Tag: Technique: Assemblage

Another way of going

~ Liz A ~ 14 Comments

I’ve made two more patched blocks for the table cloth, this time a mash-up of Josef Albers’ squares with log cabin construction.

The first is a take on Billy Keen’s No Path …

The second is a nod to one of Don’s roadrunner assemblages, which he made with deconstructed pliers and glass eyes leftover from his dad’s decoy carving days …

Meanwhile, Don is expanding the garden, inspired no doubt by his recent studies at the Wildflower Center. He also potted the tomato seedlings we picked up last week after our jaunt to the Blanton Museum. The plan is to bring them in at night until it stays reliably warm outside …

And as I took the still photos, I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye: an anole taking in a bit of sun on the fence rail …

Gotta love Texas at this time of year …

Our hometown

~ Liz A ~ 27 Comments

We’ve moved around a bit since coming to Texas in 2009 … from Wimberley to San Marcos to Buda. And while we miss our five-acre Hill Country homestead, there’s a lot to love about our newest hometown just south of Austin (or as some say, just south of weird).

This weekend we wandered through the Inspired Minds Gallery to take a second look at some of the paintings created during the recent Plein Air competition …

Then headed over to the opening of Amado Peña’s opening at the Assemblage gallery …

followed by dinner at Mudbugs Cajun restaurant, where we indulged in deconstructed clam chowder and andouille crusted red fish with risotto …

topped off the next morning by an hour-long conversation with Amado Peña, who is 80 years young (check out those sneaks!) …

All just a mile-or-so from our house. And speaking of our house, here’s the newest resident: a Buda roadrunner, Geococcyx gardentoolensis …

Meep meep!

A change of pace

~ Liz A ~ 16 Comments

While I’m continuing to stitch my cup-and-ring marks, I thought I’d show you a couple of other projects.

Some impromptu cord-making with #12 Valdani perle cotton …

And Don’s latest yard art (the base of the one on the left will eventually be filled in by marigolds) …

And I almost forgot the salad … arugula and red leaf lettuce mix, fresh mandarin oranges, celery, cucumber, queso fresco and chives with a light citrus vinaigrette …

Gotta love springtime eating!