Two Sides of The Same Coin
It’s in the coins where I found inspiration I remembered many stories in my life which featured coins Every Christmas when we were young children, we would visit our grandfather, Roland. He gave us each three precious bright pennies and an orange! In 1991 after the First Gulf War, we
Loose Change -A New Prompt
Thank You to Lisa for the next prompt! Dad always had loose change in his pocket, he would put it in a shallow dish at night. Mum had purses filled with small coins, also, she had a little spring-loaded gadget which held £1 coins Did your family have a dish
Tidal Flow
In Google Maps, there is a feature whereby you can go back in time and see photographs of a place and observe how it was in the past and how it has changed and developed. This is only possible when that place has been photographed in the past I took
Colour Blind
At the time I was making this piece I was pondering the very real disability of colour blindness, which is present in some of the males in our family. The piece began life as an blue Ikea upholstery fabric and a bottle of Clorox bleach. It was the strange year
Colour Blindness
Colour blindness runs in our family My father was not colour blind Though my brother is, but not his son. Just one of my two sons has it, and both of my sisters’ boys have it, one more pronounced than the other. Looking at the chart below it seems both
Found my Home
We moved house recently Even though we didn’t move too far in location. Nor was the layout of our new house a great deal different. Basically there was not a great deal of change to our lives. However, I found my creative flow stopped altogether. My creative space was disorganized
Make a Habit and the Habit Makes You
We know a habit could be a bad or a good habit. It could be a conscious habit you’re trying to adopt or a habit you’re unaware of. It could be a habit that has become part of your routine Just a few days ago another year of the 100
Along the Margin of Sea and Sand
Janine Ibbini. Revealed Quilts. Change of Season As in other parts of the Earth, there’s really only two seasons in the UAE, summer and winter. Its winter now and I can’t think of a better place to be. I love the cooler days when we can stay out doors for
Troubled Times
Janine Ibbini Here is my artistic reflection of our Troubled Times Our Human Suffering and our Relationships The interpretation is up to the Viewer. Who will very likely interpret it differently Different than the thoughts and emotions I was experiencing while I created it. You may see within this piece
Restoration
Janine Ibbini, Musings, Prompt, Restoration Before I begin a new work I like to look at the dictionary definition of the prompt. Restoration – “the act or the process of returning something to its original condition, or to a state similar to its original condition” “The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition” Restoration: At first
Abscission
By Janine Ibbini The trees in Yorkshire were beginning to shed leaves as we left back to UAE in mid- September The dropping of leaves by deciduous trees is called Abscission. It occurs on the cusp of autumn and winter as part of a long cycle of growth, maturity and
Transformation
As Textile Artists fabric is one of the mediums we use. There are many ways to transform and alter fabric. One way is to take a piece of white fabric and transform it with dye, either natural or chemical. Altering the whiteness by making marks, by printing, by folding or