So for day 2 of my art challenge faces are the theme.This is a reworking of an older piece that was more multi-media but it worked.I had to lose the text for the book so add-ins are a method I frequently use.
Face to face
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More Owls
We have had a great week in the PNW. The weather continues to be good warm and dry.On Monday we headed out to Ebey’s landing on Whidbey Island a nice short drive and ferry hop from our Bellevue home.We spent the day hang out with Northern Harriers and short earred owls at dusk.The little strip of land by the Port Townsend ferry is a fav spot.
Hubby commented while taking his beach side required nap that I would normally be journallng but I realized i had just hadn’t done that in a while so this week when I came across a 21 day challenge I felt it was time to flex those muscles.
This is Day One have to confess I did a little sketching first. Thought about which of my 4 current journals to pick up and in the end went for The First Deadly Sin.I like the text pages and as I’m finding it difficulty starting projects currently an already washed page was helpful.
Owl watching
Today we headed out in warm weather to look for the owls at Nisqually.It was a beautiful spring day.I was glad of my Seahawks hat,gloves and down jacket.We had long looks a female owl tucked into the hollow of a snag.She rested ,wriggled and stretched until she finally settled down to rest.We’re unable to find the owlets on this visit but there is always next time.We heard the first rufus hummingbird of the season around the just flowering salmonberry.It felt like spring but the long term weather forecast is not to positive.
Winter
The weather in the Pacific North West has been mild and wet this winter.Our snow pack is very low but the up side is that our spring flowers are ahead a little. I’ve just found our first hellebore flowers and this small bowl of spring goodness sits on the table outside my studio reminding me that I will again be crafting in that very spot with the sun on my back.
No name
This critter has been hanging around the house for a while and I’ve finally gotten around to finishing.The google eyes are fun and will probably appear on the next few creations.
Inchies revisited
I have been described this week as the Inchie queen by one of the members of the online community The Extraordinary League of Crafters.One way to make a girls day.This batch was made for our New Year swap.Upper batch are paper ( grocery bags a personal favorite-thift store stamps,wax crayons and a hybrid ink stamp) The” Take a Chance” stamp was a purchased for a class project back in the day.A nice link to the fabric inchies is that the blue flowers are from my fav teaching blouse.More layers of meaning.Have to confess I’ve been musing around making fabric handstitched inchies for a while.It was nice to have the opportunity to make these for Laura my swap partner especially as we negotiated to make them 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 inch just lets them be a bit more juicy.
Bubble
These pieces were created for the Art-tastic at Kidsquest Museum.Hubby captured a great image of J-pod last summer.I’m not a hundred percent happy with this quilt but hopefully it will be a talking point.
It has been a long while since I made a tapestry woven piece but this worked nicely for a 6 x 4 demo piece.
2015
The New Year brings new habits. I hope to share more creations and blog more often. I’ve joined Postcrossing.com which is an online forum for exchanging postcards with random members across the world.I enjoy snail mail so this should be a fun endeavor.
I will be the “local artist” at Kidsquest Art-astic Evening in January and I am currently working on a series of ocean themed mini-quilts.Last year we enjoyed many weekends with the crew of Island Adventures in the Puget Sound.One afternoon we were surrounded by a pod of over 200 white sided pacific dolphins.It was an amazing sight.I had these dolphins in my stash from a swap with Monique.The two work as a great memory quilt for me.
Halloween goodies
Mushroom by Mischevious Raven
Now that is a strange title.My package has arrived from Mysterious Raven.The mushroom will fit perfectly on the tree dress.The banner will work well on the porch.We are having high windstorms so will be dressing the deck at the last minute this year..
Someone said Raven
Pompom Pumpkins
As promised here are my Halloween swap images of items sent to Mischievous Raven in England.International postage has risen around 300 % in the last 5 years.This makes sending difficult and unreliable internationally .Having said that my studio walls have ATC”s along one side and lots of ephemera from many nations. hang all around. I have been a member of Cut Out and Keep for around 5 years.The members have changed and other sites are more popular and active.I still host the odd swap.I also host the Vet V Newbie swap.Check out the site. http://Cutoutandkeep.net/board/swapping/swap_shop.
My fav swap is the Halloween.That orange and black thing. Inchies swaps-they are so small light weight but make great accents/focal points for books,mini banners and other pieces.
Halloween mini banner
Ravens and Pumpkin
