Every year at about this time, the
American Sewing Expo does its thing in Michigan. And a most remarkable woman,
Lynn Krawczyk, curates an exhibit of art quilts on some theme. This year's theme was
With One Voice. We each made a 12 inch x 12 inch block that somehow showed something good in the world. The image above is the entire set of blocks.
My entry is in the second column from the left, third from the bottom. I suggest that you all take a look at the
online catalog of each person's work and her thinking behind it.
This group of pieces will be traveling around, so go see it, if you can:
Fabrications RetreatGarland Resort
Lewiston, Michigan
October 7 - 10, 2008
Carnegie Center for the ArtsThree Rivers Michigan
November 9 - December 20, 2008
212 Arts CenterSaline, Michigan
July 1 - 31, 2009
Siouxland Samplers Quilt GuildSiouxland City Convention Center
Sioux City, IA
September 19 - 20, 2009
The sun was rising in the east, the clouds were moving from the west, and the sky looked like this. A front was coming through this morning; the wind ahead of the front started blowing and the sky cleared of clouds and became blue.
Noon on the Lake Ontario shore. West wind. Mid-20s Fahrenheit. Sun. Clouds. Ice on the beach, the water. Open water beyond. Cold.
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, during those days when less and less daylight lightens our days, this plant on top of my refrigerator does all it can to brighten the nights.
This fellow, Ken Block, does some very interesting things with a Subaru WRX. Click on his name to see those things.
A near-monochromatic day, it was, with temperature about 17 degrees Fahrenheit. The snow was crispy, the sun was hiding.
This straggly forsythia shrub manages to flower in the fall when its leaves are turning purple. Seems like a desperate survival scheme.
Vicious Scissors
Time: Last week, sunrise.
