Interference patterns
38,6″ x 48,8″ hand dyed cotton, hand painted, machine quilted From a physical point of view, light has wave properties. To prove this, the double-slit experiment was developed. Light is sent from a light source through two narrow parallel gaps onto a projection surface. If the light were not a
Light Through a Wooden Screen
Last Fall I visited a Japanese temple to see a beautiful screen called Kumiko-zaiku. This traditional wooden screen is handcrafted and uses no nails. Narrow wood pieces flow to interweave the dense and open areas. To represent this design with cloth I will cut long strips and sew them together
In the Deep Woods
When I read about our new prompt, I remembered some fabrics that I made during my summer artist residency in 2019. I had sun-dyed some fabric with sun paint and natural plant materials. These were just waiting for the right opportunity, and as they were literally made by sunlight I
Patience
Karol Kusmaul I am writing this on a foggy overcast morning in Florida (the Sunshine state). It’s amazing the effect that sunlight can have on our dispositions and energy. Fortunately, I can at least write about light with this portrait project. We like to go to an outdoor seafood restaurant
Gaudi’s Windows
It was my turn to choose the prompt for this round and I have been saving this idea for such an opportunity. In keeping with my overall theme of Antoni Gaudi I went through my pictures taken on my last trip to Barcelona. It had been a few years since
Light My Fire
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about my family firepit that inspired this piece. It’s where we gather each evening to share our day. My favorite part of our gathering is when the roaring flames turn to embers, the stars come out and we hear the quiet of
Southern Lights
When looking at the theme of light I had recently visited Stewart Island in New Zealand. This is actually a group of 170 islands based around the largest and only populated island in Stewart Island. Next stop after here is really Antarctica! Because they are close to the sun going
Beams of Sunlight
I love the effect that bundled rays of sunlight can have when shining through clouds, tree canopies, windows. The light is visible as beams going outward from the sun as the light source, often in slightly parallel or radiating patterns. Doing my research I learned that the scientific name for
Light creates shadow.
Wherever the light shine, as always, there is a shadow. I remember when I was a child, shining a light on the wall and having fun playing with shadows. While the sun is up, the shadows created by the desert’s topography change over time, creating a beautiful landscape. And the
Light My Fire
When Lisa announced that “light” was our next prompt LIGHT – Cloth in Common , I couldn’t stop hearing the Doors song from the late 1960s called Light My Fire (another earwig Deb) and I can’t wait to get share a new piece to be revealed at the end of