A Visit from Cindy and Mary

Cindy came over from TN on Tuesday afternoon and Mary Stori (who I met through Cindy) came over Thursday for a visit and a wonderful girl lunch at the Veranda in Black Mountain. Mary showed us her latest work. She is a remarkable beader who teaches all over the country and creates artwork on wool. Here are two of her latest - the link to her blog is in my list to the right if you want to see more of her work.

A surreal book trip

Sis-in-Law, Irene from Raleigh (r), joined me in Asheville to take a workshop at Bookworks taught by Gwen Diehn (l). We wrote a poem based on some watered down acrylic colors we splashed on some Arches text weight paper. Then we manipulated the text, separated the sentences, and wrote a poem. We chose a layout, designed a book, and typeset it. Each person received two bound copies of the poem. As soon as I stitch it into the book I will post it on my blog.

Pages of my mica book

I made another mica book for the Slow Book Salon's Burnsville show. It hosts writers and poets and invites us to participate with books. The theme for this year is "The Beloved Community" and I did a theme book. A poem was also written - but only a few people did a book to go along with the poem. I used names for groups of animals to correspond to the beloved community of people.

Second Caught in Canvas Book

After our initial marathon weekend of painting and making caught in canvas books (see previous post) I finished a 5 x 7 canvas photo album called "WE"  I have entered it into the Slow Book Salon Burnsville show September 12 - 14.

Pipe Organ Journal

This is my own personal journal ( finally filled up my last one) called "Pipe Organ" because of the decorative stitch along the spine. Unfortunately it doesn't show up in this picture.

What's blooming in my garden on August 1st?

It's hot here (comparatively) in August and many of my flowers stop blooming. The pictures of the Stargazer Lilies show them a little past their prime, but the Morning Glories are in full bloom. They are shriveled and dry by noon, but have a brand new set of blooms every morning!