Congratulations, the lilies are lovely.
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Congratulations, the lilies are lovely.
Congratulations, IL!
That's wonderful IL - and that lily looks amazing!
Congrats, IL. Lovely displays!
Dramatic color!
Very impressed with lily stem with the most blooms!
Hey! No one has produced any art in the last year??? Really? Here's what I've been up to. Not sure why some are sideways.Attachment 6073Attachment 6075Attachment 6076Attachment 6077Attachment 6074
Kay,, your needlework pieces are so pretty! I like the little four leaf clover on its red background. The feather is lovely. where do these go and what do you do with them?
I agree. Kay, thanks for sharing your needlework! Such a wonderful form of art. I love the leaf and that shamrock!
On another note, I feel sad that Jane's post is only a couple of posts away. Pointing out how old since this thread has been updated, but also how much I still miss Jane's posts.
Those are great, Kay. Your work is beautiful.
Beautiful work, Kay! Thanks so much for sharing. Nice reminder for me to sit, relax and crochet a bit.
Where do they go? Nowhere in particular. I quit giving my pieces away unless I think it's something my sister might like. I ask her first. She does appreciate the work. No one else really wants them. I do get some things professionally framed, some I keep in my sewing room here to look at. They're mostly just for me and the hubs to look at. I just enjoy making them without any particular intended recipient.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Although I did donate a piece once to a fundraising auction; it got $400!
I know...I noticed that. I miss her too. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
My latest finish. Oh, my aching fingertips! Can't get it to rotate. The bird should be on the right.
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that is lovely. The little hummingbirds are so inspirational. I like how the flower is just sketched in.Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
Yesterday I won first place with this floral design. Our assignment was to interpret a piece of book cover art because our show was held in a library.
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This is the book cover art:
https://www.amazon.com/World-Fire-Jo.../dp/1979525528
Wonderful interpretation and execution, Iris! Good on you!
Love that, IL! I'm sure you have a special skill for interpreting book covers!
Kay: I love your hummingbird! Is it embroidered on a tablecloth, or a piece of clothing, or as a picture or?
IL: What a perfect interpretation! Our local garden club does a "Books in Bloom" annual event at our library and oftentimes the arrangement doesn't seem to have much relation to the book.
Our flower show at the library was themed “ Books and Blooms” so same idea. If they have that flower show at the library each year they may have become tired of having a book theme.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Love the hummingbird, Kay. They were my mother's favorite.
Very nice, IL! So much artistic talent on these forums!
It was an online course over 8 weeks teaching silk shading and goldwork through the EGA (Embroiderers Guild). Its about 4 -5 in in size. Ill probably have it framed in a round frame.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
The colors on the hummer are pure flat silk threads (not easy to work with) and the gold is real gold either spiral wrapped wire or gold paper wrapped thread.
My first time using the silk.
Amazing!Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
I just got the critique from the instructor. �� She was kind, but I'm still a bit disappointed in myself. Trying not to be because this was a difficult piece and new techniques for me. But still...Anyway, I learned a lot.
okay---i been wondering(though not very much) WHY we don't all have a thread discussing POETRY, such as by Yeats & Keats and James Joyce & Joyce Kilmer, Whitman and Longfellow, etal & etc.? but yeah--though I could care less about poetry, I know you kids prolly eat it right up! Yup. Maybe summa you kids have even wroten some poems on the wall while serving time, that you could share.
Here's one for you--one you might like, not by Keats or Whitman, but by Vince Suzadail, Jr.Quote:
Originally Posted by littlebittybobby
My Old Car
She wasn't worth much
But I loved her I did
Like nothing I loved before
She was rusty and dusty
She didn't smell good
And had a dent in her passenger door
I was only sixteen
Thought I was cool
Driving around feeling badder than bad
The greatest feeling on earth
To have your own wheels
Even though she belonged to my dad
There was a tear in the front seat
And the radio was broke
It took a while to start
With a manual choke
She had a manual transmission
And the headlights were weak
She had a miss in the engine
And a slight oil leak
But I held up my head and felt like a star
Driving around in that rusty old car.
Here's a silly song by me for a friend who was downsizing (sung to the tune of He Leadeth Me) This one isn't too highbrow either.
Get rid of it!
Get rid of it!
You really don’t need all this sh*t
What e’er you do
What e’er you be
With much less stuff
You are truly free
You’re truly free!
You’re truly free!
With far less crap
You'll live happily!
And once you’ve dumped
All that debris
Stand up and shout:
"Lord, my stuff ain’t me!”
okay---TYVM, Catherine. But yeah---here's a photo o' a car like my first car---only mine was missing the hubcaps. I didn't mind. (see photo) I was a fan o' the getto-cruisng Chevy 'Pallas. Yup.
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Yeah, the Chevy Impalas were nice. I used to drive my elderly great-aunt around in hers. It was yellow.
I like your silly song, catherine. Very cute!
My brother texted me from Iowa that he’s playing cards with someone I went to high school with. Then he texted me this picture. It is an egg I painted when I was in junior high. His card playing friend said I gave it to her when we were in junior high. I have no memory of giving it to her, but I recognize my work. She told my brother “I will never get rid of this egg!” She loves it that much.
This is very sweet, and it’s not like we were best friends and she’s keeping the egg as a friendship reminder.. She likes the egg for its artistic qualities.
And what’s really funny is this is not the first time my brother has run into someone in our small town who has an egg I painted and they still keep it, decades later. It’s funny what people will keep.
For several years as a kid, I was obsessed with painting eggs. I was fascinated with and drawn to their smooth, asymmetrical shape.
Signed Iris Lily, world renowned egg artist ��
image to follow…
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That is so cool, Iris! Especially trying to imagine any Jr high kid having the patience and attention span to do something like this nowadays. Did you just start doing them yourself, or was it a class project or...?
Wow, IL, that was really nice work!
Very cool, il! I can see why recipients would hold on to them and treasure them!!
IL, That is exquisite!
it was not a class project. I never took an art class but for one in a summer in high school when my mother signed me up for it. But it didn’t stick. I always liked doing my own thing and also I liked decorative, ornamental arts, I like illustration. I wasn’t interested in “real” art. I recognize this egg from my pen/ink and watercolor period.Quote:
Originally Posted by KayLR
Wow!! Seems your artistic talents extend beyond floral design, landscape and home arts!! That egg is really beautiful!!
Yet another braggadocio art project from Iris. ;)
here is a flower arrangement I made yesterday in my newly acquired vessel from potter Carol Long. I love her work and have several pieces from her.
The wild and crazy plant material in this arrangement echoes the wild and crazy natural theme of the container.
It’s hard to see the container with the plant material in it, so I added a picture of just the container.
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I love both the container and the arrangement. I love begonias, and I always grow a few different types outdoors in pots during the summer. They are very toxic to cats though, so at the end of the season I give them away or compost them.
Really cool wild and crazy design! That is coleus, right? That's one of my favorite plants--and there are so many varieties. I use it in my window boxes and also as a plant in my Japanese "courtyard"
Yes, I did the embroidery. The brown fabric is corduroy and the floral fabric is also used for the lining. Pretty proud of it, gotta say. I haven't made a bag for years.Attachment 6611