embroidered story

more pages in the embroidered storybook. i can let the secret out now that this was part of a xmas present for my hubby. we had a rough year and this is our love story. as you can see, i didn't finish it in time for xmas, but it was done enough to give it to him. and now i will spend the rest of the year completing it. love to all.

more embroidered story

embroidered story

i have been wanting to make an embroidered story book. this is the beginning of it. stay tuned for the ongoing story.

hooray! last self-portrait

seems that safari wasn't happy with blogger's new changes, so i am now working off of firefox. ok so, no more self portraits for the rest of the year. school is over and i am back to blogging. happy holiday season.

blogger problems :(

big problems posting photos on blogger for the last week. anyone have any ideas what to do??

embroidered maggies...again

more pieces in my series of embroidered self portraits for my portraiture class project. soooo fun.

another embroidered maggie

school is brutal this time of year, but not complaining, cuz i LOVE it all, but not much time for blogging. ok, here is a finished homework assignment. guess i can't get enough of myself:)

home sweet home

so i have been really missing a sense of home these days. this is a woodcut project i did on the theme of home. the first photo is the mock up drawing, the 'key' block printed on mylar and the carved blocks. the second photo is after the first printing of the light blue sky background and adding the tissue paper chin colle. then, voila! - the final wood cuts inked on various papers and cloth. this was great fun and i highly recommend it as a habit to cultivate.

hope everyone has a place where you feel at home. xo

stitching woodcut

another piece in my series of self-portraits. here i am indulging in one of my favorite activities: hand quilting.

embroidered maggie

hi everyone. i haven't forgotten you. school is keeping me busy and my frequent weekend commutes to be with my beloved big hiney. anyway here is part of a project of self-portraits i am working on. love to all.

i'm on the cover of people magazine

anyone who knows me knows that my primary goal in life is to avoid being on the cover of people magazine. so when i had to do a class project with my self portraits, i thought this would be a fun opportunity to play with the idea of putting myself on the cover. now all i have to do is learn photoshop so i can clean it up and play with the text - inserting my own name with the headlines of hysteria. wouldn't the whole thing look great as an embroidery?

sock monkey friends

these bright guys are 'dottie' and 'stripes.' made by suzanne freed, from atlanta. they are for her granddaughters. her first sock monkeys ever! let's give her a big hand. suzanne and i met in cyberspace on the very active quiltart email list. Quiltart is a great place to find out anything you want to know about making arty quilts and hearing funny stories. Thanks for your contribution to the sock monkey world, suzanne.

portraiture drawing

what have i been doing other than neglecting the blog? i have been working on my drawings for portraiture class. we have a 100 heads sketchbook to do....

IRRITABLE in woodcut

here is my self-portrait for my relief printmaking class. maggie as irritable...just right!

maggie's aboriginal art

inspired by the work of aboriginal artist kantjupayi benson - scroll down - i made this piece of work for a woodworking class i am in. we were given a piece of wood that was four feet long and three inches square. i learned to cut the wood into strips on the band saw - similar to the field grasses used in aboriginal sculptures. the head is made from a plastic bag full of wood chips from the woodshop. i finished off the piece with a maggie twist to the work.

what is big hiney thinking today?

chocolate, watching a movie at home and world peace (not necessarily in that order)... ok, that's what big hiney says he is thinking about today. i think he is also glad that i just let him in the apartment after he locked himself out. oh! it's good to have my man home:) maybe i will make this a regular feature of my blog.

good day to everyone!

crocheted scarf!

oh, my gosh. i have sooo much homework, i definitely don't have time for craftiness. but craftiness kept calling my name. and it is such a good stress reliever. plus, who doesn't need a new crocheted granny-square scarf for the start of a new school year?
this is made with beautiful mission falls 1824 cotton yarn...good for three seasons, which is what we have here in maine.

color wheels

mixing lots of color these days...color wheels, gray scales. i like how the local thrift store is getting in on the act!

woodcut

in my relief printmaking class, we had to do a woodcut loosely based on a historical piece. i chose, emile nolde's 'familie.' the woodcut i made is a funny story in my family life: hubby and me sitting on the couch together. he has, yet another group of tv remotes, that he is trying to explain to me. does it seem that i am interested?
i am really enjoying making woodcuts (and sitting on the couch with hubby). this woodcut is due for some refinements, but it still makes me laugh!

sock monkey quilt square

just in case i need a quilt square with a sock monkey face and the seven deadly sins.

more stitching samplers

busy busy busy. here is some opus homework. love to everyone!

sloth-er takes his bike for a ferry ride

an early fall day and sloth-er decides to put his bike on the ferry and go island hopping.