and now.....this is the dribble tool.....filled up with dye you can squirt or splat or wiggle or ooze or ,,,dribble i like the wet fabric to hang somewhere I can move it around so the dye runs until I turn it again...my deck rails are rainbow cedar now..the upside is the ground wasps don't like to gather the wood for their nests where it is colored?  

a postcard for my friend at work...every time I clean his teeth he brings me a baggy of homemade cookies...the quote is "the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands" Francis Bacon  

you can't see this from my studio window..but she is close by..this is June...13 years old and feeling it ...but still enjoys her dinner 

this is my view...the neighbors barn but our llamas 

how'd I do it?

well I like dribbling dye down wet hanging fabric....that is about it

this piece was drying on the deck rail..it's OK... 

They played " stairway to heaven " for the kitchen folks 

this is my daughter Mariah and son Conrad, they played at a restaurant in portland called strombolis...we had a good meal and great music ..if you are near Portland Oregon it is a decent place to eat...and Mariah waits table there usually so will have her pretty face to make the meal better!! 

sunprinting...I discovered the value of plexiglass..the leaves just curled up..all I have are blobs 

look!! Sonji colors!!! 

I started with this... 

and ended with this ..after washing... 

Too Cute Poodles

This is my friend Dawn's business...she is an absolute wonderwoman with business...positively ...if you need a puppy ( or if you live near grooming ) call her!! She has some poodles that my baby Sara produced...and they are having babies of their owm now ..so I guess I am kind of a grandma...look at her photos they are cute!!
AKC purebred Toy Poodles, Bichon Frise, Papillons and Miniature Schnauzers, Sunfish Kennels, Brookings-Harbor, Oregon USA

30 days of DO ??

Ok you had 20 days of virtue ...which I thought was a great idea ...and I am going to do it...really...how about 30 days of DO...just ran across this blog and thought some others might be up for this challenge
30 days of DO

guess what I have been up to today? 

Bizarre

It is quite strange ...when I click on the " world View " quiz I get my blogger dashboard...I guess that is my world view ?

I will call it " exalted plumbing "  

my dad's father's day present from me

I was working on this before father's day but just got it finished today...my Dad is a plumber AND a philosopher....the quote says

"The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy : neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
John W. Gardner

I printed the pipe image and the quote onto cloth from my inkjet and then pieced it into some discharged black satin then hand sewed the copper pipe and plumbing bits it is 29" X 10 1/2 " ( that is from the top of the holder to the longest dangle ) I shall give it to him tonight.

a treadle beauty 

My father's day present

My Dad brought ME a father's day present!! He loves to buy things on impulse ...for no particular reason...then he acts like it is no big deal...just a thought. Isn't this beautiful!!! It is called the "red-eye" built between 1913 and 1915..I can get the bobbins and a new belt on-line ...It needed some cleaning but now sews like a hot knife through butter and SILENTLY.... so I won't miss bits of the recorded books...here is a photo of the new girl...

plates 

a page from the bible 

a dragon 

some ancient type ( can't remember what ) 

an albrecht durher 

a beetle 

something else

I also experimented with printing onto some cotton that I had used for mopping while dyeing. I used transparency film and pressed into acrylic matte medium as it came off the printer..pretty cool..I haven't got a use yet but I WILL

play week

hello...all you artfull quilters...this is my little quilt of experimentation...I discharged the velvet...which came from my grandma, she loved pink, ...with a star shaped stamp ...part of the discharging got a little out of control..but that made an opportunity to have a comet appear!!! the comet is a small piece of cotton that I did with wallpaper paste and paints and dyes...so the comet needed some rationalization and I added the little village..imagine what they must have thought of that above their heads...more experiments tomorrow...

play week first effort 

I made this little bag for a friend at work who is moving to Virginia, we will miss her!! I am moving my creativity center into another part of the house...again...so I have been busy doing that instead of making art..will post photos of that when it is finished. The good news is that the dog hair is getting cleaned up!! 

virtuousity ....NOT

nobody is home at my house tonight...this is an event I think I will have to get more used to ...but...until I do ...tonight oh virtual virtuousnesses I had...for dinner...a large piece of marionberry pie ...and ...a glass of shiraz....they went together pretty well....

ok here are my birthday traits....mostly on target....actually I got pregnant at 18 and unmarried I think because I knew that I needed the responsibilty thing in order to avoid making poor choices that might have really put my life in danger..now that they ( the responsibility things we call children ) are all grown whar do you suppose is going to keep this hallow's eve baby in bounds??

Your Birthdate: October 31

Your birthday suggests that you are a good organizer and manager, an energetic and dependable worker; attributes often showing success in the business world. Serious and sincere, you have the patience and determination necessary to accomplish a great deal. Your approach can be original, but often rigid and stubborn. Sensitivity may be present, but feeling are likely to be repressed. You are good with detail and insist on accuracy, but at times scatter energies. You're a practical thinker, but not without imagination. You love travel and don't like to live alone. You should probably marry early, for responsibility is necessary for your stability.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

here it was before the weekend ..did vegas improve it??
see below

I worked on this piece ( and " helped " whoever was driving cause I find it hard to give up that control) 

the grad and my folks ( they are still mobile )