Tag: Technique: Paper

Ring them bells

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This old Bob Dylan song, covered by one of our local singer/songwriters, has been playing in my head today.

No wonder, as I decided to follow Deb’s lead in the ongoing Open House …

And I made a few ornaments … tiny envelopes with season’s greetings inside …

Now hanging on the tree alongside ornaments from years past …

Don’s been playing around, too …

a work in progress to be continued.

Braille for the sky

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With a nod to Mo for inspiring the title of this post, here’s where I am with the first of two “endpapers” for Moon Myth …

The moon phases, not yet attached, were made by piercing handmade paper
with a needle and then gently pushing the resulting shapes out … 

creating softly feathered edges …

The night sky was made from a thrift store linen dress which had bias-cut strips seamed together …

I folded the cloth over and visibly basted two layers together with Jude’s glue stitch worked in size 8 perle cotton, creating a wonderfully textured front …

and (as always) a wild and crazy looking back …

Don just walked in and said, “that’s cool.”
Yeah, I’m thinkin’ it is, too.

– The heart of the matter

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Retrospective (9/30)

Patch #267 Flood map

Not the most exciting thing to happen, but at least we finally signed up for FEMA flood insurance …

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I wondered how best to stitch a replica of Mo’s heart talisman for the post on September 12th (http://imgoingtotexas.blogspot.com/2016/09/crow-landing.html).

Hers was made from felt, which reminded me of my paper making trials back in 2009 (http://imgoingtotexas.blogspot.com/2009/10/mother-of-invention.html) when I used an old flannel shirt to make sheets of red paper …

It’s not an exact match and I’m pretty sure the paper will shred over time …

but for now, it holds memory …

I also took the time to search out each bit of red in Mo and Rod’s book …

some the merest wisp …

meanwhile delighting in all the suns, moons, and stars, especially this one …
that made me long for the sea …