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<\/p>\nI’m home from Fran Skiles’ five day class at Quilting by the Lake held in upstate NY.\u00a0 I have the start of several pieces, five large, two of which are close to being finished; and four small, three of which are close to being finished.<\/p>\n
It was an interesting experience.\u00a0 First, I drove the 5.5 hours by myself, and I totally enjoyed the ride.\u00a0 Next, I roomed with four other people who were complete strangers.\u00a0 By the end of the week, however, we were all fast friends.\u00a0 It was also my first five day class, ever.\u00a0 While I’ve taken various weekend classes at QSDS in the early 1990s, and I’ve done some three day classes, I’ve never done a five day class.\u00a0 I kept wondering if I’d make it.\u00a0 I did.\u00a0 In fact, I wished it were longer because I so much wanted uninterrupted time to continue on with the pieces.<\/p>\n
In all, I created five large pieces (in the 36″ wide range) and four smaller pieces (about 14″ or so in height).\u00a0 Two of the five larger and three of the four smaller are an afternoon or so away from completion (oh, who am I kidding? Probably several afternoons).<\/p>\n
I met several very talented artists with whom I either had lunch or dinner, exchanged cards and so on.\u00a0 I also was humbled and flattered by the many people who came up to me throughout the week commenting on how they like the book or my work.\u00a0 Who knew? Very cool.\u00a0 I got to spend some time with Jan Krentz and Jane Dunnewold, both of whom were teaching, and chatted a bit with Laura Wasilowski, who was also teaching.\u00a0 I had lunch with Marilyn Belford, whom I think is one of the coolest ladies.\u00a0 And then there was Fran.\u00a0 I so much enjoyed her!\u00a0 After a few meals and our classes, I felt a kindred spirit.<\/p>\n
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Here’s one of the small pieces I created that’s close to being finished; it’s about 13-14 inches tall.\u00a0 It’s dark. Much of what I did was dark.\u00a0 And brooding.\u00a0 Despite me feeling very upbeat and enjoying the week.\u00a0 I do believe that after listening to Viva La Vida (Death and all his Friends) by Coldplay so many times on the drive up, the mood of the lyrics made their way into my work.\u00a0 This piece puts me in mind of the words from 42 — the lyrics of which I am very drawn to.\u00a0\u00a0 The work awaits some final touches and a varnish finish.<\/p>\n
Death’s Door seems a good title.\u00a0 It\u00a0 is on a base of cotton duck that includes machine stitching and hand embroidery.\u00a0 The work includes acrylic paints,\u00a0 two types of painted Chinese and other papers, painted silk fabric, painted cheesecloth, water soluble crayons,\u00a0 white and black gesso, and India ink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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