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NYC trip

September 28, 2017 admin

Hello,

I went off to New York City this week with Sue Ellen for three days. It was great fun. First we went to the Museum of Craft and Design. There was a different show on each level as usual. They were mostly about light and sound. It was fun and beautiful.The next stop was Central Park where we watched the pigeons as they enjoyed the sculptures too. We walked to Time Square where we stopped in the M&M store. I had to purchase Pumpkin Pie Flavored M& M’s. I was amazed by the walls of choices Across from this on was another with eight shades of purple on it.

Friday we got up and went to the Bronx to the Botanical Garden to see the Chihuly show. This ” Rods and Logs” sculpture was the fist we visited. Then we walked to the Native Plants garden to see this Boat.I really like the colors here and the reflections. We walked to the library and viewed his sketches and “Baskets”. Even though the drawings were one three or four lines, it sure was a great testament for doing sketches before you begin a work. This Ice Blocks sculpture was in front of the Library. We went to the greenhouse and looked at more work. I think I took as many photos of plants and flowers as I took photos of the glass. In this last one the glass and plants sure blend together nicely. We visited the Succulent Garden the Rose garden, the Lilac Garden, the Cherry Blossom Garden, and two waterfalls. We rode the sub way back to 59th street where we got off and walked to a restaurant for dinner. Then we went down to Time Square and the theatre where we watched “Kinky Boots”. We enjoyed our day and we walked over 23,000 steps. I will be hard pressed to beat that record.

Saturday we got going and went south to the Whitney. I liked the Calder display the most. But I have been in love with mobiles sense I was in the sixth grade when we made them in art class with Mrs. Fister. After eating on the museum patio we walked the High Line Park north. It was a chance to get some great views of the city and the Hudson River as well as people watch. We had a good time and I enjoyed myself a lot.

Tues I dyed again with Liz. It is so much fun and relaxing to know we will be doing in again in a couple of weeks- so there is no pressure to do it all at one time.

Progress Report: Glyph VI This work is 33” w X 43” l. I quilted this one from the center out. Each section is in a strait line in both directions. I enjoyed working on this project.

Fractured Glyph This work is 32” w X 43” l. This quilt is a made from the cut-aways from Glyph VI. I pebble quilted in the green and gold areas, and reflective quilted the other areas. This method of quilting means the raw edges are more rugged.

Glyph IV I am still beading away on this project. It is slow, but I am enjoying it.

Quartered Glyph VII I started this project at Judy’s camp. All the sections are stitched together now and it is time to connect the units and begin the quilting.

Fall Card I did this card to celebrate Autumn Solstice. It is so beautiful here and I am enjoying being out doors.

Label Blocks These are the last two blocks. I still have labels- but I have run out of gas for this project. I will make rows of blocks next.

I am going to build the back out of black and white fabrics. So I started cutting today.

Keep Creating

Carol

Creative Assistants, FAD (Fiber Art Dames), Glyph II, Glyph IV with Beads, Glyph Series, Glyph V, Series, Wind &Water

Fall Retreat

September 14, 2017 admin 1 Comment

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I took this photo of the sun setting over the St Laurence on Sat. The FAB group had a weekend retreat at Judy’s Camp last weekend. Saturday we went out to dinner. It was so enjoyable to eat along the river and watch the many boats as they slipped by.

Patti worked away on her pillow case project. She finished all but six of them. Both Nancy and Judy worked on “Disappearing Nine Patch” projects. This shot shows Nancy ready to do the first cut of her four patch. We enjoyed our work time and in the evening we launched two paper lanterns over the lake. They rose strait up until they reached the top of the ridge where the wind caught them and then they sailed north on a fast wind. We all watched open mouthed, until they disappeared in the night. It was a wonderful weekend and we all felt the it jump started us all for quilt work this fall.

Progress Report: Glyph II This quilt is all done now . It is the second one and where I really started the use of the negative space units that were cut from the back of the project.( the brow squared fabric) I am enjoying this series.

Glyph IV I continue to bead for an hour every day on this project. It is coming along, but the progress is a slow one.

Glyph V I am doing two different types of quilting on this project. inside the green areas I am doing pebble quilting with green metallic thread. In the blue, green and purple areas, I am doing reflective quilting in a variegated thread.

Glyph VI This quilt is all pinned in place and I am ready to start to quilt it. I am however not sure about what style/type of quilting I want to use here. I am just studying it now too.

Glyph VII This is the project that I worked on at camp. The four smaller glyph patterns where designed to go together to create a four patch quilt. I am now auditioning different layouts for this project. I am not sure if this is the final at this point, but I feel it is the strongest so far. I try one layout and live/look at it for a while and then take a photo and try another layout and repeat the process. nothing is stitched down yet so I can make all sorts of changes.

Wind – Water card I am still trying to deal with my feelings about the newest hurricane- Irma. Mother Nature sure has used her power of wind and water to remind us that she still has the final say.

Creative assistants I have now completed all the little fellows that have completed faces at this time. I will now move back to the face creation step in the process to move forward.

Capture scarves In cleaning up the studio space I opened a box that was full of these scarves. All with out the fabric neck units on them. Deciding I needed to finish the process I have done these black ones and red ones. There are still a few to go so there will be more next time.

Label Blocks

Only two more blocks and this step of this project will be completed.

Next week I will be in New York City for three days. So there will be no Blog post until Sept 24.

Keep Creating

Carol

Diva Meetings, Glyph II, Glyph III, Glyph IV with Beads, Glyph V, Label Blocks, Quilt Exploration Group (QuEGs), Time

Time out

September 7, 2017 admin

Hello-

Again my mind is with the folks in the line of the new Hurricane. The folks there have my thoughts and best wishes for a minimal impact and a easy recovery. I have been thinking about time a lot this week. It is such a forward moving event that effects each of us . Time is used to label when events will happen like tomorrow, next week two weeks from now and years off. It also can be a general time of day like meal times, bed times work time and play time. Time can be used to demote an event time like time to get up, time to brush your teeth, time to move, time to go to bed. It can be used for the seasonal events like summer time, winter time , fall and spring. Or more specifically, like a holiday time, celebratory time, or time to morn. It can be used to describe moods like high time, good time troubled time, or a disastrous time. We try to control and use time to our best advantage by setting time limits or dead lines. Time can have speeds like move at a snails pace, it can inch forward, drag, race, slip away, and fly. When I am creating in the studio I get lost in time and the clock will indicate that four hours have past in what feels like the blink of an eye to me. We can spend time, but we can not bye time unless you are talking about purchasing a time piece. We mark time with seconds, minuets, hours, days. months, years, and centuries. Our bodies change with the passage of time and our memories fade and change too. It is constantly with us and shapes our future. We are effected by the times we are in and the history that came before. It is a powerful force that is constantly with us. I guess our best bet is to use our time wisely and enjoy the time we have together.

The fist Tuesday of the month came this last week an so I had meetings with both QuEG’s and Diva gals. This is Sue Ellen’s latest garden quilt. Lynn showed us this vegetable garden quilt for her nephew. Lots of color in this one.Liz took a water color class and she shared her exercises with us. Angela showed us her works from Kerr’s class. Nice strong prints.

The Diva gals shared lots of work too. This is Regina’s wall of completed projects. The one on the upper left was what she started in Cynthia’s class. Her word is love. Ruth is nearly done with her “ foot print” project. It looks good to me.Anne is madly quilting away on this piece. Blind Justice is spelled out in Braille here. It is always so inspiring and enjoyable to meet with these women.

Progress Report: Glyph III This work is 28” w X 41” l. The word owl is still the base of the glyph and it really grew out of the cut away from Glyph IV. I pebble quilted in the yellow area of the actual glyph and reflective line quilted the orange area. The bottom was line quilted.

Glyph II This work also came as a result of the work before it. The cut aways from Glyph I were added to the surface of this cloth construction and then Zig-Zagged down. I only need to decide how I want to quilt the purple area and I will be ready to finish this piece.

Glyph IV This work came out of the cut away from Glyph III. I am beading on all of the orange from that work.

Glyph V I was still in love with the complex shapes of the glyph- but I was ready to branch off for this one. The parts are there but scrambled and there are additions. I have started to pebble quilt in the green areas on this peoject.

New work Glyph VI And here we have the leftovers from # V. I feel the from has changed enough that I may drop the glyph reference. I have only tacked the piece on top of the cream and green background. Those colored sections will be cut away from the bach and be a part of the jump off for the next piece.

Time Card I continue to do the cards for Susan’s challenge. This is my entry for this week.

Creative Assistants Football season has begun and my work on these little fellow has started too. Debbie sent me a great box of trims and yarn bits. These guys all show some of that influence.

Label Block I am excited as I see there are only three more black square in the basket. I am pondering what I will tackle next too. I need to brain storm a bit on that topic.

Keep Creating

Carol

Considered, Glyph II, Glyph III, Glyph IV with Beads, Glyph V, Green s=Soul, Jazzed Lines, Label Blocks, Scrap Happy Quilts

Hurricane Harvey

September 1, 2017 admin

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The hurricane is on my mind this week. I have spent a lot of time listening and thinking about how much the people of Texas have lost. I fear I can not really comprehend it. My heart goes out to them.

Progress Report: Jazzed Lines This work is 37″ wX 51″ l. Due to the fact that I spent so much time in the studio this week I got a lot done. This is a project that I started before QBL. I added some lines in black felt and ribbon that I had noted from an image of some of Picasso’s drawings that were in an old sketchbook. My tip is keep a sketchbook and fill it with what interests you.

And be sure to occasionally look through the older ones to refresh your mind.

The black images add another layer of interest to a somewhat dull piece.

Considered This 12″ X 12″ stretched piece is one of the three felted wool pieces that got started before QBL too. It is based on a rock with a fossil in it. The sea shell is in the lower left is the fossil and it is hidden on purpose as it is in the rock.

Scrap Happy- Ethel ‘s Scraps #5 This is the newest queen sized scrap happy work built with Ethel scraps. The solid blocks are from the samplers she had purchased. The striped blocks are ones she started and then did not use for some reason. I believe there are at least two more quilts in that scrap box.

Lettres ( owl) This work is 22″ w X 43″ l. It is based on three blocks that spell the word owl. But I have turned the work on its side as I think it works better in this direction.

I used some old fabric that I had printed text on a few years ago. It is the gold here.

Glyph II This top grew out of the first glyph quilt as the text ( the orange and purple shapes) were cut from the back of the first Glyph quilt. I have zig -zagged around the shape and I am now quilting down the background units.

Glyph III

This glyph is based on the same paper pattern that I developed and interpreted in different colors. I am pebble quilting in the light shape now and will do the background in strati line quilting.

Glyph IV- beaded This glyph came out to number 3 and the orange is the cut away of the text shape applied to a dark background of hand dyed. I continue to bead the glyph and it is filling in. The back ground it strait line quilting.

Glyph V This is a close up of the next one in the series. It is cut from some of the scraps and another fabric that I added to the mix. More pebble quilting with green metallic thread.

10″X10″ Banquet – Petroglyph The Schweinfurth Art center had called for art work to be donated for an auction later this fall. The work can be any media and I have selected fabric here. These two works will be on sale at that time with all the funds raised going to support their cause.

Card Green Soul My card for this week celebrates the wonders of summer and notes that Autumn will soon be upon us.

Label Blocks Another block got completed this week. I also found a lost one under my chair so now there really are only four more to finish.

Keep Creating

Carol

Activities, Creative Assistants, Ethel's Nine Patch, Glyph I, Glyph II, Glyph Series, Label Blocks, Label Cards, Pond Water

Two Trips

August 24, 2017 admin

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The past two weeks have been ones of travel for me. Last week at this time I was on my way to the the Dairy Barn in Athens Ohio. Liz and I were visiting Quilt National. They have changed the entrance and it looks great. No photos are allowed in this show, but my memories are rich. I was epically taken by Natalya Aiken’s Iron Spine work and then saw that she was the feathered artist in the QSDA magazine that came this week. I also like Colleen Anbaugh’s Hot Sugar Cell piece. Lots of glitz and Liz said it was like my work in some ways. Liz and I were both excited by the many techniques we had just explored in Kerr’s class at QBL two weeks before and noticed several of them in the quilts on display at this show. This fact will pushed me to do more exploration. The next day we drove north to Zanesville to check out their museum and see another quilt show. Liz has been in class with this woman at Nancy Crow’s barn. We both noted Nancy’s influence here. The museum was a bit of a work it’s self and I took lots of inspirational pictures of the stairs and shadows.I can see works coming from these images.

Then yesterday Eric and I went for a road trip to Corning New York to the glass museum there. We watched five demonstrations and learned a lot. The artists made it look easy, but I know from my one experience blowing glass it is far from simple. I also enjoyed the Tiffany exhibit. Mosaics are always fascinating and these were amazing. This clock really blew me away. Tiffany’s many recipes for the colors of glass were a real game changer for his work as well as the glass industry. It was a great day.

Progress Report: Glyph I This work is 26.5” w X 41”l. I started the series in Cynthia Corbin’s class at QBL this summer. The Glyph is based on the word OWL. I used simple outline quilting because the shapes and the colors in the fabrics( by Judy Roberts) did so much of the work for this piece.

Glyph II This is the second in the series. I have pin based it down and I am now zig zag appliqueing down the glyph. I will make a second run around the out sides with more zig zag to make it smooth and solid.

Glyph IV The bead work goes on for this project. I am stitching it down with beading thread and back stitching every fifth bead to make a strong connection.

Pond Water This work continues to get attention . I did bead work here this week too.

Ethel’s Scarp Happy I finished the assembly added the boarder and binding on this piece this week. I only need to do the diagonal quilting and the project will be complete

Creative Assistants As fall approaches I start thinking about doing these little guys. I pulled out the box of trims that Debbie sent me this summer and added a row of trim to 100 bodies. The last eve I did four faces. One small step.

Cards Ever sense I visited Susan in March I have been participating in a weekly collage card creating challenge with several other artists. It began loosely based on Tarot cards but with time we have pulled away from that. This is my card for this week titled Activities and the accompanying text.

Activities: 
 Over the course of a day we demand many little task of our selves-One walks, 
talks , comb hair, opens doors, turns on and off lights, reads, checks the 
weather, brushes teeth,  drinks tea, washes hands, sets, collects and opens 
mail, takes pills, writes, climbs stairs, prepares and eats food, ties shoes, 
uses zippers and buttons, looks at the sky, does dishes, changes cloths, checks  
e-mail, and creates something.  It's a complex life.

Label Blocks I finished these two blocks this week. I only have four more to finish and the job will be done. I need to start to think about another hand weekly project.

Keep Creating

Carol

Glyph IV with Beads, Glyph Series, Hand work, Label Blocks, Pond Water, Series

Tree Work

August 10, 2017 admin

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I am feeling a bit sad today as the tree men came today to do some necessary tree trimming and removal. As this shot shows the oak was rubbing on the roof as was the white pine. I love trees and have done many works celebrating them so having two cut to the ground is the source of my distress. One, the ash in front of my studio window was suffering the effects of the ash bore beetle. I did do a drawing of a short branch. The second was a Maple that was greatly distorted because it was growing in the shadow of a second tree. There is a lot more light in the yard and house now. The roof will be better for the cutting, one can see the street signs again and walk the sidewalk without ducking. All this is positive and I will concentrate on those positive things. One can always plant more trees. And there are always more quilts to build using trees as there themes.

As if a week of dyeing with Kerr was not enough, Liz and I did dye on Monday. This is a sot of the dyes we have to choose from on the work table. What fun.Some of the altered fabric on the line.

I received a wonderful gift this week too. My friend Marilyn stopped with a bag full of trims and linens from her Mom’s attic. She said I knew you could and would make something wonderful out of some of this. What a fine vote of confidence. I can see several things I want to work with already.

Progress Report: Owl I am to the quilting step of this work. But I have also decided I like it with a vertical layout better then the horizontal way I had it laid out.

That means I will need to change the title as one can not “read” owl with this change in orientation. But it is still a work in progress so things could still change.

Pond Water I am still adding hand work to this piece. The end is in sight however.

Glyph IV I am quilting the background of this piece now. I want to bead the actual Glyph now that I have removed the interfacing I put in last week. I did some stabilizing quilting every 2.5” out from the center in both directions. Those quilting lines will stabilize the piece.

Label Blocks I finished up two more blocks this week. The pile of black squares is getting smaller.

Enjoy the trees in your life and

Keep Quilting

Carol

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Category Archives: Glyph Series

NYC trip

Fall Retreat

Time out

Hurricane Harvey

Two Trips

Tree Work

Creative Fiber Collage Artist Carol Boyer