resurrection fern

terrain

Dear blog

sorry to have ignored you for so long

didn't really plan this but i have been super busy with family, work and making since the new year

i mean if you had to choose between playing in the snow or baking cookies with lilith and lachlan in your precious spare time or typing on a computer 

what would you do

yes

of course

I did want to show you the work for my group art show Terrain  at the Craft Ontario Shop (formerly the guild shop) in Yorkville, Toronto running from March 23 to April 12.

my work was inspired by the north, the landscape of sea, snow and ice for the majority of the year and then the uncovered tundra with its mosses, grasses , sedges and lichen with its ever so brief appearance of arctic wildflowers

the stage for these photographs was created with ice globes made by freezing water in balloons

this was facilitated by the deep freeze experienced all of the month of february

when I photographed these it was snowing softly 

it was worth my frozen finger tips

xx

arctic blues

athabasca

blue ice road to tuktuyaktuk

felsenmeer

scarp

tundra

redrock

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permafrost

spring on the tundra

 

 

 

instagram weekend and a trunk show

i had a lovely time on saturday at bookhou

selling some of my naturally dyed wares

with some lovely makers

while it poured rain outside and even a little on the inside

the renovations happening there are amazing

the rest of the weekend was spend helping family

tidying my studio

indigo dyeing

and

resting

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my naturally dyed , crochet covered stones will be available for purchase

exclusively at crown flora studio

adam and davis have a beautiful new website

:)

i met a storyteller

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who uses the medium of clay to tell her stories

i met tanya besedina at the one of a kind show

and i was immediately attracted to her magical display

i love all things folkloric

i love terracotta clay 

and i love colour

it was as though my polish ancestry and my walk through the mexican market place with geninne

had been wed

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tanya was wonderful to talk to

she noticed my favorite elsita pin on my dress and told me how much she loved my dear friends art

and how she connects with her because she to has a "hero" child in her life, her daughter

I would love to take a workshop with her one day

for now I will enjoy her website, galleries and her online shops

i hope you will explore them too.

xo

m

the cat's pajamas

my weekend started with a little bit of lovely mail from my ever so dear friend sonia

and then was filled with things that i have been procrastinating about for weeks ( give you a guess it is a three letter word that starts with t and ends with x)

edgars expression just about sums it up

tamara and i had lovely visits from lilith and her adoring parents

i made vietnamese rice rolls for brunch yesterday

a first for me

and they were oh so yummy

i made some progress on the largest piece for the show

maybe you see some words you recognize

take good care of yourself this week

xxoo

m

( if you were wondering where the saying came from you might want to read this)

out of the blue night a forest grew

inspired by one of my family's favorite picture books by maurice sendak 

and the forest at night illuminated only by the moon and all the stars in the heavens

have a lovely weekend my friends

xo

m

indigo sky

this lovely little birdie knows something that others will never realize even in one lifetime

the sky is not the limit

you can stitch your way 

across the heavens

( first piece completed but not yet framed for an upcoming show all about the color blue)

lilith picks the winner

we had about a dozen correct guesses 

the nudibranch species commonly known as

the blue ocean dragon or sea swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)

lilith was born in the year of the dragon

she is aquarius

and 

she has beautiful blue eyes

no one correct guess was exactly right on how lilith inspired it

so we had lilith herself pick a winner

and

the winner is mirjam

please email me your mailing address

lilith and i thank you all so much for playing along

xxoo

oma

 

a little guessing game for the weekend

a few photographs were taken before i started adding the details

layers of indigo dyed fabrics

hand stitched

on

an antique hankie

 

if you want to play along

guess what this creature is

and in what what way it

might have been inspired by my

new grand daughter

lilith grace

on tuesday evening I will pick the closest correct answer and they will win

an indigo dyed crochet covered stone. 

xo

m

wordless wednesday

stitching on indigo dyed fabrics

stitching in my little bits of free time

work for the upcoming show

as time passes i don't even notice 

how blue my fingers are:)

can't wait to get some better photographs 

in daylight 

on the 

weekend

i have chosen the subject for my third stitched piece

it might surprise you