I know I'm pushing the definition of "ruby" here.... but I am so fond of orange.
This is a piece I completed awhile back, as a present for my Mom. It's small, about 2/3 the size of a sheet of printer paper.
The base is handmade paper (made by yours truly), with an overlay of selected fabrics and ribbons, then hand stitched and beaded. Over the years, I was inspired to delve into the fiber arts, specifically paper-making, by my good friend Q. As for the stitching technique, several years ago I had the privilege of attending a week-long workshop in hand stitching with Japanese fiber artist Misao Tsubaki, an incredibly talented woman and a wonderfully supportive teacher. (See some examples of her work here; her website, unfortunately out of date, is in Japanese, but there are photos there as well).
Remember to keep creating -- whatever makes you happy -- in these troubling days of war.
Keep the balance,
ALN
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It's lovely. Maybe someone should start an "orange" meme. There's already one for blue on Mondays.
Remember to keep creating -- whatever makes you happy -- in these troubling days of war.
Wise words.
I "liked" (probably not the right word) your post on war touching us (you). Maybe I'll use your Tevye quote on my Friday post (where I link to posts like yours, that I find meaningful).
Feel free... thanks for your comments. Haven't had time to take a look at the "Rubies" yet... tomorrow is another day.
Hadn't heard about the blue meme... maybe I'll try it next week. Where is it?
These days I sense quite a dichotomy between Israeli bloggers and nonIsraeli... the latter talk about protests etc, while of course the former talk about what's happening on the ground.
That's really lovely and interesting, love the both clash as well as symbios between the materials and colours. My favourite colour is pink, but orange is a close no 2. As is red, and green and blue and...:)
/Fellow vegetarian in Sweden
Very lovely artwork and I think it fits well in the "red" category. :D Thank you for sharing your work.
soon I'll have a fiber website. i finally read your bloggernog and you haven't updated.
go go fibers.
QE
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