More show preparations

The postcards have arrived and I'm working on getting them in the mail, here's a peek for those that aren't on my mailing list.

One of my spare bedrooms has become my "staging" area. Making sure each piece has a label and a matching rod. Right now I'm short a few rods so there will also be a shopping trip involved. The room has two beds, this is how the queen size one looks.

I'm also short a few noodles for rolling the work, but I do have some card board tubes. I'm glad the art work is all done and I'm not rushing to finish  a piece.

The Weekly Leaf

The gelli plate came out this week along with some Jacquard russet textile paint, a piece of green hand dyed fabric and a leaf that was just plucked off a tree on my morning walk.

The leaf was very tender and soft which made it difficult to lay it down flat. You can see the wrinkles in some of it above, but it printed well.

The first print on the left, a print from the leaf itself in the middle and the final print on the right.

Week #33

Daily Stitching updates

Silk Fragments #223-#229

Twelve rows done.

Sari Ribbon #151-#157

Eight rows done.

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Prepping for a show

I have a show coming up in Corvallis, OR, at the Arts Center. The opening reception will be on Aug. 27 and the show will run through September. I will be delivering my work on the 24th, a mere two weeks away. So I've been making sure that all my work is ready to go. I'll be showing work from my black and white circle series, most of it is rather large, but I do have my Voids that are smaller and will be hung together.

I just spent a couple of days putting hanging wire on the backs and then a backing with a label. It's amazing how much time it took to get that done! Good thing I didn't wait any longer.

I have a lot of Lutrador in both black and white, so that is what I fused to the back, after I fused labels to each piece.

The Weekly Leaf
I used Jacquard's Color Magnet this week. It was screen printed onto white fabric, dried and then the fabric was dyed. The screen printed image comes out darker than the rest of the fabric.

Week #32

Daily Stitching updates

Silk Fragments #216-#222

Sari Ribbon #144-#150

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Canadian Road Trip

We've just come back from an eight day, 2000 mile road trip through the Canadian Rockies. It was fabulous! We drove north through Idaho, going by the Palouse area where wheat is being harvested.

Spent our first night near Sandpoint, ID. Next day we drove into Canada and started our Canadian National Parks adventure with Kootenay National Park. We arrived in Canmore, Alberta late in the afternoon to settle into our very charming inn for four nights. We were meeting up with friends that had flown in from Chicago the following morning.  This was the view from our window the next morning.

Over the course of four days we did lots of hiking and a bit of driving to see some wonderful sights. We did Banff national park, Lake Louise, Yoho National Park, Johnston canyon and several other stops. Here's a quick look at some of our visit.
Waterfalls

Aqua Lakes

Wildlife

Fantasy Hotels

Rode a chairlift up to gorgeous views and a gourmet meal. (Also got soaked in a rainstorm while riding up.)

Our plan was to drive through Glacier national Park in Montana on our way home. Unfortunately the East entrance was pretty much up in flames.

There has been a wildfire burning there for over a week and the East entrance is closed. We drove around the South end of the park and went into the West entrance, but the traffic congestion was bad, we were tired from driving all day so we passed on it for this trip. 

We then visited friends that live in Montana before heading back over more mountains to get home. It was a delightful trip.

The Weekly Leaf

For the leaf this week I used some Wonder Under fusable web that I had painted. I did a quick sketch of a willow branch and leaves, freehand cut the leaves from the painted fusable and ironed them onto a piece of hand dyed fabric.

 The drawing, painted web and fabric.

 Leaves cut out and placed paint side down.

 Peeling off the paper backing after ironing.

Ready to stitch.

Week #31

Daily Stitching updates

Silk Fragments #209-#215

 Looks like I was influenced by the mountains on a couple of these.

Sari Ribbon #137-#143

Linked to "Off the Wall Friday".