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more play with fiber scraps and ink
ALT: abstract, with glued bits of yarn and thread, and pooled ink. the image could be seen as a purple doggish critter, ears upraised and head turned as if in sudden movement. or you might see something completely different, or nothing at all but swoops of line and color.
winter garden.
As the season moves toward spring, and green buds and shoots are starting to brave the world, we had a snowfall here, nearly an inch. It all melted very fast, but a reminder how early spring so often is a dance between the cold and the warm, intertwined in a way that is quite lovely though sometimes inconvenient.
Since I’ve been obsessed with making little stars and flowers from yarn woven onto pipe-cleaner frames (“darn stars”), my work table it covered with fiber scraps. perhaps inevitable that some would eventually get glued down to a page.
ALT: ink and fiber, abstract. perhaps a glass vase on the right, and leaning over it a branch with no leaves, but maybe watery and fibrous … flowers?
arranging
ALT: water-soluble crayon. sort of abstract, but resembles flower arrangement. on the right, something gracefully grass-like in a bulbous purple vase. on the left an orange, fungal climbing thing, embracing three green discs. three seeds or pebbles in a pile in the lower left corner
moment of rest
ALT: water-soluble crayon. a black cat sits looking out a window. a small purple princess smiles withe her arm around the cat. a large blue motherly person looms over both, eyes closed, and smiling gently.
stitched wand
ALT: water-soluble crayon, abstract. bands of colored stripes drape across the top and down the right side. an orange stick pierces where the drape bends. the stick is topped by a doodled sketch of a 5-pointed star cradling circles in the space between its points.
new horizons
ALT: water-soluble crayon. a series of 9 horizontal horizon lines, each with a dome or bubble resting on it, all in pastel shades of blue, green, purple and orange.
aim to please
ALT: water-soluble crayon. it’s some kind of person, in a blue gown and with blue headdress. grinning wide and toothily, clasping hands and little feet poking out. the head is almost as big as the rest of the body; the eyes are wide and a little scary.
about town
ALT: water-soluble crayon. a pair of personages on a stroll together. one has a purple dress and spiky blue-green hair. the other in some kind of brown garment that looks a little furry.
weavers
ALT: crayon. four horizontal lines, with brown blocks between them like spacers. each line is being grasped by robot or insect-like arms and pincers. they appear tangled, but are staying out of each others’ way.
And what is being woven? In my studio, it’s more of these darn stars.
in the soup
ALT: ink and water-soluble crayon. calligraphic doodles of a goat, fish, and bird float over a ground of watery swirls with lumps in it.
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