Pink

 Work has begun on "the pink one", a textile collage for my 2026 series. For now, I am working on layout and beginning to stitch and beads blocks. 

16/100

 

The photo I covered. It is me sitting on my grandmother's lap. I think my dad is saying, "when you grow up, I will take you fishing, teach you about gardening, help you with your high school math, and be there when you need me." All true. He also wanted me to be an engineer. I said, "no way". 

The "ghost print" after printing on the photo. 

And what did I use? A block from my childhood. It was a set of stacking blocks - this is the only one I have from the set. 

15/ 100 Why photographs?

 I am still plugging along with using old photos as a printing surface for the #100 day project. Now that I am a few weeks into this, I've had time to think about the pros and cons of this surface. 

A down side is that many of the photos curl up when wetted. Some curl, just a little, and some almost roll up completely. The thin rolling ones will actually end up the best for adding to a journal page. Very thin paper. 

On the positive side - I like that the surface already has "marks". Some of the prints have totally covered the photos, others leave the pic showing thru. I like this!

14/100 - Inspired by a beautiful sunrise

 Jon shared with me that his favorite art teacher in school had the class draw a bunch of random lines on their paper and then challenged them to find something in the chaos. I thought about our conversation during the early morning hours when the sunrise pulled me out to the edge of the woods:

I put my own twist on his teacher's assignment, and used a room key to create lines.

13/100

 Another quick and easy print using a cosmetic sponge. I didn't want to be a slave to this daily ritual. Using a sponge creates nice texture with a surface begging for another layer. Not today...

12/100

 The simple joy of using a cosmetic sponge for a quick print. 

Brooch from Japan

 We found this fabulous fabric and craft shop in Kyoto, Japan. I purchased a kit and finished my brooch early this morning. Now I wish I had sprung for more kits! So much fun to create.

I dug out my bee's wax and found it ever so helpful to keep from tangling my thread. This wax was from college days when I purchased boxes of wax for future batik projects. Very wabi-sabi...