Spirit Cloth

Component- Butterfly

Component. The word I use so much. I used to use element more, but component is so related to compose. And then compound. In any case as it relates to traditional patchwork quilting, my beginnings with cloth, building blocks. But... Read more →

Going aLong...

Hey look! She's reading. The book is Embroidered Textiles by Sheila Paine. I have several of her books. This one is useful to me right now. Because I want to read more in order to consider "the book". Because, though... Read more →

How it Becomes

She Becomes. She, being story, when you step back. I often fill in around a design. To mend it. Using the original base as a kind of foundation. Not always covering it completely but sometimes that too. My work often... Read more →

What moves through her...

Lightning. A new component. Actually not just now, but now I am focused on in a bit more. It's an energy thing. A kind of vibration. Even on it's own, quite striking. My cloth components go beyond the component idea... Read more →

Windows

The indigo dyed components I am creating these days are following a list of concepts that form a personal system of symbols and picture language. I'm making them into simple units. Building blocks. To continue and clarify the story connections.... Read more →

At Each moment

And even in between. Changed. They (the stars, practice, for another project)are just pinned here. To keep them for a while. They seem like some sacred wish. In this moment. A prayer is a wish. Or sometimes a thank you.... Read more →

Still Standing

The Spirit of Standing Up. I named it that. I thought to leave it simple. But it is not simple really. The figure is embedded in goings on, context. The flow doesn't stop. You stand in spite of it. Hold... Read more →

To build a better Snowman

Here I am, not so in between today. Resolute in a way, about going, not just going, but almost marching. I did a bit of Snowman Storming. Not on paper. But with bits of cloth. here are 9 of them.... Read more →

Sun Storming

Yesterday wood was stacked and we worked very hard. I slept late and I feel lazy. It rained for a while and the sun came out and lit up the patch of tall fire grass in the front yard. And... Read more →

Nine for How it Might Happen

I started with what I called Language Blocks a while back. And the one square with the little path down the middle caught my eye this morning. No sewing yet. Just looking. Thinking. Letting thoughts fill me. And then this... Read more →