Scattered Black and Whites
Once I understood that I couldn’t merrily print lyrics onto cloth to use for this piece I had to have a rethink. One of the lyrics I had been going to use was from a song called Scattered Black and Whites by Elbow. It is a song about memories
In the moon light
“Thought of thousand things fill me with melancholy as I gaze upon the moon, but autumn`s dejection comes not to me alone.” By Oue senri Peter macMillan This melancholy lyric poem is ”百人一首“ （One Hundred Poets One Poem Each） It`s very old collection of Japanese poem. But now
Lyrics – friend or foe
When the Lyrically Speaking prompt was announced by Martha Ressler, two things immediately came to mind. Firstly the issue of using lyrics in artwork. A few years ago I made a quilt for the ‘Beneath the Southern Sky’ Exhibition curated by Brenda Gael Smith in which I used some lyrics
Where to start?
As soon as I read the prompt I knew what I wanted to do. I was going to print lyrics from songs that mean something to me onto paper, tear and collage then stitch onto a fabric base. But what songs, what lyrics? I keep my 300+ CD’s in
Concert Groupie
Song lyrics which floated down from the ceiling after Adele concert I am having a hard time narrowing down my choices for this challenge. Choosing specific lyrics to one song seems like I am being a traitor to all the
Interesting Israel
Martha memorized the Broadway hits of her generation… I didn’t read further, I went to the library to borrow the musicals I could find, and I loved to watch and listen. It didn’t take me long to decide on Jesus Christ Superstar, since I came home from Israel 20. November
If I were a poet in cloth…
This is as far as I have gotten on my next challenge piece. When I start a new project, once I have an idea of what I want to do I start shopping in my stash for fabrics. I pull out everything that might work, then stack them all
In the moon light
In Japan during the Heian Period about 800 years ago, people wrote short lyrical poems of love. A round moon, a half moon and even a crescent moon, all filled with mystery ,inspired much poetry. For example ,there were 100 poems made by one hundred people. The soft moonlight
Touch of wind and water
Somewhere in the sunshine, a soft wind blows. When it touches my skine, it gives me like a feeling of touching the silk. Such a touch feels good, healing,and I feel myself bright and refresh. How does the touch of water feel? When I went into the seawater, the water
The Gentle One
The Gentle One 29.5″ x 40.5″ @Colleen Kole 2017 Touch is a physical connection which, in turn, often leads to a heart and mind connection. A soul connection. This piece started with one intention but evolved to have another meaning as it was the events that happened during the making of the
Born to cloth
At the top of my late friend, Christine Thresh’s blog were these words: “We are born to cloth. It is the second thing we touch after our mother.” I don’t know if those were Christine’s words or if she was quoting, but they always