While we were at the beach, it occurred to me how my perception can be so different from the reality that the camera records (and yes, the camera’s “reality” is yet another matter for consideration).
This in particular was what struck me: how my perception of the beach is that the ocean looms much larger than the sand and the sky, as in this cropped photo view …
while the uncropped image shows the ocean to be a much narrower slice of the whole landscape …
So that’s what was in my mind as I gathered cloth for the other side of The Edge of Heaven …
I imagined how how blank patches of sea and sand and sky could be combined with Deb’s cloth …
and tried out variations on my design floor …
Until the story came clear … of the sun rising in the east over a dark sea …
and then setting in the west as the golden hour illuminated both the faces of our loves and the waves beyond the dune …
Cloth holding memory yet again, in my own unique perception …
And now all that remains to discern is how it all might come together and become The Golden Hours …
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What joyous exploration, investigation, enquiry. It is one of the wonders how as we explore the making of work, we learn so much about so many things. I am really liking the idea of the Golden Hours! Deb’s cloth always seem to let you say things, hint at things without being chunky or too obvious.
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Deb’s cloth and threads are inspirational … it has been so much fun using her dyed magic
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Love your process along with the Magic use of Deb’s beautiful dyed fabrics.
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I wish I could capture all the thoughts that come to me as I stitch … it’s truly a flow state
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Beautiful. I SO appreciate hearing about your thought process as you create.
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Thank you Faith … I confess it’s a gift to self when I’m able to capture some of the process in writing and pictures
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i understand so completely this sense of what looms large, what is ground, what above…
i have experienced this here, coming from desert New Mex where SKY was the dominant
player
and here…where the forest is. This interests me so much because it has completely
changed my clothmaking
i love very much what you are doing here
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this is one of the many joys of blogging … to be understood
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Liz~ Coming back, again, I still find only simple words to communicate my awe at all you do. I think of this perspective when I take photos on our walks…how much the sky/land/detail is speaking to me in that moment. Another ‘gift’ is you communicating all of this here, which in turn has me writing sentences like the prior one! I don’t know how much I’ve considered how much this comes into play as I frame a shot. I kind of work from an innate perspective, not a planned one. If that makes any sense!
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Blogging is such a gift to self … it slows me down, gives me a reason to think things through in order to find words that explain process or thoughts or feelings …
and yes, your words make perfect sense … comments are gifts, too … gladly received and much appreciated
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I love your demonstration of perspective – a really effective example of taking in the long view as well as the details and realising that we are always part of something so much bigger than we think. Also loving the way you’ve put those beautiful colours together.
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these two sides of the same pillow represent the first time I’ve made all the patches the same size … was curious to see how that “felt” compared to my usual free-style patch sizes … it’s been an interesting process
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Gosh, the colors of the woven cloth strips are amazing, vibrant, wondrous; weaving place into memory, weaving moments of family, quiet times along the shore… both sides of this pillow will bring those moments ever closer, especially on a dreary winter day when thoughts of this special place come rolling in, like waves of joy. It is wonderful how you meld your creative abilities and love of special places and moments in these places into such everlasting treasures..
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well, I have to confess those are paperless pieced patches, not cloth weaving … not my usual MO, it has been an interesting project to explore same-sized patches of cloth … what will never change is weaving story and memory into cloth
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My perspective…this is beauty. 🙂 And with my thoughts being on clouds, noticed how beautifully they’ve been included…
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each bit of Deb’s cloth triggers an association … now I’m stitching away on top, watching as the colors in Deb’s threads pop up with each draw of the needle … magic happens!
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my word, how you are able to translate what you see into your cloth pieces is just awesome Liz and beautiful
your sharing is a true gift to us
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thank you, but I must confess that Deb’s cloth and threads make it easy …
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LA – it is a real gift to be able to take the colours and patterns of the sky and landscape and pick and chose fabric to reflect that transitory beauty. Thanks.B
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your comment made me think back eight years, to when I first encountered Jude Hill’s Spirit Cloth and began to go to the Wimberley thrift store to find linen clothing that I could deconstruct and use for stitching … since then, my “pantry” has grown to include hand-dyed cloth in a rainbow of colors, none better than Deb Lacativa’s … that said, I would like to make more of my own with Inktense, hopefully sooner rather than later
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