International Handcraft
The Silk Road wound across the Middle East, India, China and Korea. It brought craft techniques that evolved into the unique crafts of Japan. I always seek out simple crafts during my own travels. It is a pleasure to buy souvenirs from each country and they help
A Point in Time
When the theme ‘International’ was chosen I looked at my recent travels and thought about New York City. It is well known world wide for all sorts of reasons: Broadway; Times Square; Manhattan: Empire State Building and Central Park among many more. However my piece is sombre relating to that
Dual Allegiance
I am a German citizen living in Canada, that definitely fits the “International” theme. It is an important part of who I am. I’ve been living in Canada for over 16 years now, but the ties to Germany are still strong: family, old and new friends, traditions, landscape, cities
Meditation and Praise
We are focusing on communities this round. Our current theme is ‘International’. In January of 2018, I was fortunate to travel to Japan and spend two weeks there touring and participating in several fiber related workshops along the way. One of the museums we visited was the Amuse museum, which
Back in time
Back in 1968 my parents went to Montreal on a visit. My mum went to Notre Dame Basilica and brought back a postcard folio of this wonderful building and told us about the colours and the amazing craftmanship in the building. Move forward to 2019 when I got a chance
Refle, Reflect, Reflection
I like staring at water and looking for patterns and reflections. As I read in a lot of Cloth in Common posts, we all have a database of photos with patterns, odd things and reflections. So have I. This particular reflection was a photo of masts of sailing boats in
Sunshine and Shadow, Darkness and Light
When we look at a reflection we are seeing, not a replica, but a mirror image. In our lives, in our families, in our communities we live with the up and the down, the dark and the light, joy and sorrow, loss and gain. I see those opposites as
My reflection in the mirror
When I tried to make my piece with Lisa’s “reflection”, many thoughts struggled each other in my head. Eventually “me”,”mirror” and “reflection” were left. In everyday life, we see ourselves in front of the mirror more than once a day. Every day, my appearance looks a little different depending on
Rainy Night in the City
This is Deb Cashatt, back with my quilt based on the prompt “Reflection.” To me the abstract looked like a rainy night in an almost empty city. My mind saw a figure amid neon lights reflecting on wet pavement and windows. So I decided the quilting should make
Wave Optics
Looking out over water every day when we got the theme “Reflection” made it natural for me to chose reflections on water as my visual. I was doing an artist residency close to my hometown, on the coast of Nova Scotia. The setting was beautiful, I worked in
Fireworks Reflection
The dead people of Japan are said to return to this world for a short time during the summer. Many cities and towns have fireworks displays as a way to guide the dead back to their world. Fireworks are launched at the waterside and their reflections illuminate