Framework
There are countless variations of types of skeletons so for the current prompt for Cloth in Common of Anatomy, I was happy to continue my theme of buildings. The skeleton of a building is the framework around which the structures are based and there are many different frames available now
Tree Skeletons
by Martha Ressler When I first heard “Skeleton” as the provocative prompt (perfect for the general theme, “Structures”, but I wouldn’t have thought of it myself!) trees came to mind. In the winter their treeless branches challenge me to learn their species by shape and structure alone. At Halloween time
Anatomy of a Frog
Everyone at our elementary school remembers a special Science Class. It was a once in a lifetime experience. The homework the night before was to each catch a frog and bring it to school. When It was time to dissect our frogs we all shrunk back in surprised horror. Only
Anatomy – Inside Connections
Bethany Garner
Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci studied the human body very carefully throughout his life. Since the age of thirty he has been working in Milan on building muscles and bones and their connections. Although it was forbidden at the time, he dissected more than 30 corpses for this purpose. These studies helped
ABANDONED, In The Mills
Bethany Garner
Anatomy of a country?
How do I relate the prompt of ‘anatomy’ to my theme of my country New Zealand? Generally you talk about the make up of people or animals and talk about the stomach, or lungs, legs etc but for a country you have to look at this differently! I have been
Forbury Park
When the prompt “lost world” was given I had just attended the last night of Harness Racing at Forbury Park in Dunedin, New Zealand. While I was involved in closing the raceway it was sad to see it close after nearly 100 years of racing. My father, my brothers and
Anatomy
The next prompt for our October/November challenge will be “Anatomy”. a·nat·o·my noun the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts. a study of the structure or internal workings of something. (Definition by
1986
Doerte-Ina Liebing On April 26, 1986, a nuclear disaster of the highest category occurred near the Ukrainian city Pripyat. As a result, radioactivity of several trillion becquerels was released into the Earth’s atmosphere. Radioactive fallout fell in the region northeast of Chernobyl as well as by wind transport in many
Sandoz Mile-Long Meadow
My lost world is a long-gone pond on former family property.
Time is running out
“Wenn ich wüsste, dass morgen die Welt unterginge, würde ich heute noch ein Apfelbäumchen pflanzen” (“If I would have know the world would end tomorrow, I would plant an apple tree today”) Martin Luther (1483- 1546)Theologist, Philosopher and Reformat. This quote is the inspiration for this quilt. Our world is