tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77500276139480903032024-02-06T23:45:11.982-05:00Felt InspirationA blog about my felting, art, chickens, and occasionally my insights into my life.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-29484049369043449882023-01-03T11:11:00.019-05:002023-01-03T11:48:46.103-05:00Waste Knot, Want Knot. <div style="text-align: center;">My last blog post was about the fabric collage I created from Fran's fabrics, a memorial piece. Yesterday I finished another memorial piece. I started it two years ago when Dad was sick. Here is what I posted on Facebook at that time.</div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Feb 11th, 2021</span></p><div style="text-align: center;">Finding comfort in fiber art. Not sure what this will end up as but I am liking it. Thinking about the generations of women who created and saved these bits for some other use. I am finally giving them a place in the light, no longer do they need to wait in darkness to find purpose, stuffed in bags and boxes. It feels right.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNIyV2yb7al9VEiCmy0btJz1jvl_SrxsEct8H9Pt3lkYnv9L7i5MqxwjJfkJtuCVVzvy2-HbtYEm2Vuopx9U2nEl9RpJNFmzIlireH-LMwbk20b2NyQ7JvAp1-xTLXYIeITQDvErWpgUMyP0bKc9oCMXjPQ30yD1FBVg83PB6_S6bSoR6nikFGZUrog/s4928/IMGP6351.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNIyV2yb7al9VEiCmy0btJz1jvl_SrxsEct8H9Pt3lkYnv9L7i5MqxwjJfkJtuCVVzvy2-HbtYEm2Vuopx9U2nEl9RpJNFmzIlireH-LMwbk20b2NyQ7JvAp1-xTLXYIeITQDvErWpgUMyP0bKc9oCMXjPQ30yD1FBVg83PB6_S6bSoR6nikFGZUrog/s320/IMGP6351.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Feb, 14th</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_QgwRNd4WTwxEeOwVjq_v9AhcRLb3IcPMzT56OQzRejOxsjYLW9XKscbKeCFxDAbrCFo-Pnz36D7kWXWDJ9tcZATF5NcnR-rAeW9xv4dN_Ji6jwA8mH7QqYWjzXYCtgIY92n9ZWPmgFuEuBgf9KaiCAkr-gXo_tvMrWt5rsNHCmEG9RshToIqigC6Q/s2844/IMGP6357.JPG"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_QgwRNd4WTwxEeOwVjq_v9AhcRLb3IcPMzT56OQzRejOxsjYLW9XKscbKeCFxDAbrCFo-Pnz36D7kWXWDJ9tcZATF5NcnR-rAeW9xv4dN_Ji6jwA8mH7QqYWjzXYCtgIY92n9ZWPmgFuEuBgf9KaiCAkr-gXo_tvMrWt5rsNHCmEG9RshToIqigC6Q/s2844/IMGP6357.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_QgwRNd4WTwxEeOwVjq_v9AhcRLb3IcPMzT56OQzRejOxsjYLW9XKscbKeCFxDAbrCFo-Pnz36D7kWXWDJ9tcZATF5NcnR-rAeW9xv4dN_Ji6jwA8mH7QqYWjzXYCtgIY92n9ZWPmgFuEuBgf9KaiCAkr-gXo_tvMrWt5rsNHCmEG9RshToIqigC6Q/s320/IMGP6357.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did a lot more stitching since my post on the 11th. I had started this on linen that was from a textile sample book. I can not remember where I acquired it but I had thought of stitching the rectangles together for a long time. I did a double row of stitching in the hopes that it will keep the linen from unraveling as I work on it. I love the idea of this piece being made up of scraps. I could have used a nice new whole piece of linen and saved myself time stitching but that would be missing the whole point of the piece. And so it grows.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then on March 17th:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieg2hYc_O6fO9PXrYbPJbUhpGkFB-tHAeynyIpv7VpUYSrED1R0e1bvHEdMZc44JmKAEAegrBdQD-UDRxxu4TfPIcgVjpXFY9ErFzfdE31-pxrFajK2s9E-8Ce9Q1OGhbW8qttLYzZsRIw_qB-B40otVgWndRFHOhwUrPmXlSFPtfWer_v31o_hIaKKw/s3861/IMGP6406.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieg2hYc_O6fO9PXrYbPJbUhpGkFB-tHAeynyIpv7VpUYSrED1R0e1bvHEdMZc44JmKAEAegrBdQD-UDRxxu4TfPIcgVjpXFY9ErFzfdE31-pxrFajK2s9E-8Ce9Q1OGhbW8qttLYzZsRIw_qB-B40otVgWndRFHOhwUrPmXlSFPtfWer_v31o_hIaKKw/s320/IMGP6406.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have not posted in a long time because my father whom I live with is very ill. I started this stitching project in part because I knew I would need something portable and easy to stop and start to keep my hands busy. I find stitching very meditative and the feel of the different materials is very grounding for me. Being able to put to use some of the things that women in my family have saved feels so right at this time. One of the hospice aids asked what this thing I was stitching was for....I should have replied "my sanity"! This is an incredibly difficult and yet beautiful time. So much love is flowing though this house right now and I am finding so many things to be grateful for.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dad died on the last day of March and the bag with all the threads and buttons and the incomplete project sat in the room untouched until November of 2022 when I heard about an upcoming fiber show near by. I used that as a push to finish the piece that never had a plan or end point. I decided to do just enough work to mount it as it was just for the ability to move on, to have something done, finished, complete, so I could put away the threads etc. and empty that bag and not have it adding to the clutter. I can not tell you how it feels to finish this piece just as the new year is beginning. This piece is not so much a memorial to my father as it is a memorial to all the women who like me were the care takers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdkt-O3hN-9-EkLsuqTvzKe9Z-UL-X57bqQS1sEwOaNnoGLMB0G6mcxvSHR8JOkLZLJZMvdfld8a2Ub5LIyKZvzu-fv47c6ZuaaRvKlT5Jff_ZurXgGiOqyo0vOZk5fxqiX_mMfKHN2fCgz2onU5nPDhu3zwbbIMqlNx9z3A1yt6AgcmXFehHEanvKQ/s4928/IMGP1920.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdkt-O3hN-9-EkLsuqTvzKe9Z-UL-X57bqQS1sEwOaNnoGLMB0G6mcxvSHR8JOkLZLJZMvdfld8a2Ub5LIyKZvzu-fv47c6ZuaaRvKlT5Jff_ZurXgGiOqyo0vOZk5fxqiX_mMfKHN2fCgz2onU5nPDhu3zwbbIMqlNx9z3A1yt6AgcmXFehHEanvKQ/s320/IMGP1920.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the handmade lace that was on the edge of a pillow case at some point. The case must have gotten stained but the edging was kept and has now finally found a use. I am in awe of those tiny and so even stitches and the cloth that was so tightly woven I had trouble getting my fat curved needle through it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwsb27S0zhTM587yXvZCl5CbAGppMMSMNAIczlY3nbQ_unGvdmpMGyJZemzQWFcN6Tc1fd5FuaT2Sr1vlRZtz9txNQwHOeUItW9R3Zm8-pxCWOagD6qJpqdOAPEB4XpVPJzOm_G8pArxfPTSXW2x7LczIa07zrY-pW6YoxwPK9krfCgiCq602i38XAA/s4928/IMGP1921.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwsb27S0zhTM587yXvZCl5CbAGppMMSMNAIczlY3nbQ_unGvdmpMGyJZemzQWFcN6Tc1fd5FuaT2Sr1vlRZtz9txNQwHOeUItW9R3Zm8-pxCWOagD6qJpqdOAPEB4XpVPJzOm_G8pArxfPTSXW2x7LczIa07zrY-pW6YoxwPK9krfCgiCq602i38XAA/s320/IMGP1921.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4suNIjp9eAZAePIPLhL7D4z1KN3k9ICqq8BaitC1RN9zy8cUd6KLJCb8PoT_kaWTwToLBhv1WZ2_SV_ulujSajtTJNTs14MFwBF7Ncvs1mfnyLcebSMja7SQrAspOYoGHpsFGqtNBj59AFaeNss2wdA6zTwXmT-5j_m495CfMkWQXNvth5rcb0aLww/s4928/IMGP1922.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4suNIjp9eAZAePIPLhL7D4z1KN3k9ICqq8BaitC1RN9zy8cUd6KLJCb8PoT_kaWTwToLBhv1WZ2_SV_ulujSajtTJNTs14MFwBF7Ncvs1mfnyLcebSMja7SQrAspOYoGHpsFGqtNBj59AFaeNss2wdA6zTwXmT-5j_m495CfMkWQXNvth5rcb0aLww/s320/IMGP1922.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The finished piece. Nothing even here but the old stitches.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyURJPU141tLcjGobG_u941lA0YZzeBtG3YwTLdydXBJiiW4DaYATwre4XbyMCq4BXZSMWDOzSfQvw9hK66lfRZ8mXycVVlOIA2ZC0VGKaZw7C2U-QFwMBqrzF8ho9cd6j2ExuJzdCI73Ku8tDgmgkIjFaZKqSpBjvhS7-WqBlfsU2CLHdmOkRPcLczA/s3760/IMGP1929.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyURJPU141tLcjGobG_u941lA0YZzeBtG3YwTLdydXBJiiW4DaYATwre4XbyMCq4BXZSMWDOzSfQvw9hK66lfRZ8mXycVVlOIA2ZC0VGKaZw7C2U-QFwMBqrzF8ho9cd6j2ExuJzdCI73Ku8tDgmgkIjFaZKqSpBjvhS7-WqBlfsU2CLHdmOkRPcLczA/s320/IMGP1929.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrtoTE160bdKazyExQQtzUduVd0bbX2CDkxLfDu4lLZyCyrFTMYxgb2s4_VLpTZLSl13VjUkCp7niuSGRxDeWzNtvc0rlpG8ZuPfv3bSMBiNQOc-M0cDdJrb9EOTbqCiGCMieDcIEmafqsTn9tHo7OPndoP9KnXFmInvMHz2gpPbfLE1fokcPDWiM7w/s4928/IMGP1932.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrtoTE160bdKazyExQQtzUduVd0bbX2CDkxLfDu4lLZyCyrFTMYxgb2s4_VLpTZLSl13VjUkCp7niuSGRxDeWzNtvc0rlpG8ZuPfv3bSMBiNQOc-M0cDdJrb9EOTbqCiGCMieDcIEmafqsTn9tHo7OPndoP9KnXFmInvMHz2gpPbfLE1fokcPDWiM7w/s320/IMGP1932.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY7vHzfZHv8OnOohZ6HWOG0MgSzt5gfs8aBajTf99XEC75cB2eHEwVv2RRCoYgwvg0q2h0XQC420v_VhIFT0tDQNfMV7UFC88LyerLzpFmAdXxVolSrUP4iQ9Z-9EnoqDI_-CVPA2JCgIuPN00P8FiMqvb5OO3OV63FbM-eRbCY4aMrEIzdKcE2fYzA/s4928/IMGP1937.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYY7vHzfZHv8OnOohZ6HWOG0MgSzt5gfs8aBajTf99XEC75cB2eHEwVv2RRCoYgwvg0q2h0XQC420v_VhIFT0tDQNfMV7UFC88LyerLzpFmAdXxVolSrUP4iQ9Z-9EnoqDI_-CVPA2JCgIuPN00P8FiMqvb5OO3OV63FbM-eRbCY4aMrEIzdKcE2fYzA/s320/IMGP1937.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZSLcw5A2elFXeR-vwtIf-VdAhR3tUHUX6uPGmLOwCTh1P5p0g9dHDyAL3OMBXxNgeJrKrF78w73Ly4x0dH3ANnK8nUVCPytUHT1VldGKld03sVfSq2JvmD9c6BHHw-R-JdgajgUE7xsAZin21og6-IJacDXePpHQbzeNRD0PRBg2ekYIzYd5oHyCiA/s4928/IMGP1933.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ZSLcw5A2elFXeR-vwtIf-VdAhR3tUHUX6uPGmLOwCTh1P5p0g9dHDyAL3OMBXxNgeJrKrF78w73Ly4x0dH3ANnK8nUVCPytUHT1VldGKld03sVfSq2JvmD9c6BHHw-R-JdgajgUE7xsAZin21og6-IJacDXePpHQbzeNRD0PRBg2ekYIzYd5oHyCiA/s320/IMGP1933.JPG" /></a></div><p></p>Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-13645538139306878982019-09-15T11:59:00.003-04:002019-09-15T12:00:14.146-04:00Tribute to FranIt has been two years since I have written a blog post but felt I needed to write more than just a Facebook post about the creation of my 'Tribute to Fran' fabric collage piece. (I also recently found out that some folks still find my blog and enjoy it. Who knew?). So much has happened in the last two years with my life and my art. I have been mainly painting, not felting, but last weekend I took a class with <a href="http://www.edjohnetta.com/gallery.html">Ed Johnetta Miller</a> about creating faces with fabric collage. Here is the piece I had so much fun starting in class and finishing after. A Self Portrait.<br />
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The reason I was interested in taking the class was that after Fran died, I had gone to help with cleaning up her quilting studio and of course came home with quite a few of her things. I had collected some sheer fabrics that I thought I could use in nuno felting. I wanted to do a piece that was about her, created out of her own fabrics. I also had taken all of her 2x2" fabric squares that she had cut for creating watercolor quilts. I am not on good terms with my sewing machine so I had planned on using them to make a landscape without sewing. Here is a photo from when I was sorting the fabric squares by color. The boxes on the end of the table are full of more squares. It was a great color exercise to just sort the squares and made me feel closer to Fran looking at all the fabrics she had chosen.<br />
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When I saw the ad for Ed Johnetta's class I thought I would just take it to find out the proper way to put a fabric collage together but I would be doing landscapes with my own work after the class of course. But that is not how it went. Instead I created "A Tribute to Fran".<br />
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It is based on this photo from when she went to do a semester abroad while she was in Paris. I did not remember ever seeing this photo but her husband John said that she was very fond of this photo. That coat was special to her as well...I think it is still around. I remember Fran being away in France. (Fran was 8 years older than I, the eldest girl in our family of six, 5 girls in a row with one boy who is the youngest). It was the first time I had heard the word 'Sorbonne' and thought it was funny; sore bun. The other thing I remember was her making something she called a truffle when she came home. They were chocolates that were made to look like potatoes with almond slivers for the eyes. They were special and stored in the freezer but I stole a few and loved how they melted in my mouth. And that is about all I remember of Fran in France.<br />
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I was drawn to do the photo because of the shapes but also maybe because this was while she was still more a member of our nuclear family, one of the six and not off in North Dakota or North Carolina with a family of her own. I look at this photo and think of her as Frannie. I believe this was also before she started to really suffer from the depressions that would plague her for the rest of her life. Fran and I shared a lot of similarities, one being that we both made our first suicide attempts when we were away at college and we both found help and healing in our art. I think at one point she made an art quilt about her mental health journey. Among the fabrics I found fabric from a hospital johnny and one that she printed herself of pills representing all the psych meds that were tried. The johnny fabric is in the 'sky' of my portrait. The pills are over her shoulder and the brightest pink in her hair. Another nod to the mental health struggles are in the green fabric with the swirls symbolizing how the thoughts like they are just swirling and how moods can spiral up or down. I also cut a lot of teardrop shapes for the pieces I used but as I was laying them out and over lapping them they looked more like the scales on a dragon. I liked that idea of tears becoming a kind of scaly armor.<br />
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Fran loved to hide images in her quilts and she had a great sense of humor. I think she would have loved that I gave her a real carrot top....or is that too corny? I also included a birds nest in her hair. I included her cats as well. And the frog because one of her nicknames when we were growing up was Frannie Frog.<br />
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Butterflies are featured not only because Fran loved them but also because they can symbolize transformation after death. Music is also included since Fran was a proud member of the choir at her church.<br />
I was nearly finished with the piece when I figured out I had not included any of the fabrics with a sewing theme. I searched in a few of the boxes and could not find any. I decided to give up on it but just for the heck of it I asked out loud for Fran to show me where they were. Not even a minute later I found the perfect piece with colors that would even work. It made me feel like she was working with me on it. I did not agree with her however later on. The canvas I used had been one of hers I think. I found it in the basement. It had just one drip of red paint on it. Unfortunately when I put the glue on it the red started to spread all over. I went ahead and put the johnny fabric over it but that red paint came though. We went back and forth. I felt she was insisting on that red. I over ruled with some gesso.... since it is MY piece, and we did not always see eye to eye in life....after all we ARE sisters.<br />
Among the fabrics that I found in her studio that I took for creating a piece about her was the one with her writing....<br />
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and this sweet little candlewick angel, which sits over her shoulder and helps cover the red blotch.<br />
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The butterfly in that photo is one of her earrings the mate to which was lost. Another lone earring from her collection is stuck through the canvas like she is wearing it. She also is wearing one of her pins. It was fun adding these 3-D elements.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-2849776194480060842017-07-22T14:36:00.002-04:002017-07-22T14:40:31.025-04:00For the record....a bad month.I feel the need to write these things so that I can remember that there is a reason that life seems a bit hard right now. A reminder to be kind to myself and make self-care a top priority.<br />
In the last month there has just been a lot of big and little things that happened that could rock my emotional boat. The biggie is that we have seen sister Fran's cancer progress so quickly. In the end of May we were all able to enjoy what we thought could be our last full family get-together at a house in North Myrtle Beach. Since that time Fran went from being able to enjoy our time at the beach together to going in to hospice on the 7th of July.<br />
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My dad and I went down to North Carolina to be with Fran and her family and spent over a week doing what we could to try to make this last part of life easier. It was an incredible experience, deeply emotional and utterly exhausting and heartbreaking and yet somehow there were times that were beautiful....a sacred time. I will never forget the feeling of waking up after an afternoon nap taken after staying up all night with Fran. While I slept it had rained and when I awoke it was to see this glorious rainbow that lasted so long. I had hoped it was a sign that Fran was finally released from her pain, but as of this writing she is still hanging on.<br />
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At the same time that this is happening my daughter has been having problems with one of her eyes. First it was thought to be just conjunctivitis, then ocular herpes, and finally after about a month it was decided that it was a rare disease called acanthamoeba keratitis, basically amoeba in her cornea. It is a serious problem. Her eye looks a lot like this one.<br />
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We wound up having to go to NYC to see an expert in this rare condition that can come from improper use of contact lenses. As of this time treatment is working on the amoeba but is so irritating to the eye that new medicines have been ordered as of this week. She still can not see out of it....just shadows but it is too painful to have it open much anyway. It was awful to be in the doctor's office and have all the doctor's in the practice come in to see this rare problem. Great to have them all on board but really brings home how serious and unusual this is. And when she could not see the very big letter 'E' on the chart my stomach did that thing that happens when we feel punched in the gut by life.<br />
Adding to this 'in your face' reminder of how fragile we are and that life is uncertain and a gift to be cherished were two accidents. First my brother was rear ended by someone not paying attention....maybe texting. He was sore but basically ok though the car was totaled and if he had had a passenger it would have been a tragedy. Second was my son who narrowly avoided a head-on crash caused by a drug dealer/user without any insurance. His truck is also totaled as the back axle was ripped off so great was the force. These are those things that we struggle with being thankful that it was not worse and yet hate that it happened at all. They remind us of just how quickly life can change.<br />
My daily life changed a lot when on our way home from our vigil with Fran I found out that something had gotten in to my chicken coop at home and killed all but one of my girls. Anyone who knows me knows how big a part of my life my girls were. They were not just chickens or pets, they were my companions. I was a crazy chicken lady and I probably talked to them more on a daily basis than anyone. First while we were in NC I had gotten a call from my chicken sitter to tell me that my special girl 'Sweetie' had died. Thankfully she died peacefully of natural causes. She was the one I had to take in the garden with me to protect her from the other girls. It is so lonely out there now.<br />
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My son, who also talked with this little chicken at times, buried her and made this little cross out of tobacco lathe and hay bale twine.<br />
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I had known that my coop was not as secure as it should be. And I had worried that something was going to get in so it is not like I did not know that there was a possibility of an attack. I was actually more worried that something would dig under the coop to get in. I knew that chicken wire was not supposed to be good enough to keep things out but in 8 years here and several over in my old house I never had a problem with holes in the wire. I guess I was due....plus the wire was probably weaker after all those years.<br />
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A few months ago I had asked my father if he thought we would travel more together if we did not have the chickens and he said yes. I was very lucky that I had finally found someone to watch them so that we were able to go to the beach with all the family but it is still not the same as being able to just leave home without asking for help. We still have the cat to worry about but it is easier to find someone to care for one cat than someone to take care of a flock of chickens. Libby has chickens of her own and she took better care of my girls than I did, bringing them treats etc.. I felt so so sorry for her finding the horrible slaughter. What an awful thing to have happen to her. Again my son came and did the job of clean up so that when I got home it was just to an empty coop. I am thankful for both Libby and Buddy for all that they did.<br />
I am taking it all as a sign that I need to be chicken free for a while. Dad's macular degeneration has been pretty stable but at 88 years old there is no telling how long we have left to be out and about traveling together. I know I can get chickens later but I do miss my friends and while I can replace 'the chickens' I can not replace Momma the matriarch and top of the pecking order, who had a stroke and I rehabilitated but still stumbled a lot,<br />
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Only a few more items remain to be shown. The first is likely the most valuable single item, a book of gold leaf. (And another mention of Hartford, CT)</div>
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Some of the leaves have been used but only in small pieces.</div>
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I have been looking up information about gilding and finding out that I did not know a lot about it. There are so many different types and applications for gold leaf. When I was thinking that this was Madge's paint box I thought that maybe she was trying something like Klimt did with his use of gold leaf in his oil paintings but it sure did not seem like her style. When I looked up the tole painting I thought that that type of decorative painting would probably have suited Bertha better. I also found reference to sign painter's using gilding for lettering. That would tie in the sign painter's paint. I have been assuming that this was a woman's collection of items, in part because of the reused cosmetic bottles I think. </div>
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The final item was another box. It was a box that held Gold leaf but that is not what was in there. I love the graphic design on this box, too bad it got written on.</div>
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A small flat head screw driver, a bit of white chalk, and a few more paper clips....</div>
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And this box of Mongol water soluble colored pencils. And I had thought that watercolor pencils were a new invention in the last 20 years or so. </div>
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So, we now know that my great aunt Bertha Caswell was the artist and that she was doing some sort of gilding and painting with oils and metal powders. The other day when I was researching a bit more about gilding I found reference to gilders quill brushes. These are made with long hairs and have a natural quill ferrule. They look very similar to the brushes I showed in chapter 2, so the transparent part of the brushes must be quills. They are used for lettering. Maybe even for making letters like these... </div>
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...which I noticed on the outside of the box after putting all the contents back. I felt stupid that I did not see them sooner but then there would not have been so much of a mystery. And I would have missed out on a lot of fun trying to piece together the clues and I probably would not have looked at all the items so carefully. So because I was not careful enough in looking at the outside of the box when I found it I was given the opportunity to look deeper at the contents. I think there might be a lesson here.</div>
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I still would like to know more about how these things were used so I will do more research and also hope that someone out in internet land might be able to help.</div>
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The bottom of the box contained two more separate boxes that held their own treasures. But first there was a pile of rags such as every artist needs. As a textile artist I also saw some beauty in the rags themselves. Subtle colors and interesting patterns in the stains. Note that the artist was using old embroidered bed linens for rags. Old cotton has such a distinctive feel to it.</div>
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Many of the jars were re-purposed cosmetic and medicine jars.</div>
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The small bottle of Higgins Ink looks very familiar as does the jar of Vaseline though with a notable difference; there is no 'Ponds' after Cheesebrough so it is from before those companies merged.</div>
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"White Petroleum Jelly"; you mean there were other colors?</div>
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The Cigar box was a treasure on its own. The outside looked really good.</div>
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Besides being wonderful containers for all sorts of things cigar boxes mean something to me since my hometown here in Connecticut has a long history in the tobacco and cigar industry. In fact the first cigar factory in the U. S. was located here. I grew up with a tobacco curing shed right in my back yard and spent quite a bit of time working to raise tobacco. In fact this particular box came from a factory in Connecticut.</div>
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I am guessing that the silver powder from the pill vial in my first post was one of these metal powders. I did some research and found that these are used for tole painting;often with a stencil, and other types of decorative painting. <br />
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The small bottle is another old pill bottle that now holds silver powder. It originally held Alophen a mix of Aloin extract, Belladonna, Powdered Ipecac and Phenolphthalein. It was another medication for constipation. I have no idea who in the family had that type of problem so that is no help.<br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-35397582114940478032017-04-13T21:16:00.001-04:002017-04-13T21:16:47.142-04:00An Artist's Tool Box Mystery chapter 2Continuing with the examination of the contents of the box begun in my post from yesterday. Here are the rest of the items that were in the top compartment. These old bottle caps.<br />
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I am assuming that these were probably used to mix small amounts of paint or hold small amounts of solvent. I had never heard of the Clark-Lurton Corp. and thought that might be a lead. I found the company history on-line and Bingo! a clue as to a possible time frame. From the Savogran Website:</div>
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"The Savogran Company purchased Sterling-Clark-Lurton in <span class="red">2004</span> to capitalize on the synergies of these two historic companies. SCL was incorporated in <span class="red">1922</span> as the Plymouth Rock Paint Company. In <span class="red">1924</span>,
the name was changed to the Sterling Paint & Varnish Company. The
product line consisted of a full line of exterior, interior and marine
paints, as well as putty for wood and steel sash windows. Over time the
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In the <span class="red">1950's</span>,
with paint sundry products outselling paint, the company name was
changed to Sterling Quality Products to reflect the success of their
trade name “Sterling Quality.” <b>In <span class="red">1961</span>,
Sterling bought out the Clark Lurton Corporation.</b> Both companies sold
solvents and served the same customer base. SCL serves the paint and
hardware trade, glass industry, marine trade and automotive aftermarket."</div>
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All are rather small with long fine bristles that have stiffened so they are unusable in their present condition. Even the shapes are different than the brushes I am used to. They do not seem suitable for oil painting like Madge did.</div>
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Looking closer for brand names I found something strange. Most of the brushes were repaired with sticks or other old paint brush stems and taped together. The original stems on these brushes were hollow transparent tubes. In the photo below you can see the light shining through the hollow transparent part. I have no idea what that means or why they would be made like that. I am now thinking that these are for some unknown to me art form. What could it be?</div>
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The palette knife is not much different from those found in stores today. Next to that is one of the unknown items. It is just a wooden stick with a sharp metal point, what I would call a stylus but for what craft? Next to that is a peel-able eraser and a blending stump just like the ones I use. The yellow handled tool is I think another stylus. The end is angled and rounded slightly, not as sharp as the other one. I really want to know how this was used.</div>
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The wood pencil reads "Armco Drainage Products New England Metal Culvert Co. Palmer Mass, Boston, Mass, Portland, ME." So this is the second reference to Boston. The mechanical pencil says "Overhead Door Sales Company of New Hampshire, Complete Sales, Service & Installation, Milford N. H. Phone 707. We had family in New Hampshire. And in fact my Great Uncle Maurice worked with the DOT of New Hampshire. He might be a likely candidate to receive a promotional pencil from a metal culvert company. I remembered learning that his wife, Bertha had done some sort of crafty thing. So I went to ask Dad if he could remember what type of work she had done. He said he did not know but that it involved paper because there was a lot of that in Maurice's house when they cleaned it out. So at this point I am leaning toward this being Bertha's paint box and not Madge's. Next up the treasure in the bottom of the box.</div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-12342102078618763782017-04-12T22:14:00.001-04:002017-04-12T22:19:27.617-04:00An Artist's Tool Box Mystery<div style="text-align: center;">
I have pretty much given up on my blog but this story was too long for a quick Facebook post. It concerns a box that I found in the basement. It looked like this on the outside and I had thought it was an old gun cleaning kit.</div>
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What? Art Supplies! Oh how exciting. The cardboard thing on top looked like this when I opened it.</div>
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I had no idea who the box had belonged to or how old it was. There have been several family members who have done various types of art. I had a Great Aunt who painted with oils a lot. We have quite a few of her paintings and even some of the programs from art shows she was in. (Yes, we save everything) Could this have been Madge's paint box? I asked Dad if he recognized the writing and he said "No". Well that just made me determined to find out who the mystery artist was. I needed to look for more clues. Back to the box.</div>
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-83416227086771245752016-05-15T11:42:00.000-04:002016-05-15T14:05:36.056-04:00Fighting a bit....I seem to be fighting a bit of 'what's-the-point-itis' lately. That feeling of wanting to just give up on stuff that takes any amount of effort....and it all takes effort. I think I am still feeling the physical effects of a cold that Dad and I both had. He is still sick too, and it has been almost four weeks for him. I still have some lingering stuffiness but mainly I am just feeling weak and tired....and a bit depressed. The weather has not done much for my mood either. We had a long string of cold grey days; it has been a cool spring in general, and it seems as if when the sun does shine the wind is gonna blow like the dickens.<br />
We did have a couple of nice days that I took advantage of. One day I went to Granby to take more photos for reference since all of my photos from there seem to be taken in Autumn. I wanted particularly to get some photos of the waterfalls at Enders State park before the trees were fully leafed out since it can get really dark in the gully.<br />
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I also went to the McLean Game Refuge and a few other places out there. It was a beautiful day.</div>
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The other nice days I spent in the garden. I had to keep resting, sometimes sitting in the wheel barrow if there was not a bench near by. That really makes me think it is not just depression that is making me feel so tired. </div>
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Both of the nice days I also planned on finally doing some painting 'en plain air'. I have wanted to do that since last fall and for Christmas I got a special easel just for that. Well, I packed up my paints and easel but could not get myself to set up anywhere. No place seemed right enough for the effort. I was also afraid that someone would come by and see me painting. Why should that matter? I know it should not but until I do it a few times and build up some confidence I think that fear will be a factor. I thought I should just start by painting something here in the yard but again could not find anything that seemed worth the effort. That IS the depression speaking. Maybe this week I can overcome the fear and depression and just paint. </div>
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I have done some painting but not as much as I was doing. My patron who was buying all my paintings on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/322104090534?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649">Ebay</a> has stopped buying so sales have slackened and that is feeding into the feeling of 'what is the point?', though sales never were the point at all. It is times like this that I need to remember that what matters most is doing the thing. It really is all about the process, not the end results, not the sales, not the final product. Just do it, and do it with as much gusto as you can muster in that moment. And it is so true that inspiration follows action. Just get out the materials and make a start and do not wait for the inspiration. </div>
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I had been wanting to do another pastel piece after seeing so many lovely works at the Academic Art show. So, while it was gloomy outside I went to the basement and got to work on a piece I had started a while ago. I really had to make myself get started on it but after a while I could feel a shift in my mood and in my thoughts from negativity and desire to quit to positivity and inspiration so strong I did not want to stop even for meals. It is a lesson I seem to keep needing to learn. </div>
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I also reworked one of the the paintings that did not sell, and I think I made it better. I really like the texture of the paint in the foreground. I will list it this week to see of other people like it better now too.</div>
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-53853635733328982382016-05-05T13:51:00.000-04:002016-05-05T13:51:11.301-04:00Finally a Thursday post on Thursday.....a week late....sigh.I need to give myself credit for getting back to blogging and not get too critical about the fact that I am not exactly doing what I set out to do. So what if I am not quite blogging every Thursday like I planned? I am still doing better at it than I was a month ago.<br />
For someone who does not like to go out much I have been rather busy going places. I went to the opening for the CT + 6 show at the <a href="http://westhartfordart.org/">West Hartford Art League</a> on the Sunday after my last post. This is a regional show; Connecticut plus the other 5 New England states and New York. I was very happy to have two pieces in this show. I did not realize what a feat that was until I heard that they had about 425 entries and only accepted 85 pieces. I was also very very happy to find out that I had won the <a href="http://www.framedimensions.com/">Frame Dimensions</a> award for my felt piece titled 'Enders' (the name of the park where the waterfall is located).<br />
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My colored pencil drawing titled "City Kitty" is the other piece I did that was accepted into this show.<br />
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I went to help with the hanging of the <a href="http://www.academicartistsassociation.com/">Academic Artist's show</a> on the 26th. Being on the council for this group has been really good for me in terms of feeling more a part of the local artist community. It has also given me a new appreciation for all that goes in to mounting an art show. We had the opening for this show on Sunday the 1st. It is a fantastic show with some museum quality pieces in a beautiful gallery.<br />
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I was also busy doing more paintings for <a href="http://www.ebay.com/usr/9022diane">Ebay</a>. Here are the newest paintings.</div>
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I also went to the Connecticut Sheep and Wool festival and found out I really am not done with fiber. I did not plan on buying anything and was going mainly to see my friend. I certainly was not going to buy a fleece....<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-81803585532430990682016-04-23T09:52:00.000-04:002016-04-23T09:53:31.906-04:00Thursday post on Saturday?Ok, so I missed posting on my target date again this week but I have a good excuse; sort of. I had to take day to the eye surgeon to have his second eye fixed for cataracts. And by the time we got home I was not in the mood to sit anymore. I wanted to paint. I am kind of obsessed with painting right now. It has really been a good thing to have in my life right now. A few weeks ago my eldest sister was diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer. It was such a shock, one that I still feel, though it is sinking in. I am still having terrible anxiety; heart pounding and feeling out of breath whenever I think about Fran. Painting has been a way for me to escape from that awful reality. The fact that they are selling on Ebay gives me a boost too, knowing that they will be enjoyed by others and not just sit around collecting dust here. We don't need more dust collectors here that is for sure.<br />
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Here are this week's paintings. I started a series on water.</div>
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I also did two more paintings for my Abandoned series.</div>
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I also had a nice distraction from my worry over Fran by going to the opening for the <a href="http://www.monsonartscouncil.com/shows.asp">Monson Arts Council art show "Deep"</a>. I had submitted three pieces to this show and was pleased that two of the pieces were accepted, especially since I learned that they accepted only about a third of the number submitted. It is a popular show with good prizes. The piece that did not get in was one that I knew was a long shot but that I felt compelled to make. When pondering the theme of "Deep" and what it meant to me I thought about how the deepest thing I know is depression and what that would look like as an image. This is what I came up with; <i>Deep Depression: Beyond Blue</i>.<br />
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I was pleasantly surprised at the opening of the show to find that my felt piece had won second place for fiber arts! It was such a good day spending time with a friend, looking at art and a receiving a nice check and accolades. I wish my sister could find a way to get a break as easily. I have to remind myself that this is part of self care and that my being miserable over what she is going through benefits no one. So while I do need to grieve and feel the worry it does not help to wallow in it. And when my heart starts to pound and panic is nearing I will do my deep breathing, or go for a walk or draw or paint, and pray.</div>
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-50158936095467730912016-04-15T10:58:00.000-04:002016-04-15T10:59:23.279-04:00Thursday post on Friday.Last week when I finally got myself to start blogging again I decided that if I set a day to blog I would be more likely to follow through. I thought that Thursday would be a good day for it since Dad usually goes to Habitat for Humanity on Thursdays so the house is extra quiet. However, this week I was busy on Thursday, so I am writing on Friday instead. Yesterday I was helping out at the judging for the <a href="http://www.academicartistsassociation.com/">Academic Artist's Association</a>'s yearly show. It was so educational for me to see how the jurors go about choosing which pieces of art will be included in the show and/or receive prizes. The jurors this year were <a href="http://douggillette.com/">Doug Gillette</a> and <a href="http://danielriccio.com/">Dan Riccio</a>. They made a great team and were really great at sharing their thoughts with those of us who were there as worker bees. And what a hard job they had since there was so much wonderful art there but only so much room for hanging the show so about 30 pieces had to be rejected. I am very happy to say my colored pencil piece of the marbles; "No Longer Lost" was accepted into the show. This is a national show and it is such an honor to be included.<br />
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I have been doing a lot of painting but not much felting lately. I got discouraged with felt this past summer for various reasons and at the same time I was drawn back to more traditional art forms. I had such a strong craving to push paint around that I decided sign up for an oil painting class at the <a href="http://westhartfordart.org/current-exhibtions/">West Hartford Art League</a> with <a href="http://www.wmsimpson.com/#!painting/c240r">Bill Simpson</a>. I wanted to learn how to a. use oil paint properly since I had never had a class in that subject and b. learn how to do loose, less exact work. I love Bill's aerial paintings and the way that what looks like so much detail of the landscape is really just a glob of paint. I wanted to learn how to put that glob down and leave it there because my tendency was to blend the crap out of it. I found the key for me was to use the palette knife and I am really enjoying it. The class was such a struggle to get through because I was going through a really hard time with my bipolar issues and meds. <br />
Here are the paintings I did in that class in the order that I did them.<br />
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I realized that I was not painting my big canvas the way I had intended. I was painting it the same way I did a small canvas, there was just more area to cover. I had intended to use big marks. I was advised by Bill to use big brushes and squeeze out a LOT of paint. So I should have used big palette knives if I was going to do another knife painting. One problem I had was the idea of using so much paint all at once. It is so expensive! Trying to get myself to squeeze out a big old blob of paint and make big marks on this big canvas was not happening. At about this time I found <a href="https://savvypainter.com/?post_type=podcast">The Savvy Painter</a>. Listening to the podcast by <a href="http://www.karinjurick.com/ZemArt/Welcome.html">Karen Jurick</a> gave me the idea that I could make some money to buy more paint by doing small acrylic painting studies and offering them for sale on Ebay. So last monday I listed my first painting. Here are the paintings I have listed so far.</div>
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And here is a photo of what I bought with some of my new earnings....more paint! I have another large canvas ready and waiting....<br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-86468265016123234142016-04-06T13:02:00.002-04:002016-04-06T13:05:02.297-04:00Bipolar off her meds I started writing this post one year ago:<br />
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"I have always been open about my mental illness. I decided long ago that being open and sharing my feelings might help others who felt the same but were afraid to share how they felt. I believe that to get rid of the stigma around mental illness those of us who suffer need to show that we are not ashamed. Neither am I proud of my mental illness. (What I am proud of is how I have endured.) I have a disease that is genetic and happens to mainly affect my thoughts and emotions. To me, being bipolar is no different than being diabetic. I am not responsible for having this illness, just how I manage it. There is no cure but there are many things that I can do to make living with it better or worse.<br />
I decided to go off of the mood stabilizing drug; Lamictal back in January of 2015. My reason for doing so was because I was having so much trouble with memory and cognitive function. It was making my life miserable. I had been doing pretty well with my moods for a while and the timing seemed good. In the winter my big problem is depression which is relatively easy to endure compared to mania or mixed states. I had the support of my family to try going without a mood stabilizer; it would be for the first time in 20+ years. I wanted to find out a couple of things. First, how much was the Lamictal doing? None of the drugs we have tried through the years has been really great or ever taken away all of the crazy thoughts or feelings. And they all came with awful side effects. Second, I wanted to know how much of my poor memory and cognitive function was really due to the med, maybe it was just getting older. Well, the results are in.<br />
The good news: Lamictal did do well with controlling my moods. I had no idea how much so until now. I have not been this crazy in a long time....maybe 7 years or so. Yes, I have had some rough times even on it but none of them have lasted this long. If you imagine moods as a roller coaster, good mental health would be a kiddie ride. You have ups and downs but most of them are not extremely high or low and most of the ride is at a manageable level. On Lamictal my moods were more like an old fashioned wooden roller coaster or maybe a first generation coaster that had some speed and a few loops. I had some pretty bad lows, even down into the tunnel of darkness a few times. Off of Lamictal I am on a brand new loop-de-loop super speed coaster. I have had a really nice ride up to a great height where the view was fantastic and thrilling. This peak hit right when I was at the Felter's Rendezvous in March of 2015. It was a fairly gradual climb up but I could still feel it coming. Spring is always my manic time so it was not surprising or that unusual except in how very high I got. Well what goes up must come down and in this case I am not just going straight down. This is the loopy part of the ride and the speed of the mood changes is amazing. But the biggest difference is in how long this whiplash ride is lasting.<br />
The other good? news is that my memory and cognitive function have vastly improved. I am no longer that dumb blond with the memory of an 86 year old. I can even remember numbers. When I talk about my memory problems everyone chimes in that they have that too but this was extreme and really affecting my quality of life. All of that is so much better now. I can see just how much was due to the medication now.<br />
So where does that leave me? Well the agitation that I always get in the spring has been really bad so the good doctor recommended Risperadone to take the edge off....."<br />
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Well, Risperadone was a no go but I don't remember why I stopped it. Then in December of 2015 I stopped taking my antidepressant since a. that can trigger a mania and b. I did not have a prescribing doctor. I gave up on my therapist of 20+ years along with the meds. It was not a good thing to do.<br />
Fast forward to April of 2016. I am seeing a new prescriber and therapist, two for the price of one! and I am on new meds that seem to be working so far and the side effects are tolerable so far. I am planing ahead and getting things done and living instead of just surviving. I want to start blogging again but in shorter more regular posts. Want to come along for the ride? :)Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-77268769946898009722015-10-27T13:16:00.002-04:002015-10-27T13:16:35.209-04:00Wesleyan Potters Anual Show and SaleI just found that the Wesleyan Potters linked to my blog so I thought I should post something new. I have started many blog posts since my last one in January but none have been finished enough to hit the "publish" button. Maybe some day I will pull myself together enough to write. Until then here are some photos of the work that I will put in the sale.<br />
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This piece won first place for mixed media in the Friends of Chicopee Library art show. Misty Spring Woods. It is a piece that I had started a long time ago and never put the finishing touches on. Then I got inspired and finished and framed it to put in that show back in the spring.<br />
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Another piece that I had 'in the works' for what seemed like a long time is this piece titled A Break in the Storm. I worked on this at the same time that I was preparing to teach out in Colorado. I brought it with me on the plane and worked on it in airports during layovers.<br />
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The third piece that I know I will be putting in the show is this image of Portland Head Light. I used some new techniques on this piece, including some painting and working with fabric markers.<br />
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These are not the only pieces that I may have in the show. I hope to finish one or two smaller works to put in the show as well and I have one or two on exhibit elsewhere that may still be available when I have to drop things off down in Middletown. <br />
Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-6873774842020373192015-01-23T11:31:00.001-05:002015-01-23T11:31:49.514-05:00My upcoming workshopsJust a quick post to announce my workshops for this spring. I will be teaching at <a href="http://luckystonestudio.com/special-events/">Luckystone Studio</a> in Glens Falls, NY in February. I will be teaching my one day Scapescarf class....<br />
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Then in March I fly to Colorado to teach at the <a href="http://www.thefeltingsource.com/felters-rendezvous/">Felter's Rendezvous</a> at Estes Park. I will be teaching a new class there on how to create imagery with nuno collage. I have been preparing for that class and was inspired to create this piece with many layers of fabrics and embellishments. It still needs a few finishing touches...</div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-26629972868742526412014-12-15T10:43:00.002-05:002014-12-15T10:44:00.056-05:00Unframed pastel painting Give-Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am doing a give-away of this pastel painting on my Facebook page. Go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FeltInspiration">https://www.facebook.com/FeltInspiration</a> and leave a comment on today's post to have your name put in the hat. (Postage from outside the U.S. must be paid by the winner.) <br />
Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-38819147888440442802014-12-03T20:33:00.002-05:002014-12-03T20:43:48.663-05:00But what about your blog? Part TwoAfter the week at the Huyck (<a href="http://feltinspiration.blogspot.com/2014/12/but-what-about-your-blog-part-one.html">see part one of this post</a>) I had a few shows to get pieces ready for. One was for the only craft show that I normally do, Suffield on the Green. Here is a photo of my booth there.<br />
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It was really hard to keep track of all the dates for applying, drop off, opening, and pick up for each show. I messed up a few times but not too badly.<br />
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I also was busy getting a new felt piece ready for the Granby Land Trust art show. This year the theme was <a href="http://www.granbylandtrust.org/glt_art_program_2014.pdf">Celebrating Preserved Lands</a> so the choices of where we were to find our inspiration was much broader than usual. I submitted the pastel painting above that was inspired by the Cape Cod National Sea Shore, and a felt piece based on a photo I took at the <a href="http://www.fws.gov/refuge/parker_river/">Parker River Wildlife Refuge</a>. Here is the inspiration photo...<br />
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After that I had to get some pieces ready to bring to the <a href="http://www.wesleyanpotters.com/annual-sale/">Wesleyan Potters' Annual Show and Sale</a>. </div>
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Some of the pieces I already had done but some still needed framing. Some of them I thought we all set I found needed attention, especially those that had been in previous shows. It was stressful getting them there in time but I did it. Here is one of the new felt pieces, which was inspired by one of the photos I took out in Wisconsin while at the Midwest Felting Symposium.</div>
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I sold TWO hats! I have only sold one before. I was so glad to have them find an owner...it is sad to have things just sit in a box for years. Sometimes I believe that the things I create really are just waiting for the right person to come along.</div>
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During this period I was also able to take a workshop with <a href="http://www.cristinapacciani.com/">Cristina Pacciani</a> of CriCri Felt. I only knew of Cristina through Facebook. Through her posts I saw such a talented artist and even more so, a beautiful soul. I really wanted to meet her and when I found out she was going to come over from Amsterdam to teach a workshop in New Hampshire I signed right up. I am so glad I did, and Cristina was exactly as I thought she would be. Unfortunately, I was recovering from a cold and was not really up to doing as much felting as I wanted to. I did not really use a lot of the techniques that she showed in the scarf/wrap that I made in the workshop but I did learn some new things and best of all got to spend time with Cristina and many friends old and new. I did not take any great photos at the workshop. Here is a photo of the scarf; which you can also see on me in the photo above.</div>
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I stayed at my friend Robin's house and on Sunday I helped her with her booth at the <a href="http://www.adkfiber.com/">Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival</a>. I was a good girl there and did not really buy anything except for food. However, <br />
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I took some time later that month to make another thing for me. Another wrap. I wanted it to be large enough to be yardage so I could cut and sew a top or something. THAT did not happen. I was using the pine needle technique that I learned from<a href="http://leikofelt.com/gallery_03.html"> Leiko Uchiyama</a> back in May. I love the look that can be achieved with this technique but I don't have enough patience to do enough of it to make a large piece. Here is part of the layout.</div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-83542917225202532302014-12-03T15:02:00.001-05:002014-12-03T15:03:34.336-05:00But what about your blog? Part One I have really been neglecting my blog this year, and that is not good for two reasons. One reason is that this is the closest thing I have to a website for showing my work to the public. It is an important part of my business. The other reason is the essential reason that I started blogging in the first place...so that I can remember what I have been doing. I did not realize how helpful it was until I went to do my taxes and could look and see where I had gone to teach in the year, or pieces that I have sold. I try to keep records, and notes but the thing about memory aids is that you have to remember to use them...and how to use them. One of the medications that I am on for my Bipolar disorder causes problems with cognitive functioning. This side effect is now the thing that troubles me the most in my life. It is not just memory that is affected, but also things like sequential thinking. I often feel like the stereotypical dumb blonde but with the worst case of ADD ever. It has made trying to run a business so much harder. I think part of the reason I find writing my blog so hard is that writing in general is much harder than it was. I have trouble with word retrieval and mixing up words in a way that I never have before. Now, maybe this is all just age related, but on the chance that it is all due to the medicine I have decided I want to stop taking that one. I see my Dr. soon and hope that he will go along with that decision. If it does not help, it will at least be easier to accept that this is just how my mind works ;or rather does not work, now. In that case maybe I will just change the color of my hair to match the character <a href="http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/24344/ppuser/4328">Loretta Tortelli from Cheers</a>. <br />
So for this post I will try once again to catch things up and hopefully not let so much time lapse before the next post. Luckily I have photos and my calendar (that I have been remembering to use most of the time) to help me remember most of what I have done with my artwork and related activities. Many of these things really deserved a full post of their own but oh well...ce la vie...for now anyway.<br />
After the Midwest Symposium I went to my favorite felting event ever...the Felt In Nature invitational gathering organized by <a href="http://www.blacksheepdesigns.com/biography.html">Sharon Costello</a>. I always feel so honored to be a part of the talented group of felters who are lucky enough to be part of this event. It has had a profound affect on me and my artwork. This year was no different. The group this year consisted of Sharon, <a href="http://northeastfeltmakersguild.org/feltmaker/linda-van-alstyne/">Linda Van Alstyne</a>, <a href="http://northeastfeltmakersguild.org/feltmaker/carol-ingram/">Carol Ingram</a>,<a href="http://northeastfeltmakersguild.org/feltmaker/kris-sandoy/"> Kristi Sandoy</a>, Lynn Ocone, <a href="http://www.luckystonestudio.com/">Robin Blakney-Carlson</a>, <a href="http://northeastfeltmakersguild.org/feltmaker/beth-harwood/">Beth Harwood</a>, Joei Bassett, and<a href="http://www.renatefiberarts.com/Renate_Fiber_Arts/Renate_Fiber_Arts.html"> Renata Maile-Moskowitz</a>. Being with this group of women, sharing a week living together, sharing ideas, food and drink, thoughts and feelings, all while in a beautiful natural surrounding is unlike anything I have ever had in my life and is impossible to fully express in words. So here are just a few of the photos I took that week.<br />
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One of the things we did again this year was to make prefelts and then
cut them to share. Each of us then used the prefelts to create a new
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Here are the pieces I recieved.</div>
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These shots show how I puzzled out how to put them together....<br />
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Sharon had brought some wool yarns to share. I wanted to try to see if I could layout little bits of the different shades to create the illusion of shading. This image was inspired by this Purple Flowering Raspberry.<br />
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I was so intent on my placement of the wool yarns that I did not pay any attention to composition of the image. I think I improved it with some painting and stitching on the felt. Here is is as finished.<br />
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Sharon had also brought some fabric samples that were from an interior decorator. There was some really funky stuff. I love using odd fabrics to see what kind of textures I can get. I can't help but chuckle when I hear people say you can not felt with anything but silk, or really light weight fabrics. Here is part of my collection of samples of how my fabrics will look felted with short fiber merino. Of course different wools would give different results.<br />
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Of course I can't help trying to make it look like a scene. This is part of what I will be teaching at the <a href="http://www.thefeltingsource.com/felters-rendezvous/">Felter's Rendezvous</a>. Though we will be exploring more about how to render landscapes or other pictures with nunofelted fabric collage, much like these:<br />
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Here are the samples I made of Sharon's decorator fabrics. One was inspired by the pattern in the lake water.<br />
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There are the other pieces I made during my time at the Huyck.<br />
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This next one I worked more when I got home adding stitching and painting.</div>
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I also did a couple of three dimensional experiments that you can see in the far left of this photo.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-12216433316991468872014-11-23T10:23:00.001-05:002014-11-23T10:23:17.043-05:00Did you know?Did you know that you can see my business page on Facebook without having a Facebook account or having to log in? Just go to https://www.facebook.com/FeltInspiration. This is where I am most likely to post my new work first. I am so far behind on this blog...but I will post soon as things have finally settled down here and the gardening is basically done for a while. Thanks for sticking with me. Diane<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-57757866020303380242014-09-08T12:03:00.001-04:002014-09-08T12:07:39.826-04:00Midwest Felting Symposium part 3So much has happened since the symposium that it seems like years ago. I will have to try to go back in my mind archives and see if I can find some memories of what happened. Since then I have had another week away from home; on a retreat at the Huyck Nature Preserve with nine of my friends interpreting our surroundings in felt. But that event deserves its own post. I am also recovering from doing my one and only craft show this past weekend. So this post will probably not be the best but I will be able to cross it off my list of things to do. The weekend went well, I sold some of my older work which always feels good, and I got to spend a lot of time with my lovely daughter. Here are photos she took of my booth.<br />
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That is my wonderful dad who is another of my helpers without whom I would not do even this show. It is so much work! <br />
Time with my daughter has been especially important since her relationship of over 8 years ended while I was out in the Midwest. At about 2 in the morning on the day of my NoBodys class my phone rang. Talk about scary. Waking up in a hotel room to a call where all you hear is your daughter sobbing so much she can't speak. I thought someone must have died. I finally was able to hear her say 'Tony doesn't love me anymore' and my heart broke and it was AWFUL not to be there to hold her tight. I was hurting too. Tony was like a son to me and it seemed like he always would be a part of our family with or without the actual marriage certificate. There were a few other phone calls in those wee hours of the morning and a lot of tossing and turning as I worried about them and did my own mourning about the loss of a future we has all imagined. Needless to say it was not a good way to start a day that I would be teaching the class I has the most worries about being successful.<br />
I was right to be worried. The class was listed as advanced with a warning that it would involve intense hand work yet two of my students had only felted once before. I had agreed to take one of the students when Holly, one of the organizers, told me that she had a student who really wanted to take my class but did not have not much felting experience. I told Holly to ask her to practice felting over a resist before the class, sadly that did not happen. Luckily I only had 4 students so I told them that I would do my best to help them succeed but that I had to give equal time to all the students and could not give them special attention. I also asked the class to forgive me that I was not quite all there and explained my troubled night. In the end it all was fine, since the students were happy with their creations and most importantly had a lot of fun. In a way the extra challenge was good for me since it helped distract me from worrying about my daughter. Here are the hollow heads that the students made. Only one was considered 'fully' finished. Pun intended.<br />
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This is Ramsey with her creation.</div>
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She has wonderful plans on how to finish and accessorize this guy. I hope she sends me a photo to share. I loved the bone through the chin idea.</div>
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This is Jaclyn who was one of the newbies. She 'got' it right at the start and seemed to just be able to understand how to manipulate the fibers. She also had the hand strength to be able to full the felt and shape it. She was a natural and it was amusing that she only took the class to accompany Joan.<br />
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Ah, Joan....my biggest challenge but we had so many laughs. I had to borrow a phrase that <a href="http://liinalommi.com/gallery/">Karolina Arvilommi</a> uses in her classes when students need to do more fulling; she simply says "little bit more". She says this so sweetly so that you do not hold it against her when she is asking you to push yourself beyond what you think you can physically handle and you just want to be done. Each time I came to Joan as I made my rotation around the room the conversation went like this:<br />
Joan: How is this?<br />
Me: Little bit more.<br />
Joan: <i>with a shocked expression </i>Really???<br />
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Finally here is Dominique. Dominique was talked into taking my class (she did not really like my NoBodys) but she wanted to learn as many shaping techniques as possible. In the end she said she was so happy she did take the class. Dominique had just taken a class with <a href="http://www.tarveycottagestudio.com/VesselFolder/Vessels.html">Pamela MacGregor</a>; a master of shaping and making hard felt. I was intimidated to teach 3D felt making to a student who had just taken one of her classes. Dominique had a bit of trouble sticking to one concept and started a few different pieces, but she worked after class hours and had a new piece started when I came to class on the second day. Her piece was inspired by the missing Nigerian school girls. She wants to add 200 spikes at the top of the figure to represent each young girl. It was my pleasure to have her in class and especially to have her share her thoughts about feltmaking and life in general. </div>
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My final class was back in my comfort zone teaching the one day 'ScapeScarf' class. It went really well and was a great way to end my week. Six lovely ladies created six lovely scarfs. Two of the women used my Springtime themed scarf as inspiration. </div>
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Sue used the same scarf for inspiration yet each woman created a piece that was truly their own. That is one of the cool things about felt. No two pieces are exactly alike.</div>
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Janet wanted to render a beach scene reminiscent of the Outer Banks. I think her scarf really gives that impression. </div>
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-83164313624223522602014-08-17T12:48:00.001-04:002014-08-17T12:48:41.614-04:00The Midwest Felting Symposium Part 2: My ClassesIt has taken me a bit longer than I expected to get back to writing about the Symposium. It has been a strange week. I was very affected by Robin Williams' suicide and all the discussions about depression, etc. as well as being shocked and saddened at the loss of such a brilliant man. I somehow always felt like I knew him personally, as though he could have been a member of my own crazy family. I also got bad news that one of my sisters was in a horseback riding accident while she was away on vacation. She has a compound fracture to her shoulder which required surgery and then later found out that she broke her sacrum as well. She is still in the hospital and far from her home near here so I can not do anything to help or see her in person. So to keep my mind off these less than pleasant subjects I wound up felting this scene from my trip.<br />
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What I was supposed to be doing was cleaning up this mess in my "studio". Everything was in disarray because of having to pack all my colors in spacebags for the trip.</div>
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I also had a lot of gardening to do since I had not had much time out there before the trip and there was the added chore of harvesting.<br />
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And I won't go into all the other day to day stuff the should have been getting done. I will get right on those things when I finish writing this. (Yeah, right). </div>
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The first class I taught was my landscape class. This time it was a 3 day class and that worked out so much better than doing only 2 days. It was much more relaxed and I was able to add more information and take more time with demonstrating and giving individual attention. To me that is key with this class. It was a joy to teach this fun and talented group of women and I think their pieces came out great.</div>
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Here are photos of each student's piece after the layout, wet felting, and then one as they left the class. Many students plan to do a bit more embellishing. First here are photos of the inspiration photos they used.</div>
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And here is Kathleen's piece. Kathleen liked her piece so much after wet felting that she did not want to do any needle felting on it. Many students have photos they really want to use as a reference but that might not the best to practice all the things I want to teach them. In those cases I encourage them to work with another photo as a practice piece. I then give them advice on how to approach the next piece. This was the case with Kathleen's first photo choice so since she finished early I suggested that she do a sample of color combinations for her next piece.</div>
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-14721254411563823722014-08-09T12:06:00.001-04:002014-08-09T21:24:30.365-04:00The Midwest Felting Symposium...I did it!! PART ONE: Susan's farm in Columbus Wisconsin.Now that that long anticipated/dreaded week is over I can be truly proud and glad that I did not let any of my fears stop me from going to teach at the <a href="http://www.midwestfeltingsymposium.com/">Midwest Felting Symposium</a>. One of the difficult things about being bipolar is that the person I am when I am up can be so different from the person I am when I am depressed. In this case I agreed to, and wanted to, teach at the symposium because I was on a high. I was in that phase where I feel confident and have the energy to tackle new things. Since my moods are so closely tied to the weather and seasons once winter hit I fell back into the person who has zero energy and loses the ability to see much worth in anything. The last 5 years or so have been much better in this regard but this year was worse than anything I had suffered for many many years. I had several times where I had to just go back to bed to survive the day and was even having a bit of delusional thinking. This winter was extreme where the weather was concerned but I know that the fear and stress of the up coming Symposium was a major factor in my depression. Stress is the biggest factor in triggering mental health issues and a spiral up or down can get out of control. I have learned much about what I can do to keep this from happening and getting rid of the stressors is one of the tricks and tools in my mental health toolbox. I almost called <a href="http://www.susansfibershop.com/">Susan McFarland </a>who is the creator, director, heart, and big bundle of energy behind this event to tell her that I had to bow out. I didn't want to quit and was banking on the change in me that comes during the spring and summer. I am so glad I was right and did not give up. It was wonderful and such a big growing experience for me. I am thankful to Susan for asking me to be part of this event.<br />
After Susan and her incredibly helpful sidekick Holly Tang picked me up at the airport I was lucky enough to meet up with my friend <a href="http://www.tarveycottagestudio.com/">Pamela MacGregor</a> who drove in from Ohio. We all drove out to see Susan's Fiber Shop and her beautiful Teeswater sheep. It was such a beautiful drive and it gave me a taste of what that area of Wisconsin is like.<br />
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And I can not tell you how wonderful it was to drive along with someone who sees the same beautiful scene that you do and have her turn around and go back so you can get a photo. The light was already fading by the time we turned around but I still got the essence of that moment.<br />
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And here are photos of Susan's sheep with those incredible skies in the background. I want to use these as reference for a painting.<br />
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It was really funny to see all the sheep come running when Susan came to the fence. They were all 'talking' to her and each was making different sounds....very loudly!</div>
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I really was having a great time taking photos. Here are a few more. My next post will be about the actual Symposium...stay tuned.</div>
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-10933070275117500482014-06-11T14:12:00.000-04:002014-06-11T14:12:20.520-04:00Back to Fiber Art....after a few more Pastels.I was reminded today about needing to write a blog post. It has been in the back of my mind but there were a lot of things that seemed more important. I have done a lot of different things since I last wrote.<br />
First I did finish the landscape/sky scape that I showed the beginning of in my last post. Here is the finished piece, titled "Time to Head Home". It really went through some big changes from the last photo posted.<br />
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Here it is framed.</div>
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I submitted that piece and my morning glory drawing, and my pastel of the wave to a juried show in Vernon and all three pieces were accepted. </div>
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Here I am looking tired and talking with the incredibly talented, and really nice, <a href="http://janepenfieldart.com/gallery.html">Jane Penfield</a>. If you go to her web page and look at her work you will see what a novice I am with the pastels.</div>
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And her is a photo of two women looking at my painting. I wish I knew what they were saying. Though it is nice just to see someone linger when they get to my work.</div>
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I also did a little quick painting to try to loosen up my strokes and not muddy my colors. I used it as a 'give away' on my Facebook page. </div>
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And this painting I did as a timed painting to try to not get too stuck on the details. </div>
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In May I put aside the pastels and got back to felting when I took a workshop with<a href="http://leikofelt.com/index.html"> Leiko Uchiyama</a>. We learned how to do here Pine Needle technique of felt making. She is a very good teacher who has an aura of peace about her. </div>
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The whole process was very Zen-like, and needs to be done in a kind of quiet meditative state. I find it hard to get to that place in a workshop, especially when there are time limits. I discovered that I am not good with tools. I did not like needing to hold the scissors in my hand. Leiko has so much practice it was just like an extension of her fingers....Leiko Scissorhands. </div>
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After we learned the basic Pine Needle technique with just wool we learned how to incorporate it with silk fabric. Here is my little sample.</div>
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We then learned how to make a mosaic scarf. Here is one of the other student's layout. I of course loved her colors.</div>
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I chose to work with naturally dyed wool and silk. I used some silk chiffon that I had eco-printed and some wool that I dyed with Jewel weed. Here is it with my sample of just the Pine Needle technique in wool. That was my favorite and the wool I used was 15.5 micron and so soft and light. I want to do more of that for a garment....when I feel patient enough.</div>
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I also got together with a couple of friends, Joei and Cheryl, for a weekend of dyeing. They came here and I set up the tent so we could be outside enjoying the sun....when it did shine.</div>
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Not content to do just one type of dyeing we did several. After all if you are going to get set up and all messy you might as well go all the way. Speaking of messy, one of us, and I am not naming names, did not remember to wear her gloves. </div>
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I loved the look of the dyed things hanging on the line. Joei did a bunch of ribbon and threads for her embroidery work.</div>
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And I dyed yards and yards of a really inyourface bright blue silk chiffon that I have had for a long time. I split it into three pieces and treated each differently.<br />
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This piece came out the best and the pattern is evenly uneven through the whole piece. Winner!</div>
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And that catches me up only to the end of May...and it is June 11th! I will try hard not to wait so long to do June. </div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-54015922312442449142014-04-17T11:19:00.000-04:002014-04-17T11:25:50.242-04:00More pastel paintings and an exhibit.I seem to still be in winter, not a winter of discontent, it is more like apathy. The weather is right there with me even though it is April. I am still expecting that spring will make things better, that I will find some energy to care enough to do more than just hide away in my art. I am doing things but just still feel like I am slogging through mud. So blogging is still in the category of 'who cares, what does it matter anyway'. Today I read a blog post by someone else and that made me remember my own blog, and I really don't want to abandon it just because I feel like it is pointless and too much work. I know that this feeling will pass....eventually.<br />
I have not been felting. I have been doing a lot with pastels. It has been very therapeutic, I lose myself in them because it is so new to me. There is so much to learn. I am determined to try to paint everyday....and have managed to do some most days but it is easy because it is so new. Here is what I have done since the last post.<br />
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These pieces I am done with; AKA, some I am happy with, some I am just not interested in putting anymore time into.</div>
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This painting was working on some cold press watercolor paper that I applied an acrylic pastel ground to. I did not like the texture.<br />
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This cat was done for a challenge on <a href="http://www.wetcanvas.com/">WetCanvas</a> about using color to depict a black object. Here are the colors I used.<br />
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This little painting I did to play with some of the new colors I bought on a shopping trip with my sister who I got addicted to pastels.<br />
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This painting I even framed. It is an image that I did in felt years ago. Here is that felt.<br />
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It is one that I did not do any needle felting on, leaving the lines very squiggly. <br />
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This painting I really liked but I knew something was really off about the composition. I asked for comments about cropping it on WetCanvas. One idea was to make it square.<br />
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One suggestion was that I really have two paintings, a skyscape....<br />
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And a seascape.<br />
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I would like to frame it but that involves a decision.<br />
This is another piece that just does not work because of the composition. I never felt that composition was hard for me. In fact in school teachers would point out how I added this or that to make a good composition when I had no idea that that was what I was doing. The advice I get is to figure out what my painting is about. I guess it has to be more than just making a pretty picture. <br />
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Here is the piece I am working on now. I plan on finishing it today.<br />
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I also made a start on a color pencil drawing, but it has been sitting for quite a while.<br />
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I do think I will get back to it since I actually finished that Sunlit Grapes piece after it sat for years. I am very pleased to say that it got into the<a href="http://www.academicartistsassociation.com/"> </a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.academicartistsassociation.com/">Academic Artists Association</a> 64th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism. I probably would not have entered it if I knew it was a national exhibit...I am honored. I went to the opening and could not believe the works there, or that mine was hanging with them! My photos do not do them justice.</span><br />
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BTW, I post things on my<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FeltInspiration"> Felt Inspiration</a> page on Facebook much more regularly.<br />
<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-62415070359129076472014-03-06T15:22:00.003-05:002014-03-06T15:24:51.775-05:00An 'I am still behind' postI guess I have to admit that I am just not going to catch up with my blog. I wish I did not make it such a big deal to just sit and write and post. I do much better with my Facebook posting since I don't write so much. I could do that here as well but that does not seem much like blogging. Yes, I have strange ideas about doing things the 'correct' way even when I am the one who decides what is 'correct'. So, admitting that I am not going to catch up on everything here I am going to just post photos (the best part anyway) and do some descriptions.<br />
I have been doing a lot of non-felt art. It is too cold for me to want to get my hands wet. I think I also needed a break from it...or something. My winning that award for my color pencil drawing also gave me a boost to want to do more of that. I did this new piece.<br />
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I took a one day workshop at the West Hartford Art League with <a href="http://www.frankfederico.com/"> Frank Frederico</a> since I had never taken any classes in using pastels. Here is a photo of Frank's demo piece.</div>
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I have done some fiber art in the form of stitching on a piece I made while visiting my friend Joei. I wanted to do an all white piece but I guess I could not resist adding some soft colors. I am not sure what it will become if anything. I am viewing it as a sampler since I am playing with new embroidery stitches. It is a fun thing to just pick away at, working along without any real plan. I will let you know if it ever tells me it is finished.<br />
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<br />Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03082375723196188296noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7750027613948090303.post-23847640420566243332014-01-30T13:02:00.002-05:002014-01-30T13:03:37.425-05:00The story of creation: My Winter Survival or The WORK of art.I am so far behind on posting it is too overwhelming for me to try to catch up today. I will try to do it eventually since this blog is how I remember what I have done and when I have done it! I wanted to share my latest piece so I decided to write a post about how it was created with all the little details as it is a very detailed piece. And at the risk of giving away my secrets and giving the copiers out there a bit of help I will show the materials I used as well. (As an aside, I don't find copying a form of flattery unless I am somehow credited). I hope this will also show how much WORK goes into creating something like this. This post will also be part of my clean up from this project. I will photograph the things I used as I put them away! This is what PART of the mess looks like. When I am really into a piece and/or rushed I make a huge mess.<br />
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I created this piece specifically for the <a href="http://westhartfordart.org/upcoming-exhibitions/">West Hartford Art League's Out of the Loop</a> fiber art show. The deadline for delivery was 1/28/2014 and I began on 1/18/2014. I had another deadline to meet before I could start on this piece. I was thinking spring and getting through my usual (although a bit deeper this year) winter season depression. It was also inspired by many other things: the workshop with <a href="http://feltinspiration.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-wonderful-week-at-wiawaka-workshop.html">Silvia Watt at Wiawaka</a>, Van Gogh's Almond Branches, classic Asian depictions of cherry trees in bloom, a trip to<a href="http://www.delectablemountain.com/"> Delectable Mountain Cloth</a>, and a closing <a href="http://www.joann.com/">Jo-Ann's</a> store. I think it was also a way for me to justify all my recent purchases of fabric, beads, threads, etc... a way of saying "see I do use them"! Here is my haul from Delectable Mountain....<br />
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I have been doing too much buying (not all of it shown here) and that is bad not only because I can not afford it but it can be a symptom of a mixed state of mania and depression;either way judgement and impulse control are out of whack. Even with all my stash I still NEEDED to go buy some more threads...<br />
at JoAnn again...<br />
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and the special thread store; <a href="http://www.thistleneedleworks.com/">Thistle Needleworks</a>.<br />
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Now to the process: I began with a layer of cotton gauze and white prefelt and then added a bit of naturally dyed (Indigo, I think) roving.<br />
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I then covered the wool with a piece of silk chiffon naturally dyed with black beans. On top of that base I cut bits of silk that I had eco-dyed, naturally vat dyed, marbled, and one bit of nuno prefelt....<br />
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bits of commercial silks...<br />
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and bits of yarn and naturally dyed roving...<br />
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till the layout looked like this.<br />
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After it was wet felted I decided that I needed to add a bit of pop, an accent, and a bird seemed so fitting. That involved some research, although I had drawn over 30 birds for the <a href="http://www.learnersdictionary.com/art/ld/c9.html">dictionary</a> I wanted to find a perfect pose though the bird would be figurative. Then I did some rough sketches on paper and fabric for a backing for the embroidery that was the next step.<br />
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After cutting out my fabric sketch and attaching it to the felt I started stitching...<br />
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a LOT of stitching...<br />
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in the car, in waiting rooms, at home listening to audio books...on and on. Sometimes unstitching and restitching to make 'improvements' from 'ick' to 'good enough', as the deadline loomed.<br />
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During all this toting of the piece t around I accidentally spilled some water on the piece. This would not have been a problem except that the water had a slice of lemon in it. Lemon (acid) + black bean dye = a change from blue to pink. ( I knew this from my experiments with <a href="http://feltinspiration.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-most-natural-friendship.html">post mordants</a>). Happily the pink worked well with the piece.<br />
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Once I got to 'good enough' with the bird (although I pulled some stitches too tight and puckered the felt I hoped I could smooth them out)...<br />
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it was time to get to developing the flowers on the tree. Adding more embroidery, beads, bits of fabric and lace. Using some of the threads and ribbons I had naturally dyed in months past.<br />
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This work went on right until the day of delivery...thankfully they had evening hours for that!<br />
I had also planned on adding some Chinese characters as is often seen on the classic paintings and so I had to do more research...thank goodness for the internet! At first I thought I would just do my initials but during my research I discovered that would be difficult so I looked for something else that would be appropriate; maybe something that could be the title. I found a phrase on a <a href="http://www.orientaloutpost.com/shufa.php?q=endure">website</a> that I thought was appropriate to the piece, my emotional state, and the recent extremely cold weather that has gripped the nation. The problem was that the image was so small I was not sure that I could clearly see the characters. That meant trying to decode what each character meant and finding a clear picture of each stroke. Next I had to try out differnent fabric paints and markers to see what would work...<br />
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and I had to practice the strokes on different fabrics.<br />
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I had every intention of having all of the day before delivery day to mount the piece which can be a lot of work sometimes, and I did start but still wound up finishing in a rush. And that was with the help of my wonderful father and eldest son. The process:<br />
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assemble and glue the stretcher frame</div>
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(purchased along with the decorative frame on an earlier trip to <a href="http://www.jerrysartarama.com/">Jerry's Artarama</a>)</div>
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stretch and staple muslin (thanks to son for help with this) </div>
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stretch and staple linen after a search for the right color</div>
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stitch around the tree trunk and branches and stuff them so they project off the surface of the felt</div>
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stitch and stuff the bird </div>
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embroider my initials</div>
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sign the back and attach my card</div>
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attach the decorative frame (Dad is getting to be a wiz at figuring this stuff out)</div>
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All this work is why it is a bit irritating to be asked "how long did that take you to make?. Do I include the hours of driving-shopping-learning-dyeing-sewing-practicing-felting-thinking-imagining-beading-painting-getting materials out-putting materials away-ad infinitum, that applies to this one project? Or do I include all the work, learning, and practicing from all the years and projects that came before since that too is part of this piece? Somehow it seems to leave a lot to be said when all of this is reduced to Name of Artist, Title, Medium, Size, and Price. How DO you put a price on all that work not to mention that this is not just an object but in a way a piece of me? I will say that most artists do not make minimum wage even if just actual working time is considered. And though we do it because we have a NEED to create, for some of us it is our only WORK and there is also a NEED to make money. </div>
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If only to buy more craft supplies.</div>
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