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Archive for March, 2013

Another Opening, Another Show

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

Gerrieandfireatrogue

I guess I lied when I said I would blog about the opening of our Elements show in Medford! I forgot to take the USB cord to download photos from my camera. The show looked fabulous. I was delighted to find my Sparks are Flying Quilt on this golden wall as you entered the main gallery. This was the first time that the Rogue Gallery has featured fiber art. It was quite a process, getting into the gallery, but worth it. I hope they will have us back with our next show.

We were so excited that a quilt sold last night!! Chris Brown’s Strata!

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Here are some other shots. I get distracted at my own shows and forget to take photos.

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These are shots of my four quilts.

Here is Terry Grant with her four quilts.

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Marylaurarogue

 

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There was a small exhibit of Japanese woodblock prints in another room. The artist was demonstrating the printing.

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Here is what the final print looked like after all the layers are printed. It was fun to watch him and engage him in conversation about his technique.

Driving back to the motel, we saw these incredibly beautiful black clouds in the Ashland sky.

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Yesterday was beautiful for the 5 hour drive down, but today was miserably raining and then we got stuck in the middle of nowhere because of a traffic accident. We were in our car for over an hour – thank goodness for 3G and the iPad!!

I did some drive by shooting on the drive.

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This one may become a thermofax screen.

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Mr C has come down with some bug and took to his bed when we got home. I am watching The Perks of Being a Wallflower – with the following emotions – sad, mad, glad – so far.

 

 

Where Did the Week Go?

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

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I can’t believe that tomorrow is Friday!! I have had a fun and busy time with Jane Davila. Yesterday, she did a lecture for our guild which was an overview of doing the business of art. Today, some of us had a day long workshop with her where we delved into the art business in depth. We could have spent another day.

Yesterday afternoon, I took her to the Japanese garden to see the lithographs and prints that I had seen last week-end. Jane has been to Portland many times, but had never visited the garden. She loved it and her iPhone died taking so many photos!!

Her she is gazing at Mt. Hood. I can’t believe that I had the luck of seeing the Mt. two times in one week.

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Here are some other photos that I took.

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There is no end to photo ops in the garden.

Yesterday was Jane’s birthday. Her brother lives here and showed up at our guild meeting place with birthday cupcakes, but we had already left! So he came by our house last night. It was nice to meet him. Tomorrow, Jane is teaching a sketching with a sewing machine class. I will drop her off in the morning. Her brother is picking her up after the workshop so that she can visit with the whole family.

Mr C and I will be heading south to Ashland and Medford where High Fiber Diet has an opening reception for our Elements show at the Rogue Gallery. We are taking Scooter with us. The weather looks good for the drive down there. I will hopefully be able to blog about the reception tomorrow night

Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

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This and That

Monday, March 11th, 2013

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Do any of my readers remember this piece. It is a 12 x 12 quilt that I made for one of the challenges. I made two and this one was voted out. I have always loved it. The SDA members show for the conference in June specifies a 12 x 12 quilt mounted on a gallery frame. I think this will be perfect for San Antonio. I named it Fiesta back when I made it. I am going to paint the frame to complement the quilt. The deadline is April 1 along with several other deadlines around the same time. What else is new.

There is not much new to report around here. I have spent the day cleaning house and doing laundry, preparing for a visit from Jane Davila, who is coming to lecture and teach for my guild. Can’t wait to spend a few days with this talented woman.

This week-end, I printed a bunch of name-tags for my guild on Lutradur. This is Portland and I think we should have reusable nametags. Members can write their name on the name tag and turn it in at the end of the meeting to pick up again at the next one.

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I have a couple of ho hum drawings.

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I am not sure how much blogging I will do in the next few days as I will be busy.

 

Feeling Inspired

Saturday, March 9th, 2013

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Today, I enticed Mr C to join me on an art date. I wanted to see the exhibit of prints by Japanese print maker, Toko Shinoda at the Japanese Garden. I was so engaged with these prints of simple geometric shapes and gestural marks. I have a love of lines moving through a piece of art. It occurs frequently in my work. The above piece is titled, Plenty, and costs $25,000 so it did not come home with me!! Here are some more examples of her work. She turns 100 this year.

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This piece above, with the red square – gaaaa – I love it. I can see some pieces with organza done like this. So don’t be surprised if something like this shows up in my work.

It is always exciting to see Mt. Hood from the Japanese Garden. It was a beautiful sunny day with blue, blue skies so here is the view.

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Here are some other sights from our day.

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japanesegardenwaterfall

 

koihuddling

 

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And these guys were everywhere. It was difficult not to trip over a tripod.

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