I have begun a new work for this Stitch-A-Long.
It is based on my memories of the bluffs that rise from the bush. Only memories, as I want to make it as abstract as possible. When I look at photos I see the details, and want to try to recreate them.
Then I experimented with sewing paper onto the material. It worked! There was the bluff.
Remember the couching and the sewing I did on the last work for this SAL? I am using the same idea for this piece.
I am going to enjoy doing the random stitching over the couched threads. There is a lot less to cover, so it will be quicker than the last one!
This Stitch-A-Long is for personal stitching projects. There are lots of interesting works to look at….just follow the links below. Thanks to Avis for organising us each three weeks.
Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen
Anne Lawson Art 
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I was looking at the cliffs at a local bay a couple of days ago and they reminded me of your pictures!
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That’s a sweet thing to say, Sue. I find rocks to be very majestic and way above the hurly burly of our insignificant human lives.
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Really like this – and how delightful to have a project that’s both satisfying and quicker to produce an end result than your previous one…a good transition project.
The way you handled the cliffs can be applied to a lot of mountainous scenes IMHO. A great technique in your tool box!
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Thanks Laura. It will be much quicker to finish. Aside from giving me the look I want, the paper cliffs fill up half of the work very quickly!
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Your memory is coming through loud and clear. I love the techniques you are using, they seem perfect for this!
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I have created this bluff in different ways, including lots of original sketches from our camping ground. (What a shame we won’t be back there for a while. ~sigh~) I am glad it is working for you Kathy.
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Stunning and so creative! You got a lot done! Keep it going, looks fantastic!
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Time is something I have plenty of at the moment, Christina, although I don’t always use it wisely. Thanks for your encouragement.
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I can see the bluffs too. I like how this piece is turning out. I can’t believe that is paper.
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it is a great effect, isn’t it? And so simple ~ paint on paper, tear it up and sew it down! I am happy with the effect too.
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Paper onto material sounds interesting – cannot wait to see how this finishes.
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It is certainly different ~ and quick! Although not something you can just toss in the washing machine 😉
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I’ll enjoy watching this one grow. It’s good to see how you build up your pieces.
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I think this will be quite quick, Avis, and finished by next SAL. However, I hope to do a series.
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I really enjoy watching your process – Awesomeness
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i was going to write more about the process, Sharon, but yesterday, as well as being SAL Day was also when we found out that here in Melbourne we are to have much stricter stay-at-home measures for another 6 weeks. I felt rather flat!
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Oh Anne – I wish we would have some stricter measures here in the states. While we bounce from the red to green we our with mandatory masks and in a ‘phase two’ right now, My daughter in Okinawa Japan is in a very tight quarantine too now with a continuing rapid rise in cases. I totally understand – stay safe and smiling – hugs
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Things seem very dire in the States, Sharon, and I feel for you. Our strict stay-at-home is very difficult, especially as those able to go to work has been slashed to about a quarter, but we have to get the numbers down. I am glad that our leaders are taking action, so I can understand your anxiety and frustration. Stay safe ~hugs~
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I love how you begin with a simple sketch and a vision !
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Thanks Claire. Some things just don’t let me go, and I have to find a way to express them creatively.
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Such a beautiful piece, love seeing the sketch and the progress x
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At the moment it is quite restful to be working on a subject that is so far removed from our chaotic human lives! Thanks for your thoughts.
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Anne your work is always so inspiring. Have you ever been featured in a magazine? If not, you and your work should be!
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Oh, MaryMargaret, what a lovely thing to say! (The answer is ‘no’.)
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Yes it does look like the bluff! That’s brilliant! I cant imagine being able to get my sewing machine to do that!
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Mine is just a humble machine, that seems to enjoy a challenge!
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Wow, that looks amazing. I love all the different techniques that you use.
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This stay-at-home time has taught me to think of all the techniques I know as a toolbox. Then it is a matter of pulling out the right one for what I want to create.
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Oh.. I like to see this work, the diversity of the texture…Wonderful!
Carmela
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Thanks Carmela, I am loving the texture too.
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You do have an eye (and hand) for this kind of projects! I love it!!!!
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Thanks Gun! I do like to play around with different ideas, and often they come off 😊
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I love that you’re experimenting with techniques and textures, just hard to believe you make one every 3 weeks!
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It’s not that the actual work takes a long tie ~ especially smaller ones like this ~ it is knuckling down to doing it!
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Hah…yes, I know that problem all too well. I’ve been trying to follow a ‘productive’ routine but the days slip by so quickly. 😦
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I have just discovered the concept of liminal time. Have you come across it? it is the time between. Like rites of passage, where you are no longer a child but not yet an adult. We are going through liminal time, where the old way of life no longer exists and the new way is yet to be resolved. It’s a time of transformation as well as transition. So ‘time’ as we used to know it is measured differently ~ once we flatten the curve, when we get the numbers down, when we get back to a covid normal. Sorry to go on, but for me it seems to sum up this never-ending period so well. If you are interested, a search of ‘liminal time’ will bring up lots of material.
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I’ve never heard that expression before but you explained it beautifully. Kind of reminds me of a Japanese concept in art and garden design in which the empty spaces between ‘things’ are just as vital as the things themselves. Sorry, can’t remember what the concept is called.
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I love the texture your add to your work! This is off to a fantastic start.
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