Tales of Autumn, and Processes.

Autumn visited us briefly, then winter struck and finally the Chinese Pistachio rewarded us with this display. 

The coldest morning so far this winter, I visited the Lapunyah Gallery in Chinchilla to see our Tangled Threads Exhibition. Blue Flag and 

PMAV Prison were on display in my corner along with 5 other pieces.

Some progress photos of a new series called Coral Anthills I have been trying to find studio time for.

Decisions about quilting, underlays, orientation. This is called designing as you go 101. Turning vague ideas into reality can give you a few headaches besides the one, post Covid-19 vaccination. 

Think this is final, not unstitching  it. New camera seems to be functioning ok, so many buttons to press. So much to learn.

Desert Roads somewhere near a Wadi, is ready for exhibiting in Kingaroy Art Gallery from June 29 until July end.

As is Firestorm- Which Way?

I have rewritten the artist's statement for each piece. Am now including that in my label on the back.

The challenge theme for Tangled Threads was  Wood. I interpreted it as "how on earth are you supposed to include wood in a quilted piece" I have seen embroidery using twigs, I could have said " the rod is wood" but I decided to use some hand dyed fabrics and the colour connects strip piecing. A different orientation, no alternate set ( 2 sets the same) and a loose flange or three . The idea being a pile of milled timber ready to use for building a timber home.

Home--- where I have been trying to find time to finish what I started at the beginning of autumn.

Sanded, primed, waiting for undercoat. I used Feast Watson Timber Primer to try to make the paint last longer. 

 Undercoated, filled and now waiting for 2 top coats of paint. Think my hair got some as well when painting the bottom rail.

Next--- finish the 4th piece for Kingaroy Gallery, finish my Incubator and Mastermind 6 month program, work on new work  and work on more veranda panels ( 2 waiting for sanding to be completed). Next update, well I will try to have two in Winter, I need to be accountable to someone, may as well be me.