Sorry I'm Late

It's my Day 7 of Make Art Every Day and I'm late.  I went to the World Quilt Show Florida V at the Palm Beach County Convention Center today and so although I did not "make art" today I enjoyed seeing the quilts of other wonderful quilt artist.  I will post some of the photos I took tomorrow as my mind is buzzing and my feet are hurting.  However, I did purchase beautiful silk ribbons from Quilters Fancy and have been experimenting with them on various crazy quilt blocks I intend to use in the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2014.

                                                                 So...watch this space!

Day 6-Make Art Every Day

Layers create depth and complexity.

Through the Stargate

Stepping through the Stargate we scream across the galaxy to the icy surface of Europa, Jupiter's sixth moon.

                                            

The first time I saw Jupiter and her moons was in 1986. My brother and I were chasing Halley's Comet and went to the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, to see the comet through the telescopes mounted on the roof top of one of the campus' buildings.

  

I was a little disappointed with the comet. It looked like a dirty cotton-ball racing across the night sky.  I knew there would less disappointing entities in the vault of heaven, so I swung the telescope around and encountered Jupiter and her moons.  If I were in love with the night sky prior to that moment, that love just intensified.  I now have my own telescope and find myself up at all hours of the night, often in very cold temperatures staring up at the stars.

I'm fascinated with the heavens...and crop circles.  On December 30, 2013, my baby cat was injured and the days following his injury were spent sitting with him while he healed. I used that time to think and research what I would like to work on in 2014. While browsing a book on crop circles, the germ of an idea took root. The first designs were expressed on needle felted ATCs - Stargates (see earlier postings).

I used the ATC's to play with ideas and now I'm working on a 4" by 6" fabric card, hoping to work my way up to an 8" by 10". I have taken great artistic license with portraying the warming of Europa's surface, (see above) and to see photos of the actual warming, click here, Europa's Icy Surface. 

I hope to finish this card soon, so watch this space...

Day 4 of Make Art Every Day Challenge

This is my ATC for Day 4 of Make Art Every Day Challenge.  

Day 3 of Make Art Every Day-Stargate on the Nile

Day 3 of Make Art Every Day...still experimenting with the Daisy foot, the double needle and today Superior Threads Rainbows.

Stay tuned...

Day 2 of Make Art Every Day

My day 2 of Make Art Every Day Challenge...more circles and triangles on a needle felted ATC.  See Vickie blog: On The Curing Rack for even more art.

I've Accepted The Challenge

...that is the Make Art Every Day Challenge issued by Vickie at On The Curing Rack.

The beginning of the year got off to a rocky start with Ming-Ming's accident, which meant lots of trips to the vet and sleepless nights.  He, I'm happy to say is on the mend and here is my art for January 4, 2014.

It's an ATC, Artist Trading Card which measures 2.5" by 3.5".  It is needle felted.  The base was created  using silk rovings, cheesecloth and my Janome Embellisher FM725. The circles were made with the Decorative Daisy Stitch Foot, a double needle and rayon thread and the tiny golden triangles were hand embroidered.  At the moment it's untitled but my thoughts keep drifting towards circles and triangles...

Stay tuned...