Jan 30
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

If I use something that is translucent, it is still possible to see the weavings as they run/flow in and out of the holes in lower layers. This is a better direction, and closer to what I was thinking about with some of the earlier ones. I used 3 layers of silk organza painted with Dynaflow – a very loose fabric paint that leaves the weave open and flexible. I used the twill to sop up the extra paint, and it looked so integrated that I added it as a bottom layer, to give the eye a stopping point.

I could use layers with more visual heft, and only have two. The organza is very wifty.

Crayons
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Happy Friday.

I am hungry for color. This worked pretty well. We will resume our regular blogging tomorrow.

ice dogwood
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

This is what the world was covered with this morning. I love the way the whole tree is reflected in the top of the ice.

Jan 29
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

A stack of fabrics with holes that line up, black strips woven through the holes, accentuated with bleach pen. This is before I rinsed off the bleach pen, and the dried pen marks make a nice lumpy emphasis on the presence of the holes.

I tried to do something yesterday, but between the snow storm and drops in my eyes from an eye exam the entire world was fuzzy and blurry, and I could see nothing. I wound up napping for a huge chunk of it, waiting to get my eyes back!

I definitely made up for it today, because look what else I finished the stitching on:

Reverse Maple Leaves –

reverse maples
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

the relicts from making Ten Maples Leaves, which needs stitching and I'll show it then.

Jan 27
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I managed this one Tuesday, and failed to get it out of the camera. The center is a piece of fabric with circles fused to it, woven into strips of hand dyed blue. I tried to accentuate the circles with bleach pen on the the blue strips, but it didn’t work very well.

Jan 26
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Apparently I want things to go both in and out of the same hole so I can still see the round edges. I had to emphasize the edges with Red Thread (!) to get the pop I wanted from it.

I must think further about this.

Jan 25
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I would like to make a lot of moons. I like all the shapes of the moon. I love that it changes. I shall think about that.

The Artist Support Group had a nice meeting today, and we were wowed by our own productivity over the last year. Happy Anniversary Us, and many happy returns.

Jan 24
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Weaving through a hole, did not do what I expected.

Jan 23 fluffy
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I was thinking over the layers of circles and stars I was working on, and just started stacking circles. I had to interpolate some of them with a compass, but it worked pretty well. It looked too smooth before I distressed it with a toothbrush and some sandpaper.

icicle
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I saw this icicle at lunch. There is something funny and fabulous about icicles (and something deeply odd about the spelling – I have stared at that for a while, and tried several iterations before the spell checker liked it.) especially really big ones, or really baroque ones. This one isn't especially big or baroque, but I do like the way it encloses the lamp.

Jan 22
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Totally missed yesterday. It was really busy, and I was so tired by the end I couldn’t stand up. I have been looking after my riding instructor’s barn, and on Mon and Wed I cleaned seven stalls. Usually four is plenty. Seven is falling over and moaning territory. I did stay awake at Aerin’s winter concert, which was pretty excellent.

I didn’t like the way Tuesday’s starburst came out looking inside out to me, so I started building this one from the outside in, and using thinner pieces. I like the feel of it better; it is closer to what I was aiming for. I may need to think about these some more. Maybe layers of graduated circles, with strips/stripes over the top.