Downsizing

SLOW BLOGGING/Items for sale

Well, I really did think I was going to post some photos soon after writing the last post. The holiday season has a way of derailing my best intentions. Getting Covid at Thanksgiving didn’t help either.

Here are some of the things I have available. I am downsizing my studio and plan to have much more to add. Eventually, I will have fabric and notions, storage items and books to part with. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Singer 281-1 Industrial Sewing machine. Powerful 1/2 horsepower motor, up to 6000 stitches per minute! Comes with extra oil, Service Manual, many attachments and plenty of Groz Beckert needles. $300 obo. This is a heavy machine and will require a truck and muscle to move it.

John Flynn Quilting System (with extras)

Comes with DVD, PVC pipes, extra pole for batting. Item is disassembled in its box: no fabric, or batting included. $75

Amish The Art of the Quilt

Excellent condition, but case shows a faint fade line. Inscribed by Julie Silber. $125.00. I just took some photos of the outside, but they haven’t uploaded from my phone to my Google Photos yet. I can send them, or update this at a later time. Smoke and pet-free home.

Clip-on Magnifying glass. Excellent condition, used once or twice. $12.00

My Uppercase Magazine Submission

I’m so excited! My submission to UPPERCASE Magazine was accepted for Issue 61, which is at the printers now. The call for artists asked for artwork in the realm of “revisit / review / remix / revise.” Pyramids, shown earlier on this blog, was the one Janine Vangool chose. It’s made of what I thought of as “less than successful” gelatin plate prints.

Uppercase Magazine is a subscription-based magazine total supported by subscribers. All content, no advertisements. It is a sumptuous feast of imagery that never disappoints. Here is a link with a discount. Check it out.
https://uppercasemagazine.com/discount/publishedin61

Here are some accordion book images that also used scraps of prints.

Conversations (open)

Conversations (interior spread)

Ruminations (cover)

Ruminations (interior spread)

I had a great time finding a way to use pieces of prints as a palette of colors to create new work. I highly recommend playing with materials to see what comes up. So don’t throw those art projects away or leave them in a box. See what magic they can create when you are free to experiment with those pieces that never quite made the cut.

I would love to hear how you have reused/repurposed previously made artwork.

Recent Work

I have continued my 12 x 12 Challenge art group throughout the intervening years since I stopped regularly posting to my blog. Here are some of the results. While some of the photos contain items that do not fit the dimensions required, they work for other groups I am in. Below is the final 12″ x 12″ piece called “Pyramids”. It is composed of less-than-successful gelatin plate prints (Close-up above of the imagery I chose to work with.)cut, glued, and mounted on presentation board.

This year I am concentrating on books. I have started a scroll(Also containing gelatin plate prints), have made (1) 12 x 12 watercolor sketchbook and a smaller one from the off cuts.

In addition, I have made some smaller books for gifts. I made my own book cloth with the recipient in mind. I could become addicted to making these!

Additional photos

Amish the Art of the Quilt

I’m Back!

No good excuses as to why I have not posted in, dare I say years? I have been working (still), living life, watching children and grand children growing up and welcoming a new great grandson, writing, making art and making changes to my lifestyle. (1+ year as a mostly whole foods plant based dieter and loving it.) I’d starting a process of downsizing my stuff, including business-related items which will show up in a future post of things I’m selling. Relearning WordPress is going to be a challenge, need to take some photos, too. So, more to come…soon

Nothing Special

I’ve been remis in blogging for quite awhile now. I hope to remedy this. Suffice it to say, I have been working on many projects, both writing and visual art. I hope to post some photos soon. But for today, I just want to say hello to anyone who still follows me in spite of the long intervals in between posts. Thanks to everyone. More to come.

Latest News

Summertime! I am going strong on my many projects: working on the second draft of my novel (YAY!), making art for my NCWCA  Art Tag group adventure. This round’s theme is Germination. I’m also co-facilitating a 12 x 12 group with a couple months to go.

I hope you are enjoying your summer and whatever you are passionate about whether that is making things, writing, photographing, blogging or just being happy to be alive. You deserve to have the life you want. Make it happen! What have you got to lose?

If you are considering hiring me to finish your project or restore your quilt, be sure to check out the discount page at the right. I look forward to meeting you and discussing your project.

I’m Back, Again

No excuses, really.  Life has been very busy these past few months.  So, here I go with good intentions to post more regularly.

First let’s start off with my latest quilt for this year’s Berkeley Public Library Quilt Show (May 1-June 1), “Scattered Geese”

(From the Catalog) “Once again I have chosen to marry fabric and paper in my quilt. I selected 12, 12” square papers with images of leaves made by the “flower pounding” technique given to me by a friend.  Using acrylic matte medium, I glued random fabric triangles leftover from making bindings onto the papers.  The the pink triangles in each center are the exception bringing some continuity to the blocks. Each square was quilted individually before joining them together and binding the whole.I am particularly excited about the DIY circle making “attachment”(below) I made from a strip of presentation board, a thumbtack and an eraser.  Move over McGuyver!  The red buttons hide the thumbtack holes at the center of the bulls-eyes.”

It was important to make sure that the quilt will “read well” from a distance, since the quilts are hung up well above viewers’ eye level.  I think I pulled it off, don’t you?

Here are some pictures of my “attachment” in use.

If you get a chance, go to the show. It’s on the 2nd floor of the Central library. It’s FREE and you may find something that is unusual on the wall or in one of the cases.

Beginning the New Year

It’s been too long since I’ve posted. I’m glad that2014 has passed. It was a somewhat difficult year in spite of the fact that I had some good things happen.  including my renewed interest in writing a novel and a year-long commitment to making 12 pieces of art in a 12” x 12” format. (Probably the main reason I have been so remiss in blogging.) I hope to correct that this year. More blogging, more art= more happiness!

Here is a photo of a piece for the 12″ x 12″ challenge.

Map

 

One of My Finished Projects

This quilt was made by my friend Sara, her second, of a favorite antique quilt in her collection that was beyond repair.  She says this will be the last one which she will keep for herself.  I love the simplicity of the design and the beautiful reproduction fabrics she has used. The half-square triangle border lends a air of playful irregularity.  As always, I enjoyed working on Sara’s quilt.