I love a good Egyptian exhibit. The whole preserving process intrigues me. I was especially interested in the wrapping pattern that looks like a log cabin quilt.
Life has been a wee bit crazy this past few weeks. Fortunately, I'm away from home for 3 weeks and find myself enjoying life and actually getting some much needed rest while refilling my well. Corinne (niece) and I are currently in Copenhagen and enjoyed the Glyptotek Museum today.
One sculpture really caught my eye - great detail.
The date was approximately 100 ad. I'm always amazed at what artists could do with the tools of the time.
I'm currently working on stitching blocks for "Flora". This quilt will be #3 in my Earth Fragments series. It is a statement about climate change and the effects changing temperatures is having on agriculture.
I am so happy that I found a home for my camel back trunk. I bought it an auction in Kansas, many years ago. My family lived there for a few years in the early 1970's, and going to auctions was a very popular thing at the time.
I cleaned and repaired it for a 4H project. I remember many hours working to remove rust! It's been painted a few times since then and I stored fabric in it for many years. After my last move, the trunk has lived in my garage. It was certainly time to find a new home for my memory.
Yesterday, my brother and I loaded it into his SUV and away it went to a new home. The stories it could tell!
For the most part, I stay out of the sun. My skin doesn't do well. In fact - I am headed to the skin doctor this morning to have a wee bit of cancer removed from my neck. If we only knew the future, I would have worn tons of sunscreen back in the 70's.
Any way - I enjoyed some cyanotype printing yesterday, using some barrenwort I found growing in my garden. Thank goodness for my plant identification app!
I am thinking that this piece needs a gazillion beads in the white areas. Crazy? Probably!
I've been working on small compositions to include in the "Flora" Earth Fragments quilt. I'm rather pleased with this piece:
"Clean the garage" is always on my to do list. This year, I'm approaching it a little different. A bit of Swedish Death Cleaning seems to be a better plan. Instead of straightening, boxing, and stacking - a better plan is to get rid of things as I go. My grandma's china left for a cousin's daughter over the weekend. Boy, did that ever feel good. Now to go forward with the many treasures that I've held on to (and moved over and over again!). Barbie. How could I get rid of my precious collection of clothing made by mom and some silly little things I sewed as a very young girl. I started going thru the collection and quickly found myself feeling the urge to change every one's clothes!
Yes - play is a good thing.
