This is how my Jizos for Peace panel turned out, I like all the colours and of course SPIRALS ended up in the design, and all of the smiling Jizos..
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Jizos for Peace
This is how my Jizos for Peace panel turned out, I like all the colours and of course SPIRALS ended up in the design, and all of the smiling Jizos..
Jizos for Peace
Aerial view of Jizos for Peace, Marc, Alex, Zach, note the number of pens and colours available
Jizos for Peace
On Thanksgiving, my family agreed to participate in a project that June Underwood posted about on the Alternative Quilt list. http://www.jizosforpeace.org all the information on how to participate can be found at that site. So here are some pictures showing us working on our jizos, and our final work products. I still have to print out photos of each of us, sew them on and then send them to the Great Vow Zen Monastery in Oregon.
While we were doing this project, the turkey was cooking, the house was quiet except for some quiet Bob Marley playing in the background, and everyone became very focused and quiet (even the kids!). We kept at it, and as more people arrived we handed them the instructions and some fabric I'd ironed to freezer paper (so that it would be easy to draw on.) I got out all of the markers and crayons, etc. that I've been collecting over the years for working on fabric and they all got used.
Some of the discussions about war, peace, nuclear bombs, etc. were amazing, and they made a big impression on my children for which I am most eternally grateful.
So thanks June for telling me about this project, it was a great experience!
While we were doing this project, the turkey was cooking, the house was quiet except for some quiet Bob Marley playing in the background, and everyone became very focused and quiet (even the kids!). We kept at it, and as more people arrived we handed them the instructions and some fabric I'd ironed to freezer paper (so that it would be easy to draw on.) I got out all of the markers and crayons, etc. that I've been collecting over the years for working on fabric and they all got used.
Some of the discussions about war, peace, nuclear bombs, etc. were amazing, and they made a big impression on my children for which I am most eternally grateful.
So thanks June for telling me about this project, it was a great experience!
A Picture, Perhaps?
Just trying this out to see if I can post a picture, does it work???
In case it does: This is the look I give my family when they give me a hard time about quilting alllllll the time.
"are you still quilting?"
"are you ever going to be done?"
"you like quilting more than me!"
and so on and so forth...ad naseum, so I give them this look.
I love listening to Air America radio on the web. So funny, I needed funny as I was getting too depressed listening to NPR where they give the news straight up with no satire. Guess satire and irony are how I like to cope with the depressing news of the day. http://www.airamericaradio.com
This past weekend I did get to go to my guild meeting, CQFA, which is at http://www.cqfa.org
Where we brought UFO's (UnFinished Objects) and asked for advice on finishing them. It was very informal and informative. We have a salad bar lunch which is fun, everyone brings something to throw on a salad. One of the women brings this awesome selection of imported cheese and olives,(her husband is an importer). This time there was a hard cheese almost like a Reggiano which was crusted in a rind of wine pressings (the leftover after making wine), YUM!
I also had the pleasure of attending a family party with the Zaccone side of the family, fun wonderful people. Amazingly enough I'd chose them as friends even if they weren't family, so that makes it all the better to spend time as a group. We're noisy and boisterous and we all were lamenting the election results. Nice to commiserate with people who PAY ATTENTION to what is happening in the world. They also made me show off my quilty stuff, like the triptych I made for my parent's living room wall and the chuppah that I made for Karen and Nir's wedding. That is getting quilted this week, I swear.
Time to go work on my Novel that I am writing for Nanowrimo this month. Set underground, in the post-nuclear-apocalyptic future that I have nightmares about.
Monday, November 01, 2004
Workshop on the Web
I was looking at my Workshop on the Web binder today. The range of ideas presented is really dizzying and almost overwhelming, where to start? What to try first? So many new tools are discussed also, like chiffon scarves, bondaweb, shrink plastic, Angelina fibres,etc. And design articles, using photography to help design a new piece. Reports of various art exhibitions with accompanying photos are really interesting, the fiber artwork is so different in other countries. The interviews with artists are well done and bring up a lot of good questions for me to consider.
***On the whole Really Inspiring and Highly Recommended!***
Maggie Grey creates this workshop on a quarterly basis and you can subscribe (for a fee) the website is: http://www.workshopontheweb.com It is based in the UK, and you are able to pay online.
***On the whole Really Inspiring and Highly Recommended!***
Maggie Grey creates this workshop on a quarterly basis and you can subscribe (for a fee) the website is: http://www.workshopontheweb.com It is based in the UK, and you are able to pay online.