Oma’s Farm
When we got the prompt “Heritage” I immediately thought about my Grandmother’s farm in Germany. This is where I grew up, in the Rhineland, a few kilometres from the border with the Netherlands. I have a lot of vivid memories about this place, about the farm as a building and
Rietveld Schröder House
During this prompt about heritage, I paid attention to Gerrit Rietveld. He lived from 1888 to 1964 and was an architect, furniture designer and graphic designer. In 1919 he designed the red/blue chair, a symbol of “De Stijl”. “De Stijl” is an art movement, named after the magazine of the
Atomic Bomb Dome In Hiroshima
The war my parents experienced was not so long ago. My father went across Asia as a soldier, and I heard my mother practiced with bamboo spear for the final battle. Until the atomic bomb was dropped, the Japanese people believed that Japan would win the war. At that moment,
A Place for Everything?
My grandmother tried to instill order in me, but it didn't always stick.
Water for Life
I am digressing from my Gaudi series this time for the prompt of Heritage. I visited a living museum a little while ago called Meroogal and was taken with the simplicity of a home which had been the home of a relatively wealthy family, the Thorburns. This is an image
I LIKE PIE
Karol Kusmaul I don’t specifically remember my grandmother or my mom teaching me how to bake pies, but I suppose I learned just by watching. Each of them probably made thousands of pies through the years. Whenever I make a pie, I’m transported back to their kitchens in my memory
Grandma’s Garden Grew Up Strong
My grandmother had a garden in the yard and a way with things that grow. Vegetables – everything on the recommended Victory Garden list, plus grape vines, fruit trees and flowers. Tomatoes were her favorite. Mortgage Lifter, beefsteak, green and plum. She had a small orchard in her front and
A Place for Everything, Martha Ressler
A beloved grandmother tried to teach me the concept of "A place for everything," but I haven't learned very well.
Heritage – so many options
As I ponder the prompt ‘heritage’ and how it relates to New Zealand my initial thoughts were about the lost heritage in Christchurch post the 2010/2011 earthquakes when most of our city was destroyed and replaced by new. The interesting thing is that children of today will only ever know
My Grandmother’s farm
A lot of us seem to go back to our family heritage for this prompt, and I’m thinking in the same direction. I was back in Europe for a family visit last month, and as usual, I visited my grandparent’s farm which is just a few steps away from the
Family Recipes Passed Down
I’m rolling the idea of Heritage around in my brain. Heritage as it relates to Structure, our overall theme of these two years of quiltmaking for Cloth in Common. One of the meanings I found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary online is “something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor”. This
Grandmother’s Pencil and Hangeul
My grandmother was a generation who experienced so difficult and painful times such as the Japanese Colonial Period and the Korean war, which were the dark ages of Korea.At that time, it was not easy for women to learn letters properly. Most of them had to do housework, got married