Question: What is moving me forward on these cloth pieces?
First, the story and in this case, ancient gardens brings up for me, a world of exotic images. The other is my fondness of putting together unlikely fabrics with beads, trim and stitching. The hope of seeing a dream realized. So I continue on...slow going but I'm on my path. This time I used two cameras and trying to adjust to the very different results. One darker image I posted on facebook and this one is from my new camera which is still a mystery to me. The colors seems truer but the sheen is flat, beads and satin are rather dull. I took both photos at the same time, same light. The newer camera is small and harder to hold, to steady my hand so this image is askew. I'll keep trying as the old one is really old and could give out on me.
I spent some time this week re-visiting all the houses I've lived in from New York to California...12 houses counting my grandmothers home. I didn't have any expectations...most homes held up well with modern improvements and only two showed some neglect. Sadly one half of my grandmothers flower garden was turned truly into a parking lot?! I so enjoyed peeking at these houses and neighborhoods...thank you Google!
what a lovely pieces
ReplyDeleteand what a fabulous idea to visit places
where you lived...sorry about Grandma's garden...ouch
Suz, Thank you. It was totally fun...I couldn't remember on the numbers but I did remember street names and Google just allowed a perfect view...like walking around the property!
DeleteI like the thin mysterious line at the top, I want to make words out of the marks.
ReplyDeleteMaggie, the lines are Hebrew taken from a newspaper headline and cut up to hide the actual words but maintain the type!
Deleteyesit does look much different here than on facebook. but still beautiful. it looked redder in the other picture.
ReplyDeleteI searched for my grandmother's house and discovered members of the Stratford theatre company lived there. I wrote to them and sent them a photo of the house as it was when my grandparents bought it. So neat, as my grandparents loved the theater.
Suki, How interesting that your grandmothers house had such a distinguished new owners.My houses and neighborhoods changed over the years and it was a delight to see it all from such a hidden perspective.
Deletethe facebook pic was darker yes, and I think this one shows the details, I think it is a beautiful piece and I like the way the beads divide it the cloth into rectangles... what a lovely way to reconnect with the help of Google... and they do pave paradise don't they?
ReplyDeleteCaterina, Thank you. I like the truer colors of this one but I'm disappointed in the lack of shine as I think the glow of the beads and satin give it another dimension. I'll play around with the settings.
DeleteSmiling...yes, they indeed paved my paradise over with a parking lot...asphalt! ugh!
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