Hello,
I am back from my travels and set to stay home for a while. I did have a good time and the Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum were amazing. So many and only about 25% of the collection is on display. I just could not look enough. Taking in all that new imagery was exhausting to me. I am sure some new work will come out of that experience.
Before I went away I had some adventures too. 
I went with Victoria and Liz to Angela’s for a bit of creative play afternoon. We were adding surface treatments to our handwork. Angela had the plaster all mixed up for us as well as the softened paper clay. Victoria had a difficult time deciding what pieces to alter.
Liz did too. It was a fun thing to work with and I added color on top of the plaster with my piece.
These are some of my pieces before the add on treatment.
Angela had been doing more felting sense out last visit and she sharded her new felted vase with us. I really like the gradation of color her here.
We also had a FLFA meeting on the Saturday before departure.
This is the work Sharon had done to add to the project from the retreat.
Pat had a lot of new work. This is her most recent.
Anne has finished putting together her Robin quilt top from her class at QBL last summer.
Linda, our newest member, show off her finished migration piece.
Maureen is still doing handwork on this powerful piece. It is nearing completion she says.
Liz has pulled out some of her older work and is ready to begin to finish this one now.
This is a shot of Liz wearing Pat’s spring coat that she made for a fashion show.
We had a FAD meeting on Monday this week and Sharon had a new mini land scape to share.
The Pixies meant as usual and we are going to do portraits for the next assignment.
My husband and I walked to Syracuse University on Wed and went to the art gallery there. I was wowed by this bit of work that mixed thread with leaves. There were 24 leaves surrounded by thread and suspended in a frame like a table top. ( yes, those are my toes on the floor below the work.
We also walked around the little lake in Berry Park this week. Spring is sure here in our part of the world.
Progress Report: B4 This is the last block I made for the SAQA 100 day Challenge. I am delighted to say that I got it done before the trip. It is 32″ X 50″. I really learned a lot building this block with the change in curves in the center strips.
I also had very good time with the quilting on this one.
There are enough blocks remaining for another small piece. The challenge is over now, but I will put all the left overs into pieces.
Art 2 This work is 34″ w X 52.5″ t. It is made from extra blocks from Art Blocks the third of the SAQA Challenge. 
Doing the challenge was a good thing for me and I hope to apply the ideas from it to my future work.
BV 2 This too is a second project that is a result of the SAQA Challenge. It is created from leftover blocks from the BV Block. This block was designed with my good friend Barbara Vural in mind. 
Again there are blocks remaining for another small project.
Drawing The glass flowers were inspiring and I did a bit of drawing from some of the close ups. This is a close up of a Lilly.
Swoop I stated this quilt top at the spring retreat. I go a lesson in how to do curves from Liz and Linda. I am very proud of how very flat this quilt top is and how the curves all lie down very nicely.
Fragments Piece This is my piece showing the fragments that I altered at Angela’s. The plaster dose make it difficulot to add more stitching. I did added color on top of some of the units to unifly the idea before I mounted them. The units are a result of my interpretations of the assignments in Finding Fragments class as a part of Art Take 2 . I am now ready to begin a new on line class called Naturally Inspired- also from Art Take 2.
I hope that spring is filling you days with new sights.
Keep Creating
Carol
I am attaching one last glass flower for your enjoyment.
