It's finished. I'll send it today to my friend. Before I put the bird on his shoulder it was kind of
depressing. Now it can fly. Editing is kind of beyond me, so please, excuse the awkward presentation.
It's finished. I'll send it today to my friend. Before I put the bird on his shoulder it was kind of
depressing. Now it can fly. Editing is kind of beyond me, so please, excuse the awkward presentation.
Green Man is a joint effort with
an old friend (from 1988). I'm using this friend's photos to make a companion piece for
Open Eyes (below) sideways
I haven't been able to make new work
since my DBS surgery 2 years ago so am hoping this will break the spell.
So far I'm pleased with how our ideas are linking up. A new printing program and loss of
my editing in the PC are not so managable but I'm slogging through.
This very cat like wolf in an illustration of a pebble mosaic of
I'm not posting a photo because you really don't want to see this finger. When the ortho surgeon
walked in the room he said 'oh no' after seeing the x-ray. Life is not the same. So, until after
surgery and healing no sewing. Baa!
Kyosai is the artist who made the woodblock in my last post (1831 - 1889).
There's another print of the tiger being captured 'live' by a Norwegian.
and the lines of movement in it. The story is that the dragon, Ryujin, an Ocean Kami (god)
very well loved in the culture of Japan has had his jewel stolen. You can see this jewel tucked
under the Princess' left arm. It's supposed to be a huge pearl. All of Ryujin's ocean helpers,
Jellyfish and small fish, are in the fight to retake the jewel. I just had to sew on this.
I wove a length of cloth and cut it in half for the top and bottom.Then added some of the Paper piecing on the sides. The moons always want to be
to be in on things. This desktop will not let me size, center or change
or work with type sizes. I have no idea how this will come up.
Fingers crossed.