KEEPING MYSELF ARTFULLY BUSY

I've been working on a few projects in my studio. I can only show glimpses at this time.......yeah sure. Some people hate that. Me? I think the small sections of work that people sometimes show are little GEMS in themselves.

I have also returned to my roots by going back to sketching. I can thank Barron Storey for that. I returned yet again to see his sketchbooks at the Society of Illustrators and spent a few more hours checking out the magic of his mark making.

Below you will find an "artsortment" of my"glimpses", PLUS my garden, that because of all of the rain we have been having, is looking better than it ever has. Also, when I was in NYC to see the Barron show again, I also went to The Met to see the incredible Medieval drawings. They will be on exhibit through the end of the summer.








Garden glimpses-






Hey Judy, check out the Prato Haggadah circa 1300. Have you guys read People of the Book? It's a wonderful story. Below images from The Metropolitan Medieval drawing exhibit.

A NEW YORK........."STOREY"

The above is a study for a project that is currently "all over my studio" . Just thought I'd let you know that I am still around, even though I haven't been visiting or posting much lately.

I spent a great day in New York yesterday. RUN.....do not walk, to the Barron Storey (he has both a blog and a website) show at the Society of Illustrators on 63rd, between Lexington and Park. It is a collection of his journals and sketchbooks that you can actually pick up , touch and feel, an amazing thing to be able to do in this day and age. It is there until the end of July and it's FREE. Be prepared to stay for awhile. I plan to go again.

"T" FOR THANK YOU AND THERAPY

"I found that I could say things with color and shape that I couldn't say another way- things I had no words for." -Georgia O'Keeffe

The "T" above, done with dye and leaves at a wonderfully zen workshop with LK Ludwig this past weekend, stands for a huge THANK YOU to all of you that sent your thoughts and loving wishes my way after the death of my mother. As the quote above states, I have no words that could possible express my gratitude.


The workshop was held at the beautiful studio of Bee Shay and I was surrounded with dear friends Jerri, Joy, Kathryn and Leslie.

LK taught us an array of her techniques including nature printing with dyes, mesh printing with patinas, painted pages, and her book binding techniques.

Below are some of my pages, an assortment of hands busy at work and my book cover (a VERY old school book cover) followed by some of my painted pages.















Thank you again!!

BUTTERFLY OF THE UNIVERSE

It is with great sadness that I tell you of the passing of my dear mother. She died on Wednesday night in the arms of myself, my husband and daughter. With peace and dignity.

"The caterpillar dies so the butterfly could be born and yet, the caterpillar lives in the butterfly and they are but one. So when I die, it will be that I have been transformed from the caterpillar of the earth to the butterfly of the universe."
-John Harricharan


Helen Dorner Shechtman
June 28, 1914 - May 20, 2009

HAIKU FESTIVAL

brick wall in spring
graffiti blooms -
the museum is open


Thank you, Elizabeth!

FRENCH FLEA MARKET FINDS

Flea market
The origin of this term, which first appeared in English in the 1920's, most probably lies in Paris, where Le Marche aux Puces (literally, 'market of the fleas') was a popular shopping venue. Le Marche aux Puces took its name from the semi-humorous (and probably at least partly accurate) popular perception that the market's ragtag goods were more than likely to be infested with fleas.


No fleas here.......and for those of you that have been here before.....it's not from Target!!!! I was in Paris three weeks ago.

The piece at the top of this post is my favorite. I believe it was a belt buckle of some sort. Maybe.




This lady is the top of an old lamp that had a fire of some sort, in it's electrics. I fell in love with the details on the top of her dress. Do you know what she is thinking? I can tell you. "What in the world is this blogger going to do, with all of these wonderful things?"

TIME IS A DRESSMAKER

"Time is a dressmaker that specializes in alterations."
-Faith Baldwin

Thank you Seth, for a jewel( better than Target) of a project.









Results-

*Ribbon stretched out, barely holding it up. The tree is helping.
*mold and dirt on paper......now the the lawn is being mowed add grass clippings
*rusted metal wire
*extreme paper warping paper was heavy grade water color paper
*enhanced patina on metals, copper and brass
*Target brooches............sigh, still intact.

Before-
After-