week 1 leafrise
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
In the middle of all the experiments, I got the leaves in orange into/onto a starry night sky, and they looked like a series of rising moons, only, you know, leaf shaped. LeafRise.
This is the first of the weekly objects. It is 5×7" (12.7×17.8 cm) transfer printed using leaves and star shaped sequins as resists, embroidered and foiled (hard to see but present).
It was substantially done yesterday but the day kind of escaped from me, so I finished it today.
Today I also extended the experimentations to sheer fabrics like this:
Jan 7
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
but I can’t figure out what to do with them – it wants something that demonstrates the sheerness of them somehow.
Lee Thomson 
lee,
thanks for commenting on my blog.
what beautiful things you’ve crafted with leaves. my son is always collecting leaves as gifts for me, and now i realize i should be incorporating them into beautifully-made objects.
cheers,
cynematic
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Hang them up in the windows by the kitchen table so the light comes thru them. Yummy.
Mummy.
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Lovely Leaves! i have some Beech leaves for you. they were looking so pretty against the snow, caught in foot prints, after the wind dislodged them. NY.
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Leafrise is beautiful. All your leaf things are lovely, but the orange leaves against the blue and starry sky… takes my breath away.
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