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Soul Souvenirs within walking distance.
In my travels I found what I called soul souvenirs. These were star paved skies in Africa, a lightless cave in Brazil, smells and tastes, many things to capture and later fondle with memory.
Now, walking my way towards eighty, and two years of slow sequestering from Covid, I find I don’t particularly want to travel long distances anymore. Instead, I’m finding soul souvenirs quite close to home. Like this encounter with birdsong near the Banana River one day.
What does it mean
When a mocking-bird
Calls your name?
If you are a child, it means you are outside a lot and people call out to you and the birds have learned that call. If you are old, it means your hearing has degraded and your brain is translating a bird sound into a name, your name. Either way, it’s an unexpected ear kiss from nature.
Uses for sticks.
The sticks I made during the pandemic sequestering time were hung on a wall and stuck in vases in my studio. Then I gave one to a friend because I had collected the parts when I had visited her. She claims people see it and remark on it in a good way. Other friends got small bundles of them as holiday gifts.
Recently I left some at an aunt’s gravesite in a forest. They are planted in the ground near some of her seashells and some hang from her natural headstone. All will be earth to earth as the paper, string, silk, and the sticks themselves, dissolve into the earth. Farewell, Aunt Mary.
Two Pieces Accepted for The Art of the Quilt
Two pieces, Rust Blossoms and Red Silk with Sticks, have been accepted for the invitational show, The Art of the Quilt at Piedmont Arts Association in Martinsville, Virginia October 23- January 9, 2021. Click Here for more information. Click on the images below to view larger versions.
Width: 9.5″ Length: 13”
This small piece contains rust marked cotton, repurposed table linen and part of a dress as well as remnants from a silk tie. The embroidery stitching is meant to provide texture and reproduce the hand stitching known as Kantha. I call this technique fabric collage. It is inspired by Japanese Boro.
Width: 9.5″ Length: 13”
This small piece contains rust marked cotton, repurposed table linen and part of a dress as well as remnants from a silk tie. The embroidery stitching is meant to provide texture and reproduce the hand stitching known as Kantha. I call this technique fabric collage. It is inspired by Japanese Boro.
Sequestering with Sticks
Sticks, what can I say, I like sticks, the way they change directions. Plus, I grew up next to the woods and played with sticks; climbed trees, built shelters out of sticks. That stuff is basic to me. And that may be why I turned to sticks when we began sheltering in place to keep us away from Covid-19.
At first, I couldn’t find sticks – Mostly palms down here in Florida, and the neighborhood is compulsively neat. Martha, an artist friend in Virginia sent me a box of sticks and this is what happened.
