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
Buildings
This is an application of repetitive patterns that can be seen on the exterior of buildings. It look like simple patterns, but as each pattern was combined, different designs came out from time to time.Finally, the intended simplicity became more complex and a design with a little abstract feeling was
BUILDING, Sunset Over Lake Ontario
Inspired by the beauty of the southwestern skies above Lake Ontario in Kingston, ON.
Roads Travelled
Well this started out well as I thought of the prompt “Building”. For my work I travelled all over the South Island of New Zealand in November / December and I kept thinking of the pioneers who built the roads in and around the valleys, around the mountains to the
Misty Morning
In November, the day sometimes starts cold and foggy. The world is very small. If you walk the dog or go for a walk in the morning, you will see the contours of the trees, houses and the landscape. The first lights seem to almost warm the village. Slowly the
Ironworks – Völklinger Hütte
The “Building” prompt came at the right time for me, because I got lots of inspiration during my recent travels to Europe. I was able to spend 7 weeks in the fall with family and friends in Germany, with a little bit of sightseeing thrown into the mix. We visited
Trencadis
30,7″ x 41″ silk, machine quilted Park Güell was one of the many urban developments that took place in Barcelona due to the demolishment, in 1854, of the medieval walls, an event which meant the city could grow and expand. During his visits to England, the industrialist, Eusebi Güell, developer