Life Art Water: LAW 75: Dreams and schemes and other artful things, mainly mini-quilts.

Don't know what it is, maybe something in the water, but man i have been dreaming like a crazy lady lately! Last night's dreams were real doozies! I did come away from that particularly unsettling set of dreams with the idea for a new book, as well as a collage. I don't think that i am willing to go into the lurid details however. Suffice to say, strange……

A little sun and the garden grows

I realized as i was going through some of the older posts that somehow i had neglected to publish images in a consolidated fashion of the fabric fantasies i have been working on. You've seen bits and pieces of the GreenMan in progress, and some of the Eye of Horus, but nothing altogether. So i thought is would share images of the three that fall between the Eye and the GreenMan.

Detail of sunface

After i finished the Eye the next project up was a simplified version of the Sun card from the Rider Waite Tarot deck. I've always kinda felt that the infant crusader on horse was an unnecessary embellishment so he disappeared right away. And of course into every sky, some clouds, so there they are. The flowers are rather self explanatory, aren't they?

garden flowers in process

I guess i still wasn't done with the sun imagery when i started working on the next piece. The design for Solar Cat, originally had two kitties, but somehow they didn't fit onto the piece of backing material i purpose cut for them. Funny how that happens. So, the lounging cat goes, leaving the sitting pussy all by himself, and very lonely looking i might add. So, he got a sun. By this time i was starting to think about how much fun it would be to 'violate' the picture plane. Moving beyond the picture plane has become a very accepted practice. I wasn't real happy with my solutions for the solar flares that extended beyond the backing fabric. Ah well, life is after all a learning process.

Rather an Indian cat and sun i think

The Great Blue Heron is a departure, as for the first time i did not use fabric that i had dyed or printed. But, i have had this particular yardage for a very long time. So, it's mine. yes indeed. Looking for simplicity in design with this one. Trying to cut down on the time and hence the expense. Since i do these all by hand they can get pretty pricey. In retrospect i wish i had couched the outline of the heron instead of using the cross stitch. Again, a learning process.

or maybe from the desert, a detail at any rate

All of these pieces are relatively small, and equipped with a pocket and rod hanger. If you are interested in any of these, or the possibility of a special custom design, please feel free to contact me.