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Archive for February, 2015

Making Progress

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

movementexercise

I finished this, except for the edges. Turned it in and it got a great review from EB. As is my MO, I was a underwhelmed when I finished it, but it is growing on me.

I did some more work on this piece, but need to quilt the background before I finish the top.

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I started working on the water piece for this group.

stillwatersblocks

stillwaterswork

Lisa is here, looking for a house to buy. She thinks she found one to make an offer on. We are meeting the realtor with her tomorrow at the house. It seems like the perfect place for them. Tonight we had a nice family meal at Stephanie’s.

 

On Creative Overload

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

greenpastures

This is a sneak peek at one of the pieces for my show. This will be titled Green Pastures, referencing Psalm 23. I had so much fun this morning, fusing and cutting into the fabric.

I am on my last week of the Photoshop Class. I have learned so much. So worth fitting it into my busy life.

I started a 5 week clay workshop at Trinity last night. It is just on Wednesday nights. He told us to make as many small objects as we could – he suggested food and body parts as well as pinch pots.

Here is some of what I did:

clayparts

claypears

It was very relaxing to play with clay.

I am on a deadline to finish this month’s homework for the EB Master Class.

I dedicated yesterday to getting it done. I have been so restricted with work space because the studio is maxed out with solo show stuff. I finally set up on the dining room table.

movementpaperpatterns

I had made freezer paper patterns for this last year. I sorted them out on the big drawing.

movementworkspace

I started with this mess and some photos of where I left off last year plus my sketch.

It took all day, but I got it assembled. I ironed it to my big teflon sheet and moved it back in to my sewing room.

 

movementfused

I almost had a disaster today. I brought batting and backing from the studio and moved the teflon sheet to the sofa while I cut the batting and backing and fused them. The teflon sheet slipped off the sofa and I had to do some finessing to get it rearranged on the backing and fused. I finished quilting it tonight, but have not photographed it yet. I will do that in the morning.

I have to get the multi-purpose room cleaned up in the morning. Lisa arrives at lunch time to start the house hunting in earnest. She will be out on Friday and again on Saturday. It would be so great if she could find something this week-end that they can move into at the end of March when they move here.

Phase 2 of An Illuminated Psalter

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

23psalmartcloth

I am starting phase 2 of the work for my solo show, An Illuminated Psalter. The description is this:

Gerrie Congdon will portray how the Psalms teach us to express our emotions and longings, articulate our anger and our compassion, and see our lives in the grand scheme of God’s creation. Her fiber art creations will use colors and forms that bring her favorite psalms to life.

I am doing the 23rd Psalm first – imagery is pretty easy to create and I hope it is not going to be hokey!! Here is my plan. For each of the colorways, the central piece will just be a length of surface designed art cloth with no stitching – 5.5 feet, finished.

Each piece in this collection will have some foiling as part of the surface. This large piece will have a foiled sun in the sky.

foilingpaper

foilinggluesun

The foiling glue is drying and I will add the foil tomorrow.

I also decided the green pastures needed some colorful flowers.

flowerdetail

Each art cloth hanging will have at least two smaller pieces mounted on wrapped gallery frames – 18 inches square. I will start them tomorrow. I am getting excited to work on these.

Last February, when I dropped out of the Master Class, I had gotten this far on the February assignment.

abstractmovementprogress

I put everything in a box and it has been sitting in my studio. So. I am attempting to put the pieces back together and finish it for this month’s homework.

Painting Red and Photoshop Fun

Sunday, February 22nd, 2015

stainedglassposteredges

I have had a lot of fun and learned a lot in my Pixel Ladies Photoshop Class. The above photo is this paint rag with two filters used to alter it.

paintrag

And here it is with a couple of other filters.

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And here is a really cool rendering of a photo of Paige and me.

cutoutposteredges

I am having a very good recovery of the injured arthritic knee. I have been taking walks again and sleeping without pain.  I made it to the studio to paint the red silk.

redsilk

I also pieced backs and cut the batting for the two kid quilts. Trying to make good use of my time. I have one more project in the works for my Master Class, but more about that in another post.

 

Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

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