"New Light of Day" :)

Hello everyone. :)
This piece has had a long journey. It began with 9/11. Two months after the attack I began trying to piece together some semblence of understanding and created the gold silk portion of this piece. It is sewn with organza and I then burned through the organza with a soldering iron. I had pinned fabrics behind it, but it never felt or looked right to me. I kept it with my fabrics and unfinished pieces for ten years, pulling it out from time to time, still never satisfied. Finally, the year of the anniversary of 9/11 it came to me. I have a much better stash to play with now and the image just fell together. After the move I'm looking forward to setting up a better setup for photographing my work, but I think the photos show how I deviated from my own norm - no hand stitching! This piece along with the pear piece are going to be entered into an upcoming show. I'll keep you posted to see if they made it in! :)


"New Light of Day"
Completed 3.6.2011  
13" X 12"





Back of the work

 I thought the back of the work was really interesting....and it gets me thinking about the upcoming SAQA call for entry involving structures.

Latest Creation "Transformation"

Today I finished a piece to enter an upcoming show that I'm very pleased with. I started it at a very difficult time in my life as I was dealing with the aftermath of a divorce, had gone through surgeries, cancer scares and I just was lost. It now relates to more than I anticipated, based on the added experiences I've had since the original idea came to me. I have added handwork to provide added texture and a wide machine stitched border and now the piece feels more like it should be. May we all find the strength to rise up from our sorrows and conitnue on our paths.

On a separate note, I'm very excited about the happenings with Fiber Artists of Hope. Our current show, The Unspoken Truth About Color: A Dialogue in Art Quilts about Racism,  is in NJ and will be traveling. I hope to see it in Chicago in April. The pieces by my fellow artists is amazing and I'm so proud of them for addressing issues in their work that are so important.

The upcoming projects sound so exciting I can't wait to start working out the ideas for them! For now, I'm going to attempt to make a dress - mind you, I haven't made clothes since high school...yikes. We'll see how that goes!

Love and Light to you all,

juno

SAQA Trunk Show

I have finished my piece for the This is a Quilt!: SAQA Traveling Trunk Show entitled "Gleaming". I've been sick for about a week so it has been tough getting things done. I'm going to have to overnight it, which I don't like to do. Deadlines are deadlines. I particularly like this little piece and was trying layering in a different way to get ready for a larger piece that I have planned.

I've been working on a piece for the next endeavor. The top of it I started at QSDS summer before last and have pulled it out to bring it to life. I'm incredibly stuck at what to hand stitch on it, but I'm sure it will come to me at some point along with my muse. Peace to everybody and hopefully sunshine will come sooner than we think! I'm tired of winter!

Voodoo Kitty and pieces for the nieces

I'm finally back in the swing after a couple of months of getting caught up with work, the fibromyalgia, and a serious lack of time in the studio. Living with fibromyalgia and regulating the medications has been a challenge. (There will be pieces coming from this, no doubt!) I want to thank those who are supporting me in all of my efforts. Much love to you. :) Below you will see the piece "VooDoo Kitty". Yesterday I sewed the sleeve on and Donovan put it in place. It started when I saw some VooDoo imagery a couple of months ago and was dealing with some frustration living with my black cat, Meridith aka Tadpole. She's a bit of a character and this piece was born out of that whimsy. The background is machine stitched with the yarn ball and straggling yarn being hand stitched as well as much of the stitching on the cat. Later I may add on images of some dead mice, but it's done for now.

I'm really happy with how this has turned out.

The following two wall hangings are gifts to my wonderful nieces, Sam and Jess, who are some pretty great softball players. They both play on traveling teams and are VERY involved. Their new room will be in lime green and hot pink, as you can see. :)

I hope they like the gifts!

Today I'm working on binding some unfinished pieces and will be organizing the studio - and doing some sketchbook work too! It's good to be back and peace to you all!

Just finished "Peaceful Pear"!

I feel it is a moment of celebration as this is the first piece I've been able to bring to completion since school started. It started off as a demo of how to use fusible webbing during a workshop and I'm very pleased at how it "shaped" up.I've always loved the subtle shape and color of pears, but it wasn't the right time for a still life. I wanted something a little more lively. It may end up with beads on the background leaves...we'll see.

 

Here is a close up in case you can't zoom. Still mastering the art of blogger. :) 

The piece is approx 9 1/2" by 11". 

The pear is fusible webbed and everything is machine appliqued, but it wouldn't be complete without the hand work. One by one I'm knocking out the little pieces while working on the larger ones too! On to the next one!

SAQA piece sold!

I am very excited and honored that an anonymous buyer purchased my donation piece in the SAQA auction. (Studio Art Quilt Associates). I am reposting images of the piece below. You can see the remainder of the pieces up for auction at www.SAQA.com . There are MANY amazing artists on there!

Have an artful and art filled week everyone! 

Family Crest

This was a gift to Donovan when we were dating. I do family crests for people upon request. It is entirely hand painted, hand stitched, and hanging in our living room. 

 

Yes, I stitched that tiny latin phrase...."I would rather die than be disgraced".