Framing Up

Not such a great photo...but you get the idea. These are from my solar efforts and I thought I would celebrate by framing and 'living' with these new additions. I won't be creating from solar prints until next year when the sun is a little more reliable. I have my favorites but even my non favorites are welcome for awhile. I have just about every wall featuring art so it is a take down put up process. I'm not a big fan of framing but there is something so special about taking a work and dignifying it with a finishing edge.

Ancient Water Garden

14"x17", solar prints...fish and palm trees, embroidery, machine stitching, beads on assorted cotton and one paper stencil, hand stamped fish and gold design.

I was inspired by an ancient artifact depicting Egyptians tending a garden with a pond filled with fish and water fowl. From that inspiration to here was a long and rather primitive journey in imagery and colors. This is the last of my ancient garden series for now. I completed 6 and feel I've really had a chance to explore this solar print process.  August has been beach morning overcast and afternoon hazy sun...not ideal. I'm not sure what is next but I'm in the studio most days...keep you posted!

New Toys

I have been solar printing with one bottle of color....sepia. Now I ordered a Jacquard kit which includes three colors so now the fun might begin here in this new week, new summer, new work, full moon and yes, with new toys. I copied some instructions from the internet and I have a few YouTube films to watch and if that doesn't confuse me too much, I will start up my own play!"Ancient Garden"