Searching for Roy G Biv - Black and white - updated

I'm a bit under the weather today - caught a cold after caring for my little urchins the past week while they had strep - and have opted to cull back through the blog and repost a few oldies, but goodies in black and white.  My apologies for the repeats!

my rusty cairn

discharging black cotton using bleach pen

exhibit at Spenser Museum, Lawrence KS using gunpowder

Philadelphia crosswalk

 shadows

 one layer of the story tiles

mono printing at the 2nd annual artist retreat

tabs on antique receipt book

my feather collection

detail of Christine Mauersberger's work during FiberPhiladelphia

gentle reminder in London 

If you have a second, venture on over to see Julie's,  Fiona's, Ersi's, Lisa's, Susan's and Liz's black and white. Enjoy.

Anca has a new post that contains a bit of wonderful news at the end as well as black and white.

Noela has been working on UFO's this month and her latest now FO fits right in with this month's search.

Looking at 2012

I've just been oohing and aahing over Susan's and Fiona's posts in which they look back at what they accomplished in this year. Their work is magnificent and so inspiring that I would be content to sit in front of my computer all day, surf their blogs and continue to drool all over my keyboard in total awe.

Instead, I'm going to take cue from them and repost some of my favorite photos from the year. Enjoy!

light and shadows in the studio.

 Ann Coddington Rast, sisters, detail 2 during FiberPhiladelphia

Marilyn Richeda, 80 Unusual Stories at Silvermine Arts Guild

 shopping cart detail for Roy G Biv

 my tea bags

 marks on a wooden fence in Norwalk

 raindrops on day lily fronds in the front yard

unrolling a rusty bundle

 light and shadows at Pam's - her work on the table, mine on the wall

 100+ rusty square edges

 Pam's water

 

 a sunny day in London

 rust at AllSaints Spitalfields in London

 fence in Boston

 Martin Creed's Half the air in any given space at The Cleveland Museum of Art

 India Flint's hands

 Christine Mauersberger's stitching

tea reflection on table

rusty can + thread in snow

Philadelphia - Barbara Lee Smith

The last FiberPhiladelphia exhibition I viewed was A Sense of Place, curated by Bruce Hoffman. Yesterday's post contained work that sparked an emotional response in me so I thought to share them with you. The work that had me riveted in place was that of Barbara Lee Smith.

After strolling through the two large rooms that housed the rest of the exhibit, I stepped into a smaller room and found myself in a different place.

 Barbara Lee Smith, Marshland/Twilight, 2010

painted, collaged and stitched textile

Marshland/Twilight detail

I was in a place where the breeze rustling the leaves of marsh plants could be heard as could the tinkling of water caressing the shore.

 Barbara Lee Smith, The River, 2010

painted, collaged and stitched textile

The River detail

A place where shore birds called to each other as they played on the air currents.

 Barbara Lee Smith, Whitecaps, 2011

painted, collaged and stitched textile

 Whitecaps detail

A place where spray from the whitecaps turned everything just a bit damp as it was crashed and churned in the tide and was carried along on the wind to land on your skin. A place where the air smelled of salt and freshness...purity at its best.

 Barbara Lee Smith, You Are Here, 2010-11

painted, collaged and stitched textile

  You Are Here detail 1

 You Are Here detail 2

You Are Here detail 3

I was there. I stood in the middle of the room and drank it all in. Not a soul approached while I stood there listening to the birds calling, feeling the breeze on my face and in my hair, tasting the spray on my lips, hearing the rustle of the leaves and the movement of the water, being at peace. Yes. I was there. 

Philadelphia - A Sense of Place

Bet you thought I had finished posting about last weekend's venture to FiberPhiladelphia. Not quite. There are two last posts regarding A Sense of Place which was displayed at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Curated by Bruce Hoffman and including such artists as Marian Bijlenga, Marcia Docter, Pat Hickman, Ke-Sook Lee, Amy Orr, Barbara Lee Smith, Wendeanne Ke`aka Stitt and Bhakti Ziek, it seemed like the right exhibit to end my trip with. And it was.

Just take a look...

 Bhakti Ziek, Nomad, 2010

handwoven welf-backed jacquard

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 Wendeanne Ke`aka Stitt, Niho Mano, 2009

Hawaiian kapa (bark cloth) dyed with California black walnut hulls.

Machine pieced. Hand quilted.

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 Pat Hickman, Pulsed, 2012

fiber sculpture, gut shells molded over river teeth

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 Marian Bijlenga, Palimpsest 4, 2007

horsehair, cotton, viscose, stitched

Some of the installations were difficult to photograph, like Ke-Soon Lee's and Marian Bijlenga's above. Marian's work is quite intriguing, however, in the full shot that I took, the shadows were more prominent than the various sections, hence the two detail shots.

I've been lucky enough to see Marian's work several times and always stand in amazed awe - slack jawed and hoping that I'm not drooling. Yes, just as I was when viewing Jason Pollen's 48 Prophets. There's a playfulness that is infectious. I always walk away from a Marian Bijlenga piece feeling light, happy and ready for anything.

Philadelphia - Intimate Stitches

Still reeling a bit from soaking in all the wonderful work in the Mending = Art Saturday morning, it seemed that strolling the streets of Philly before heading over to Kellijane to see the Intimate Stitches exhibit was needed to clear my head. So I strolled, enjoying the warm temps, the sunshine, the architecture.

I even stopped to smell the flowers...and snap a shot. Soon enough, my feet had led me to Kellijane and Christine Mauersberger's work. I enjoy Christine's blog...especially when she shares her own work with us...so when she posted about participating in one of the FiberPhiladelphia exhibits, I knew it was a must see.

 Christine Mauersberger, Guide

21" x 20"

Guide detail

 

Christine Mauersberger, Remnant

12" x 18"

Remnant detail

Christine - I love your work and am sorry that I couldn't get better photos! With numerous customers in Kellijane, it was impossible to get many shots...especially at a distance. The store is very cool and your work looked great in it. 

The visit to Kellijane was the next to last exhibit for the weekend.  Up next, A Sense of Place.