Touch of wind and water
Somewhere in the sunshine, a soft wind blows. When it touches my skine, it gives me like a feeling of touching the silk. Such a touch feels good, healing,and I feel myself bright and refresh. How does the touch of water feel? When I went into the seawater, the water
The Gentle One
The Gentle One 29.5″ x 40.5″ @Colleen Kole 2017 Touch is a physical connection which, in turn, often leads to a heart and mind connection. A soul connection. This piece started with one intention but evolved to have another meaning as it was the events that happened during the making of the
Born to cloth
At the top of my late friend, Christine Thresh’s blog were these words: “We are born to cloth. It is the second thing we touch after our mother.” I don’t know if those were Christine’s words or if she was quoting, but they always
Biometric Touch
My inspiration came from my new laptop that I got at the same time Lisa posed her challenge to us. It has not only a touch screen and a touch pad but also a small touch pad that is used to read my fingerprint to identify me when I
Touch of Goldenrod
I had just purchased a Victorian crazy quilt, with its riot of silk, velvet, brocades and intricate embroidery stitches, when I read Lisa’s prompt. I struggled with how to respond to this very touchable item with my own quilt. In the end I couldn’t find velvet that I wanted
Pin touch on the ground
I was excited by the second prompt by Lisa, entitled “Touch”. I thought about the touch that human beings have with the ground. I once watched a beautiful ballerina standing on just one toe. All her weitght on one toe looked so difficult, yet so shapely. This pose must be
Touch the Stars
I love texture and can often be seen running my hand over tactile surfaces, taking close up images or just admiring the intricate details in nature. For this prompt I decided that, so many times, we are asked not to touch textile art when my hand, so now
Touch Me
It was so obvious. Touch. The one thing artists don’t usually let people do. Even artists that work with textiles because of their tactile qualities. We hang our art on walls along with a ‘do not touch’ signs. At best invigilators’ wearing white gloves will carefully lift the bottom
True Confessions: Cacophony/Euphony
True Confessions: Cacophony/Euphony 40″ x 30″ Fabric Scraps purchased from the Stitchin’ Post in Sisters, Oregon Improvisionally Cut and Pieced, Machine Quilted, Faced I have a hard time with quilting challenges, prompts, and assignments. I see so many possibilities which makes it very hard to choose. I start and