

 

quote for today

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
::: John Lennon

BDA Inspiration

Last Dec I spent some time in Bermuda, what a wonderful colorful textural place to be, I would love being able to spend a longer time there :) I am working on a piece right now that comes out of my time in BDA, and a friend posted this pic the other day...it spoke to me with its color and lines :) I have permission to use its color and texturesas inspiration for another piece it is rolling around in my brain along with all my Fryeburg ideas :)

Pearl Buck Quote

“The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create - - - so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating.” -Pearl S. Buck

Todays Inspiration

The sun is back!!!! I am totally better when the sun is shining :) I got  a "Stunning" on this pic on flickr,It is bright like the sun, so it is my inspiration for today...could I capture this in wool or fabric???? Is it worth a try??? That is my question to ponder.....

Hello..........

Ok, here it is my BLOG!!, I am really bad at keeping a journal and sketchbook, so I thought if I did it on my laptop which I seem to be sitting at all the time, maybe I could actually get somewhere and not be as frustrated as I usually am when it comes to my artwork :)