Archive for the ‘Visual Arts’ Category
Road Closed
where do I get the ideas for my stories
where do I dig up the weird things that inspire me to write
and today I thought I would show you…
that I am inspired by the things
I see every single day
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photo: A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
photos taken June 29, 2009
King Street Station
Seattle, WA
The Eggs and I
“The Eggs and I”
This was created in The Tholos Group as a result of the Cosmic Egg prompt.
Manipulated Photograph
L. Gloyd (c) 2008
The Elder Spirit of the Gwen Guin
My first spirit animal was found at a very precocious ahe.
Fabric Sectional/s
I decided to try techniques used in art journaling on fabric, replacing paper collage pieces with fabric scraps to make up the background – just for fun and experimentation. This is the first section I have embellished with stitch – I have a sneaking suspicion that I shall return to work more on this piece. I have ended up with 16 postcard size pieces .
As I began to embellish each section I decided to join them into a whole piece rather than forming them into a book as I had originally intended. I am really liking the result so far………
Initially I was thinking to use this as a background, á la art journal style. My first thought being to create some form of self-portrait as a surface design…. as these were literally journal sections that I had cut up and reformed, a representation of my life, albeit for a day or so only, it would make sense to have some form of self imprinted/embellished onto the background. However, now I have stitched it all together I am not so sure. At present it is pinned to a wall where I see it often – I will wait until it tells me what it wants me to do with it.
Jill
An Iris for Kerry
Seeing the photos of Kerry’s Irises reminded me of the Irises I grew in Oregon, I miss them so. All of them, but one in particular.
This rhizome (root) was mixed in with a bed of the Blue Flag irises, and my friend, Bella, gave them to me. All I had to do was dig them up and transfer them to my flowerbeds.
I waited impatiently for next spring (from late summer) and the ‘Time of the Irises’. At last, the Irises rose above the soil, with their leaves like giant blades of grass waving in the late spring-early summer breezes.
Then came the flower stalks themselves, each one reaching for the sun. The buds appeared, each with their crinkling, brown papery coat. I watched as the colours began to clarify. Mostly lavender and purple, with a couple Sapphire Blue ones tossed in randomly.
At last!!! One lone stalk shaded darker from burgundy-purple, and I knew I had my Black Iris!! I was delighted, and so was my husband, he must have been, he went out and took photos of it.
So Kerry dear, an Iris to share with you.
Views Around the Old Homestead
Mum has taken to walking around the house for exercise and I try to walk with her. I, of course, take either one or both of my cameras along.
This is one of the views from our front patio, early in the evening. We have yet to use the hanging lanterns, but oh!! I love the sound of wind chimes!
I have come to love the willy-nilly, thorny growth of this bougainvillea. The blooms are lovely when they are backlit by the sun, there are times of the year that the entire bush is covered in the papery blossoms in their fade-resistant pink.
Even with vigilant pruning these can take over, never mind our “it’ll still be there later” gardening mindset. There have been times we have had to move the branches out of our way on the front patio, which is 8 feet wide.
This is a tree by the office where I apply for food stamps, I like the way that the branches writhe around each other.
Same tree, much closer this time, with the sun peering through the leaves.
We had a brief rain squall last Friday, and I went out to take pictures of the clouds, when I circled ‘round to the front of the house I spied these wee birdies taking shelter from the wild winds.
After all this time, I am still fascinated by the mountains, Michigan had no’real’ mountains, they got shaved away by a glacier in the last Ice Age. Every time I stop and look at this particular mountain, I am reminded of an early Rush song’s lyrics.
“Yet my eyes are drawn towards
The mountain in the East.
It fascinates and captivates.
And gives my heart no peace.”
The Fountain of Lamneth © 1975 Lee, Lifeson, and Peart
And yes, this mountain is due east if our little nestie.
]I have been busily sorting, and cataloguing books to go into storage (5 boxes of ‘em) and in the midst of what is actual work I ran across a book that wouldn’t close properly. When I opened it to the gap, I found these Mexican Bird of Paradise blossoms I had pressed years ago. What a sweet thing to find while I am boxing books.
Oh, and, I have not catalogued the books that are staying in my room, nor have I catalogued the sixteen larger boxes of books already in storage!! Did I mention that I am a bookworm? Hahahahahhaahaha!!!
Words and Images © 2008, Gwen M. Myers
Two new pages/altered text
Text reads: “She had a child to mother but she wasn’t sure she belonged”.
Media: Acrylics, gouache and watercolour.
Text reads: “her world a strange music of different ways, but she wasn’t going to spoil this”.
Media: Collage and acrylic
Jill
Fantasy Quiltie
This quiltie measures 5″ x 5″ and is my own design hand-painted on silk which I then hand quilted. My interpretation of the theme Fantasy for a swap on a textiles group. This is the third quiltie I have done so far and am fast becoming addicted to this small textile art form.
Jill
An ATC day
A friend of mine is not so well at the moment. She loves colour, it makes her happy, so I decided to make a small book into which I will set the following ATCs. I hope it brings her some cheer.
Hand-dyed fabric, couched fibre and hand stitching.
Left: machine-appliquéd batik scraps; Right: layered fabrics with applied fibres.
Left and Right: Acrylics, pen and ink; Centre: couched fibres.
Left: mono-printed fabric, machine stitched; Centre: layered papers and fabric with couched fibres; Right: hand-painted paper by Laura Hegarty with machine applied pieces.
Left: hand-painted silk, centre quilted and machine stitched; Centre: felted dyed wools with couched thread; Right: mono-printed fabric with couched fibres.
Left: Layered fabrics and silk-tops, machine and hand stitching; Right: mixture of couched fibres.
It was fun to play this way, experimenting on a small scale.
Jill
Desert Muse
“Desert Muse”
This was inspired by the prompt “Create Characters and Narratives” from Heather’s StyleHive Squiddo. This is a montage of photographic and computer generated elements. The woman was inspired by an image I found on Stylehive. Check out my Hive and see if you can find it.
L. Gloyd (c) 2008
A little bit more
The past four days I have spent working on “This Life” – a textile project of mine. The piece as a whole measures 4′ x 4′ so it is taking a while!
The above picture represents some 20 hours work.
Detail showing the couching – apologies for the poor quality – will try to do better!
Jill
Three new pages
Today my creative efforts produced three more spreads in my Altered Text book, two singles and one double.
Text reads: The mermaid thought nothing, half-naked she was delicate.
Medium: Gouache
Text reads: The mermaid was with the hag. A star of the magi was the point to watch.
Media: Gouache, acrylics, pen and ink.
Text reads: A sister was on her own. She was old and sat perched on a great turtle. Everything was flat and calm, she’d always had good sea-legs.
Media: Acrylics, pen and ink.
Jill
Pythian Games 
