tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58267244958072567432024-03-10T19:22:48.420+11:00Empress Wu Designs with Wilma Stories about creative experiences, people and places - art tutorials, observations and learning. Wilma Simmons (Empress Wu Designs)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11883170027430461308noreply@blogger.comBlogger879125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826724495807256743.post-68422136383048545342024-03-03T22:54:00.004+11:002024-03-03T22:54:53.906+11:00Greens with Mustard -#the100dayproject 4-10 <p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa8KA76uKN5_QL4WkLHUwMqRcEakT0NM1efIyGTrB_M30EFAf6r3JZJkhnbEbAbIiBsNEq9OAXQwMjYoRa5G372eNAt7ZCyg8jJ6IczeKu78iGemR94hInfVVVw2qJLLn_eWq-v3PELp0MF7FAPFNc03JHFak1ab9Qo0n_goCM6Fsd6E5mKtuqJ-Q3SXH/s799/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="799" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZa8KA76uKN5_QL4WkLHUwMqRcEakT0NM1efIyGTrB_M30EFAf6r3JZJkhnbEbAbIiBsNEq9OAXQwMjYoRa5G372eNAt7ZCyg8jJ6IczeKu78iGemR94hInfVVVw2qJLLn_eWq-v3PELp0MF7FAPFNc03JHFak1ab9Qo0n_goCM6Fsd6E5mKtuqJ-Q3SXH/w640-h542/4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4/#the100dayproject </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What a great colour combination - some favourite greens with a touch of mustard! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Add in Payne's grey and then in my head, there was a forest.... trees, grasses, plants </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AiU9jWOHMuB4PuRlzOwyc5zLcTiXOtaCrWPh7jGAfeT4XNgNBNb4gkd1xa_dYdKVKh1jyKFjyc_m-bjljXaKlIxav4XSPXu-3hEssnSOYSX59gwxgrhXZYuMxc9_hKn9xJ-pLJBdqSNvvJSkCgA15jP-IkVgUA7UtFA4R_0ZcJ999qAvOOATpZR2eMDj/s1000/colour%20combo%20%232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AiU9jWOHMuB4PuRlzOwyc5zLcTiXOtaCrWPh7jGAfeT4XNgNBNb4gkd1xa_dYdKVKh1jyKFjyc_m-bjljXaKlIxav4XSPXu-3hEssnSOYSX59gwxgrhXZYuMxc9_hKn9xJ-pLJBdqSNvvJSkCgA15jP-IkVgUA7UtFA4R_0ZcJ999qAvOOATpZR2eMDj/w640-h640/colour%20combo%20%232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After the first day blending some water colours, and matching my threads. I wasn't exactly sure I might do over the next week - some leaf studies? some collages based on the bush? .... </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Luckily, I have a great stash of unfinished projects. A piece of abandoned canvas with splotches of green seemed to jump out of the drawer to be used. And then there was the piece of calico which had blank ink marks - Once it was torn into strips, brightened up with a bit of water colour, the small strips, ended up making perfect tree trunks, </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcvljzAphha6K1Q1ariNE8VjGX8ITIXL6Vm6Boehcf-5FXwXBz2eaNrbjElp1N4rkw4INlmv3yu_tjrpYy5ZRW1791tAJaBNDoTn4YyGnXHgzDAimwy7_R-_D5G_hS1q-cuLDQaciOud_Jgx7VN1Z-gOOwq3hSz9qtBTYQRxsDrX-5MtDs500Cdt6Gjz_/s799/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="799" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcvljzAphha6K1Q1ariNE8VjGX8ITIXL6Vm6Boehcf-5FXwXBz2eaNrbjElp1N4rkw4INlmv3yu_tjrpYy5ZRW1791tAJaBNDoTn4YyGnXHgzDAimwy7_R-_D5G_hS1q-cuLDQaciOud_Jgx7VN1Z-gOOwq3hSz9qtBTYQRxsDrX-5MtDs500Cdt6Gjz_/w640-h526/5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5/#the100dayproject <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Above moss and grass,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Nature marked towering tree trunks</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Forest colours sing.</i> </span></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The next few days were a bit like a Mr Squiggle challenge - making something of the pre-made marks and splotches or ignoring and avoiding them totally and a few more attempts at haiku, just to clarify what I was aiming for. </span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Highlights and shadows<br />Interpret leafy shapes <br />Green exploration. </i></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDBMX7HINJfmg7lRrmIAaroeNQLfTakcqItSbRMGsKkkJtiMkwp_jkmvCfUbeBSNYRw5JI2kcqbuC5JAUdyMDSLEoYacdewcRy9Ok6d5_DgL9tUyKHVLR6M_qafJJtBe_P0mN3TsIwIB4i7tbxfobu75qK4ycHxIQafVK9CUA-4OKT2Saz85oW-Vn3tun/s2450/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="2450" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDBMX7HINJfmg7lRrmIAaroeNQLfTakcqItSbRMGsKkkJtiMkwp_jkmvCfUbeBSNYRw5JI2kcqbuC5JAUdyMDSLEoYacdewcRy9Ok6d5_DgL9tUyKHVLR6M_qafJJtBe_P0mN3TsIwIB4i7tbxfobu75qK4ycHxIQafVK9CUA-4OKT2Saz85oW-Vn3tun/w640-h444/6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6/#the100dayproject</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh0bn2vUpUy9FO8XsjrGmzu50Toa97sFwd3ftdW1nUbjX5-5SW3T5eZUSDGWoOB2oUYze5JGrohY32TIH2-RJDOuvAzEt6NDeNHyAbhFXPchcwnVgJzK8ajfl9oJzr74Yf7prN43oKkuuDL4BgEUHVelusmgbiQZcen0RFXd_zvBh7Z8ZYvWpdtw0CCjz/s2837/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="2837" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDh0bn2vUpUy9FO8XsjrGmzu50Toa97sFwd3ftdW1nUbjX5-5SW3T5eZUSDGWoOB2oUYze5JGrohY32TIH2-RJDOuvAzEt6NDeNHyAbhFXPchcwnVgJzK8ajfl9oJzr74Yf7prN43oKkuuDL4BgEUHVelusmgbiQZcen0RFXd_zvBh7Z8ZYvWpdtw0CCjz/w640-h574/7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7/#the100dayproject</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSm83F_UD7UmEX1K5g7PeCPkzCe6n0M0uCdt0Z_07FufcRGAv1OX8hvB6hiGopAeJ7Dhb2MLymp03xojOUy3p7k14zbuU3ZGJLG0p5wjpkSHj7lRleZhDoMV-WmMCBI2OyTZFSYBRsiQOJ3IjauSMehAkUUgEUolBPnIEFX213Uq8DPj13yH0G8kX1p8Gx/s2571/7a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="2571" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSm83F_UD7UmEX1K5g7PeCPkzCe6n0M0uCdt0Z_07FufcRGAv1OX8hvB6hiGopAeJ7Dhb2MLymp03xojOUy3p7k14zbuU3ZGJLG0p5wjpkSHj7lRleZhDoMV-WmMCBI2OyTZFSYBRsiQOJ3IjauSMehAkUUgEUolBPnIEFX213Uq8DPj13yH0G8kX1p8Gx/w640-h476/7a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7a/#the100dayproject <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Something I don't normally do is rework a day in the project, but the colours in the first attempt were just not right . </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Against the dark tree,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Tones of mustard and green blend</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Contrasts of colour</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkOYPKyhMhmIN4RBkwtM99ymr_Yk1NdgU3kJA024FroWDyTGHN7KKMiE6EFI3EtygvrjnARYzWQSOEl-aZDY6x2sReZdh_jtTqV0xWzE6a8oVuJeQ9hf-fhKy2st3xNACIw49VJA_HDNS1tUyvaz18uvTKJDwYqNXWK49ZYzOuGvz6IQPQXbMgaEYHvlJ/s2066/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="2066" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkOYPKyhMhmIN4RBkwtM99ymr_Yk1NdgU3kJA024FroWDyTGHN7KKMiE6EFI3EtygvrjnARYzWQSOEl-aZDY6x2sReZdh_jtTqV0xWzE6a8oVuJeQ9hf-fhKy2st3xNACIw49VJA_HDNS1tUyvaz18uvTKJDwYqNXWK49ZYzOuGvz6IQPQXbMgaEYHvlJ/w640-h460/8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8/#the100dayproject</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIf50yaTLH52RlOHO-DDZTvxy8pFdxNjBPwHH_qX5Ytp4sWvWfu8vVUCYe0JtVtSa3yb4HD6A8pDU4uWMR4i_b-Ats-eNMGOf85SRy43ViBBvfPR0hZK2lYEU0i6hp1ELABTf0_6Wi50jngIS26jj-WipEfQG-W91_9SwmYEAlpziWk_cJYdom0AcyXLRb/s2499/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="2499" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIf50yaTLH52RlOHO-DDZTvxy8pFdxNjBPwHH_qX5Ytp4sWvWfu8vVUCYe0JtVtSa3yb4HD6A8pDU4uWMR4i_b-Ats-eNMGOf85SRy43ViBBvfPR0hZK2lYEU0i6hp1ELABTf0_6Wi50jngIS26jj-WipEfQG-W91_9SwmYEAlpziWk_cJYdom0AcyXLRb/w640-h504/9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9/#the100dayproject <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To finish off the week, and because I was travelling in the train most of the day, I stitched a small stamped embroidery using the two colour palettes I've explored so far in this project.... I thought it was a good week ! </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2ho6Uz2bPGbkdSVeJgFaErmpB2DgTd6z6lsY-plz9xsfA2tSZbXxk0Li4X2wCJ1jly_gyn7Yl8k4shkT2XlnD4nUfkZZvq_omjimjkLhBy-s74feMSp6yrfvqqnOp9N8RYtXix0F5QiheQHY49Yng3pbiU_Z5qwRFuxHI_gso7FIKjbrykvaFEC_Wucg/s1896/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="1894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2ho6Uz2bPGbkdSVeJgFaErmpB2DgTd6z6lsY-plz9xsfA2tSZbXxk0Li4X2wCJ1jly_gyn7Yl8k4shkT2XlnD4nUfkZZvq_omjimjkLhBy-s74feMSp6yrfvqqnOp9N8RYtXix0F5QiheQHY49Yng3pbiU_Z5qwRFuxHI_gso7FIKjbrykvaFEC_Wucg/w640-h640/10.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">10/#the100dayproject </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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I have done this for the last five years and I love doing it. Sometimes, the idea of creating something for 100 consecutive days just seems ridiculous, but I've learnt over the years not to do something too ambitious, and to have an idea or theme which is entirely achievable. Today it all seems easy - it is only Day 3. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYb2A2QleoFI_uA0MKqIZkOQP7eoV_Q4t21F1IeZ080v47fsHM3leLI0boKTHOaTvy-ow0eUC3JwcmxQ59nrWms-ExX5s1v8Y60b0x8cMqFEkf5nYSDsURKCnFCXUmTwpqkvFUuTBjwq64C-Ah-9C5OBPxzx25jtW8MBenh5THEN7vjrSvQg21ygqXKpo/s3024/IMG_1783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYb2A2QleoFI_uA0MKqIZkOQP7eoV_Q4t21F1IeZ080v47fsHM3leLI0boKTHOaTvy-ow0eUC3JwcmxQ59nrWms-ExX5s1v8Y60b0x8cMqFEkf5nYSDsURKCnFCXUmTwpqkvFUuTBjwq64C-Ah-9C5OBPxzx25jtW8MBenh5THEN7vjrSvQg21ygqXKpo/w640-h640/IMG_1783.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This year, 2024, I have decided to follow colour prompts curated by artist, EsteMacLeod. - Este publishes these colour palettes each week, and I thought using these means that half the work is already done. My 100 day project will be then to make responses to these prompts and work on each palette for a week for the duration. </span></div></div></div><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNgUPLPIkETQfshvlZuCE7Ifpgfye2E9z7eYWqZ1WgYktTBYbEPLEuTIMEj7sxeMQdFqcmj9mlKTDxLdVeGoCGh7azrGksfHFOdB7M8rdQgpdIUBPqxERpk7-f7lAK7LfBialDChLc9UbVpg6d_3foJ9C0u_LjCiRRaRfnOFZB3bGNXT_AaeL2j87hdMe/s3443/IMG_1784.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="2582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNgUPLPIkETQfshvlZuCE7Ifpgfye2E9z7eYWqZ1WgYktTBYbEPLEuTIMEj7sxeMQdFqcmj9mlKTDxLdVeGoCGh7azrGksfHFOdB7M8rdQgpdIUBPqxERpk7-f7lAK7LfBialDChLc9UbVpg6d_3foJ9C0u_LjCiRRaRfnOFZB3bGNXT_AaeL2j87hdMe/w480-h640/IMG_1784.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1/ #100daysofcolourcombo - Bubblegum Cat <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Day 1 Bubblegum Cat </b>.... a Laurel Burch print , overstitched in bubblegum coloured thread. This particular technique follows these steps: </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- stitch around the shape ( two pieces of fabric together) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- make a slit in the back of the figure, through the one layer of fabric only </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- stuff the figure being careful to fill the extreme points </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> (I use wool stuffing, but polyfill is fine) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- cut carefully leaving a small seam around the edge of the figure </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- paint the border of fabric beyond the stitched outline - front and back). (I painted the lighter colour first, and then painted stripes in black paint) . Acrylic paint is fine. </span><br /><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMpC31Tkgvl4cLWqkw-qjGaMH4MWcwejs6CjFuA7emZuqBoFGdiV9kz4QIUivL0UHPHWxK4uwfzF3uq-XhO3EaeO9MgFDoBfgoK-ZyXZ8lRJwYwQ6b4_o5wbF3xcNaVeibJlNi9lkFdoYjsTrPmTPOJ_DCcj5g2sXEIjKKyGRFxiKQaRuRdFpojZ_QAkT/s1440/IMG_1790.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMpC31Tkgvl4cLWqkw-qjGaMH4MWcwejs6CjFuA7emZuqBoFGdiV9kz4QIUivL0UHPHWxK4uwfzF3uq-XhO3EaeO9MgFDoBfgoK-ZyXZ8lRJwYwQ6b4_o5wbF3xcNaVeibJlNi9lkFdoYjsTrPmTPOJ_DCcj5g2sXEIjKKyGRFxiKQaRuRdFpojZ_QAkT/w640-h640/IMG_1790.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2/ #100daysofcolourcombo : Bubblegum Landscape Dreams <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Day 2 : Bubblegum Landscape Dreams</b> is a collage using recycled paper and postage stamps ... Apologies to all the philatelists - I was given a set of 4 Van Gogh [postage stamps and have kept them in my stash for years until yhesterday - I found a use.... the burnt orange and egg yolk colours were irresistible. The theme of people looking through windows is common in my work.... that's an interesting observation in itself - I wonder if this can be interpreted to have a deeper meaning, as in dream analysis. The background fantasy forest is a stitched magazine cover. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqwBDX0q9f9AAEVZ5eOm7-pNjWou58dx4OwDx2glhWXM-akw8pK0TYg2b4YDuVUFuGFtdmGuRNsejLUPnisUrRRI5NvcDTT9sfYUQMvWISSYnmMs3Z9Z4wPlZB5wJzmyCwe2ETkMqc13I2GLxes5UOUtzVEIeuXYMdEz6NiPgcxu8o4cFp4H4k2WMGVsb/s1000/faces%20in%20windows%20%20collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqwBDX0q9f9AAEVZ5eOm7-pNjWou58dx4OwDx2glhWXM-akw8pK0TYg2b4YDuVUFuGFtdmGuRNsejLUPnisUrRRI5NvcDTT9sfYUQMvWISSYnmMs3Z9Z4wPlZB5wJzmyCwe2ETkMqc13I2GLxes5UOUtzVEIeuXYMdEz6NiPgcxu8o4cFp4H4k2WMGVsb/w640-h640/faces%20in%20windows%20%20collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pw-JoRzm_IX-Zw9xrvRzawkjiJhCZrxJN16X-AGhJ47SBWVUNqAdUlqt5iYtS_JcHX8Ziofx4_Dh4IKA7wwrsB5fH_wMcn4CB4RLnsO5wmo38ejTl25d_Lv2Ffm6uVXC9l-xDPRY0yLhKIrb4jF11VvnVtfIjkuABwDXOWi0ZeO0nBGRunOmdxP-vTCf/s2108/IMG_1793.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2108" data-original-width="2108" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pw-JoRzm_IX-Zw9xrvRzawkjiJhCZrxJN16X-AGhJ47SBWVUNqAdUlqt5iYtS_JcHX8Ziofx4_Dh4IKA7wwrsB5fH_wMcn4CB4RLnsO5wmo38ejTl25d_Lv2Ffm6uVXC9l-xDPRY0yLhKIrb4jF11VvnVtfIjkuABwDXOWi0ZeO0nBGRunOmdxP-vTCf/w640-h640/IMG_1793.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Day 3 : Bubblegum Celebration</b> is an explosive circle of colour comprising more circles.... they are raw edge appliqued and reverse appliqued in the colours of the palette. As I was teaching a friend to free motion machine stitch, I extended my demonstration of the technique to make this sample. I have mounted it into a square greeting card and think it would be suitable for an happy occasion or wild event! All these fabrics were in my scrap tin, so they have been rescued from landfill. There is no special meaning here, just a celebration of colour! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">What have I learnt over the last 3 days : </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">1. Setting some time aside each day is still a challenge </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Working with set colours can be very restricting </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Working outside my comfort zone of colours was quite a lot of fun. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Process not perfection counts! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Please follow my 100 day artful journey with me - here on this blog, or for a daily fix on my Instagram page. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye_QvGoSoEp8fNZtQAfuQiWB15uYUOtIpXCJaUGSBUuhwHbdBeGN6ujDNC5HctXwU32cfrweBDZgNrlCDZ8af25aFGzqXaFV5ToszUE3-GYAi_1gkqwBiFZUTTY6xa3aR9eFrNrLv3q74hFKXE54T9Xj_1uWmdoMV_DJI3OIJq8Wogw2WPineDDTVcfzv/s750/IMG_1795.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye_QvGoSoEp8fNZtQAfuQiWB15uYUOtIpXCJaUGSBUuhwHbdBeGN6ujDNC5HctXwU32cfrweBDZgNrlCDZ8af25aFGzqXaFV5ToszUE3-GYAi_1gkqwBiFZUTTY6xa3aR9eFrNrLv3q74hFKXE54T9Xj_1uWmdoMV_DJI3OIJq8Wogw2WPineDDTVcfzv/w400-h400/IMG_1795.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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However, I decided today to revisit the Christmas Countdown and create a summary of all of the Christmas themed paperfolding I completed in December 2023. <p></p><p>And here they are in no particular order... </p><p>Day 15 - an eight pointed star ( which I think if folded in a different colour, would have made a great poinsettia flower) </p><p>Day 14 - an owl ( perhaps Hedwig from the Harry Potter series?) </p><p>Day 12 - a 3D Christmas ornament </p><p>Day 11 - a Christmas tree </p><p>Day 10 - a swan ( 7 swans a-swimming - the other 6 didn't materialise) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsY2tVIR_6x1kKIZ65OBoJ-_9rWr9VTq81Ju_L8bQE5v-qfLmcPTDPKLAvFRTpDYEOQxHiQfYK6v4kHMVm_bxjbxD0ElNUAs6vBfj1L2bLgtCl1IKd1jFQyVrOaoXtNh9ef8K02u9TvWrxm_qGwOvJPV7xNq_nzNuf_8x4HacUkHg0BtRIbkQx1ahvuR6/s2048/53435644497_4f9742d180_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsY2tVIR_6x1kKIZ65OBoJ-_9rWr9VTq81Ju_L8bQE5v-qfLmcPTDPKLAvFRTpDYEOQxHiQfYK6v4kHMVm_bxjbxD0ElNUAs6vBfj1L2bLgtCl1IKd1jFQyVrOaoXtNh9ef8K02u9TvWrxm_qGwOvJPV7xNq_nzNuf_8x4HacUkHg0BtRIbkQx1ahvuR6/w640-h640/53435644497_4f9742d180_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Day 19 - an 8 point pin wheel ( I made this twice as a present decoration, instead of a ribbon) </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 18 - a Christmas wreath </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 17 - lots of folded hearts so many that they were made into a Christmas garland </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 13 - 4 calling birds ( the leader in black and white and the others in shades of blue!) </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 16 - a red woven heart</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FIhnWcoY1R8Zpo-Ic9ZHxafsLLhgwCtzLGZRsmAjsJo9U6S0rRlU939QFcB8WWUD7oSmxBaC1VGKz-3R6hV31BTfXhw0cdmbXEB40peHDR4zHglLXUgKN306rjZsQF_DoKo17nogRRtfkR4LyU30ZTAyiZGsNyZtuivAyieabXhxkRAeTQK5bTcf6hmx/s2048/53436568751_c26e2e1f87_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FIhnWcoY1R8Zpo-Ic9ZHxafsLLhgwCtzLGZRsmAjsJo9U6S0rRlU939QFcB8WWUD7oSmxBaC1VGKz-3R6hV31BTfXhw0cdmbXEB40peHDR4zHglLXUgKN306rjZsQF_DoKo17nogRRtfkR4LyU30ZTAyiZGsNyZtuivAyieabXhxkRAeTQK5bTcf6hmx/w640-h640/53436568751_c26e2e1f87_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Day 24 - a peace crane </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 23 : My granddaughter made the reindeer I was trying to fold and I settled for an interlocking star </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 21 : another 3D ornament which slots together. </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 20 : my favourite 5 pointed Christmas stars. </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 22 : a dimensional interlocking star - looks simple, but was difficult to get the elements to fir together! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpECK6RIzLFSqaAG8CPqy-K35bT-VDll8zSIh9nGnQSwJJJa4cIyGX4bsjwNBVx3uI0c3cKfH3UpJAM1XOgT2qgYf_k4c7lkGuy1QTthyTY4bVryY28qA1a8hJw6iuII6jzB5jheLqI_sRbyo63p1lAVF0ZU5zmYEgAZLLlmpcIIjEsvM1x1Zog4DT8JVA/s2048/53436891274_383504faa1_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpECK6RIzLFSqaAG8CPqy-K35bT-VDll8zSIh9nGnQSwJJJa4cIyGX4bsjwNBVx3uI0c3cKfH3UpJAM1XOgT2qgYf_k4c7lkGuy1QTthyTY4bVryY28qA1a8hJw6iuII6jzB5jheLqI_sRbyo63p1lAVF0ZU5zmYEgAZLLlmpcIIjEsvM1x1Zog4DT8JVA/w640-h640/53436891274_383504faa1_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Day 9 - the Bethlehem star <div><br />Day 6- Christmas stocking with a candy cane</div><div><br /></div><div>Day 4 - Summer cicada </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 7- Lotus star </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 5- Santa Claus looking a little triangular </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 2 - Pendant ornament</div><div><br /></div><div>Day 8 - "Home for Christmas " </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 3 - Green Cockatoo </div><div><br /></div><div>Day 1 - Simple pinwheel </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KYi2ZBT9NK0ES91qR3eiBEKtv7ClFnTotFxlgAbGGu6YmUPogcX-4itRPCxJTdWPIyE98ld5gsFpBHnYoi7MMyu9y38dlmAUrj_DGcHfhgybyr2HdmXXYROAxmJOWDtZQL-3Yg-nK22j7-1XsPGUrw0IyH6XHxxfVkRorLkQh2j1eQDDAMrbfWKeF9EZ/s1000/gallery_export_1702104382_1702104613.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KYi2ZBT9NK0ES91qR3eiBEKtv7ClFnTotFxlgAbGGu6YmUPogcX-4itRPCxJTdWPIyE98ld5gsFpBHnYoi7MMyu9y38dlmAUrj_DGcHfhgybyr2HdmXXYROAxmJOWDtZQL-3Yg-nK22j7-1XsPGUrw0IyH6XHxxfVkRorLkQh2j1eQDDAMrbfWKeF9EZ/w640-h640/gallery_export_1702104382_1702104613.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here are some of the websites which provided the inspiration for this series of paperfolding - Advent 2023. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">Diamond origami <a href="https://www.craftingdailydose.com/post/july-2021-instahop">https://www.craftingdailydose.com/post/july-2021-instahop</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hearts <a href="https://www.origamiway.com/origami-heart.shtml">https://www.origamiway.com/origami-heart.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Woven heart <a href="https://youtu.be/Oni3nX9sYkw?si=MVKlDfvyvLezf36Z">https://youtu.be/Oni3nX9sYkw?si=MVKlDfvyvLezf36Z</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Five ;pointed star <a href="https://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/5-pointed-origami-star.html">https://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/5-pointed-origami-star.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">https://www.itsalwaysautumn.com/origami-star.html<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Origami owl <a href="https://www.origamiway.com/origami-owl.shtml">https://www.origamiway.com/origami-owl.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Calling bird <a href="https://www.origamiway.com/origami-bird.shtml">https://www.origamiway.com/origami-bird.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Swan <a href="https://www.origamiway.com/origami-swan.shtml">https://www.origamiway.com/origami-swan.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3 d shapes <a href="https://www.allthingspaper.net/2015/12/origami-ornament-techniques-tips-for.html">https://www.allthingspaper.net/2015/12/origami-ornament-techniques-tips-for.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.atelierfeteunique.com/2016/04/26/diy-guirlande-de-diamant-origami/<o:p></o:p></p><br /></div><p></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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The themes have been Christmas Tags, Christmas Firsts , Christmas \postage stamps, Christmas cake, and crazy Christmas trees from the past. You can search this blog with the tag #christmas countdown and see what you can find ? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My mother used to love the #Christmas Countdown series and it is now almost a year since she passed away. The "lead -in" to Christmas and origami were a couple of her favourite things, so this year, 2023, my December goal is to make a paper folded Christmas tree ornament each day n her memory. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">1 December, 2023 : To start with, I chose the simplest little pinwheel and added a button and a star. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZns6VmcKVire5qZdf5wVZ68rqWaUt3L0Ek4xoHaYVKdJ0lrHGsKmM19LftKREUenQFXrA1NbHrkYbbYJmtwAWvCNIKogWDottNflDhgqJyNuRT5_fUHYhHqwEGkCkMEAxrTLU_8huGechnYSbHE8BTQrqAdNfRb4jF6qYLQPJCd2zZWV6NijawE0tCa36/s3481/112-41223_53374025804_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3481" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZns6VmcKVire5qZdf5wVZ68rqWaUt3L0Ek4xoHaYVKdJ0lrHGsKmM19LftKREUenQFXrA1NbHrkYbbYJmtwAWvCNIKogWDottNflDhgqJyNuRT5_fUHYhHqwEGkCkMEAxrTLU_8huGechnYSbHE8BTQrqAdNfRb4jF6qYLQPJCd2zZWV6NijawE0tCa36/w556-h640/112-41223_53374025804_o.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">2 December, 2023 : This folded shape starts with a pinwheel, so it seemed the logical follow on. And I also stitched on a button and sparking star. These instructions for the pinwheel and pendant were found on the back of an origami calendar which my mother had amongst her stash, so I include them here. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0M7zqrnrH157PLQJ8oHLTJVSXHLlRCA3a3tAPcXzaNjXUWyLGqOaPy55ExoQ_g1R6X843vydyNAgbFnQmGa69XjVWi5niuDyp33BjMXl3nxFEfn1YumGcE058xsP17iEXf7671arxsxP18MqLwq-svXrRqYH8ySUYYGADsGL7cjp_E30-ExC5DdvlwVL/s3424/112-41223_53373708971_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3424" data-original-width="3015" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0M7zqrnrH157PLQJ8oHLTJVSXHLlRCA3a3tAPcXzaNjXUWyLGqOaPy55ExoQ_g1R6X843vydyNAgbFnQmGa69XjVWi5niuDyp33BjMXl3nxFEfn1YumGcE058xsP17iEXf7671arxsxP18MqLwq-svXrRqYH8ySUYYGADsGL7cjp_E30-ExC5DdvlwVL/w564-h640/112-41223_53373708971_o.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6Ob3xqMCCZQJfy23EaQOgJgQK9hFvF9Q7k2DtpLHAzekvfoUTrwm0WyKY8L3_AZP9X1C3PMqfWpLTXA3UXazssjRqjk_rfvN7folDDKK5BCcpR-4edgEsETYphhtghUXgf-44p0FLDsIOtuuT8NJo5eUAMAMo-tQmEily03lQ8uDJkXKc3rpUz2cqnk2/s2943/112-41223_53374025884_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2761" data-original-width="2943" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6Ob3xqMCCZQJfy23EaQOgJgQK9hFvF9Q7k2DtpLHAzekvfoUTrwm0WyKY8L3_AZP9X1C3PMqfWpLTXA3UXazssjRqjk_rfvN7folDDKK5BCcpR-4edgEsETYphhtghUXgf-44p0FLDsIOtuuT8NJo5eUAMAMo-tQmEily03lQ8uDJkXKc3rpUz2cqnk2/w640-h600/112-41223_53374025884_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">3 December, 2023 : Where I live, Christmas is in summer, so a time for cicadas . Please use your imagination a little to appreciate this paper folded cicada and some instructions from the book , Origami by Hideaki Sakata ( Graph-Sha/Japan Publications 1984 ) </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbA4lewhEEPGsaevRpghCn2DZSnh76Ep9q94NI9kpnrU8Hre2F7cLsRb3eKb0WcfJbJch0jBYilKV9uCGTCW0AJ1-vFOw3lK-gG_kyakTBac-ZNYf0PZkDk3LFhM6l2vwTty4V2loOW8hJ4XUngJc_PBR318Wwd_njDohkD31rAo_s_G5k_OsbTPP8kal/s3116/112-41223_53373708896_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="3116" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbA4lewhEEPGsaevRpghCn2DZSnh76Ep9q94NI9kpnrU8Hre2F7cLsRb3eKb0WcfJbJch0jBYilKV9uCGTCW0AJ1-vFOw3lK-gG_kyakTBac-ZNYf0PZkDk3LFhM6l2vwTty4V2loOW8hJ4XUngJc_PBR318Wwd_njDohkD31rAo_s_G5k_OsbTPP8kal/w640-h614/112-41223_53373708896_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8LadckpVYBUOj5dbEOjRCTdZol1UNWjeAVwirelh76T-_JSK-2afebpmGuvROFGFNF7toE6P4J0xJkJkROvzdpQshVsXeDMYqYhHEAy9d4Rg4cvm3LLny4YbQ_biGAVpL64IQtKHrrDPFLZewChiv5-_-fcFsPwy0G54cEXZvJDfIyiMFVb_ZTVswOYd/s2912/112-41223_53374025894_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="2912" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8LadckpVYBUOj5dbEOjRCTdZol1UNWjeAVwirelh76T-_JSK-2afebpmGuvROFGFNF7toE6P4J0xJkJkROvzdpQshVsXeDMYqYhHEAy9d4Rg4cvm3LLny4YbQ_biGAVpL64IQtKHrrDPFLZewChiv5-_-fcFsPwy0G54cEXZvJDfIyiMFVb_ZTVswOYd/w640-h476/112-41223_53374025894_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">4 December , 2023 : Summer also brings beautiful parrots to the flowering eucalyptus tree in our garden. Here is my 4th decoration, a green parrot. I modified the instructions for a dove from the aforementioned book to create this paper bird. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8SiXGWDR04utlCNgArYZFbwKxjs28PyuS-JweB50Io2as-14dvwPDFPcGWYPUFxNTbqk9H6PzdFLZjBKtKJOGDi5PgMZ_4JMzB4UQJikgY4WL8Kj46JgTLAPdokGhKqMqFn1oTAnWip3Y5kX-pHdscUfWNiPH7yoh4kzXt3mLIi8ltHE14B97DuIp70Z/s3243/112-41223_53373708856_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3243" data-original-width="2982" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8SiXGWDR04utlCNgArYZFbwKxjs28PyuS-JweB50Io2as-14dvwPDFPcGWYPUFxNTbqk9H6PzdFLZjBKtKJOGDi5PgMZ_4JMzB4UQJikgY4WL8Kj46JgTLAPdokGhKqMqFn1oTAnWip3Y5kX-pHdscUfWNiPH7yoh4kzXt3mLIi8ltHE14B97DuIp70Z/w588-h640/112-41223_53373708856_o.jpg" width="588" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirr59eUNKhAAhTOHDBtKsrFKopFiynBA1Dx2pVMOe8p3GYjOOeWzXusxZ-r7rhptx_iQ0g5tucLFF6QF5OCFniTExqvCcLrJ-RxX-YmzoCPIdu2aCeAg_qiYpG3s6IJuFxRJubO3Xorz8a2ZSFv9zJ1iO6C_4WP3hcophQW7WLTtJsS_df2gJwP691MeV5/s640/IMG_0952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="640" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirr59eUNKhAAhTOHDBtKsrFKopFiynBA1Dx2pVMOe8p3GYjOOeWzXusxZ-r7rhptx_iQ0g5tucLFF6QF5OCFniTExqvCcLrJ-RxX-YmzoCPIdu2aCeAg_qiYpG3s6IJuFxRJubO3Xorz8a2ZSFv9zJ1iO6C_4WP3hcophQW7WLTtJsS_df2gJwP691MeV5/w640-h358/IMG_0952.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm looking forward to filling my "tree" for the next 20 days. 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Inspiration can come from textures, colours, style, design, subject, culture or history of the original artwork. </i>(from </span><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">https://atasda.org.au/50-years-of-atasda) </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-size: medium; letter-spacing: normal;">The second story in this series highlighting the narratives behind the creative stitching on the contributions to the ATASDA Collaborative Golden Cape is a topical and poignant social commentary. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As I contemplate what happens after the disappointing defeat of "The Voice " referendum, I think of the word </span><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Makarrata’, a multi-layered Yolŋu word understood as the coming together after a struggle. It involves truth telling. <br /><br />A beautiful response by Karen Rivers, ATASDA member to the equally thought provoking 2014 textile artwork by Dianne Carroll is a call to action for truth telling. It is not surprising that Karen found inspiration from Dianne's original engaging work - an emotive appliqued, stitched and quilted wall hanging. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ607vXbc4taU5B2EFPP_vksKO3dxorsYgfjLUY1ovcj9KgR5ZAQoiT21DUobGnkp6ZSGcOvGzMbOTZuqRbsM29DahVqziIse_nCV0pVOhPbOzICbhvi1hEcjJ_XHg6YcU2lv0ZTdC-Ln3i2B9pC0DcjgOVhWxzG9d39pennjbLl2dB58SWWTPisZ4AHPe/s475/2014%20Dianne%20Carroll%20Stolen%20FuturePastPH%20WM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="475" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ607vXbc4taU5B2EFPP_vksKO3dxorsYgfjLUY1ovcj9KgR5ZAQoiT21DUobGnkp6ZSGcOvGzMbOTZuqRbsM29DahVqziIse_nCV0pVOhPbOzICbhvi1hEcjJ_XHg6YcU2lv0ZTdC-Ln3i2B9pC0DcjgOVhWxzG9d39pennjbLl2dB58SWWTPisZ4AHPe/w640-h514/2014%20Dianne%20Carroll%20Stolen%20FuturePastPH%20WM.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from ATASDA archives - section of Dianne Carroll's work, Stolen Past 2014 </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I mostly think of the "Stolen Generations" as a regrettable and sad part of our history, but Karen, in her exquisitely eco dyed and stitched work, reminds us of current happenings and statistics . </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFncROCGDyaMpBOCDMn1xDGMe_C74FfP78GAld_Q2FzAPU8VydOxXtF-6cxNBhr2uGpi964wPRkdBPWwdyaSOramM6mX_9RVzQDENk-cbEXFwdSqENA09GibyURi6WPV100-JqN_0q670FqFSeu4KGBgRYGf_nlU21WhBYhSK1ZTxQGYKh_uRQLjQkWt9/s800/Karen%20Rivers%20thumbnail_IMG_6402%20Large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="800" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFncROCGDyaMpBOCDMn1xDGMe_C74FfP78GAld_Q2FzAPU8VydOxXtF-6cxNBhr2uGpi964wPRkdBPWwdyaSOramM6mX_9RVzQDENk-cbEXFwdSqENA09GibyURi6WPV100-JqN_0q670FqFSeu4KGBgRYGf_nlU21WhBYhSK1ZTxQGYKh_uRQLjQkWt9/w640-h516/Karen%20Rivers%20thumbnail_IMG_6402%20Large.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image : Truth by Karen Rivers 2023 </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here are Karen's own words about her evocative textile art .... </span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424;">My piece is about the ongoing atrocities which continue ... As of July 31st 2023... 26,000 First Nations children are not living
with their families.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: #242424;"><span style="background: white;">Religious groups, charities, foster care
agencies, and government bodies are still stealing First Nations children.
Children are being taken and given to non-Indigenous people, who are paid
$50,000 - $80,000 per year to rear kids for assimilation.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Care for First Nations children need for
change means keeping them with their family, the people who love them and
know what they need with financial support. For parents who are actually
struggling, this means funding for childcare assistance, healthcare, welfare,
free education, and decent jobs - not ripping families apart and restarting the
cycle.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Essential requirement is real social funding for
communities and families to live in dignity and build lives without shame,
successive governments have instead continued Australia's decades of
assimilation policies.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">A friend who is a head lecturer in social work
thought this practice ended decades ago. The general population has no idea
this horrid practice is continuing every day.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The piece is about TRUTH.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">The day I started working on this Willy Wagtails
- Jitta Jitta started visiting my garden. These little darlings represent
communication, conversations, so I feel they have become significant for this
creation.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">First Nations people sit in a circle to discuss
and solve issues and I first experienced this when I visited Tranby in Glebe in
1975. I also have fond memories of watching the extraordinary dancing of The
Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre also in Glebe in those early years of its
growth. An amazing privilege.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">As a white Australian with heritage from the
other side of the globe I was fortunate to be reared in a family who loved
& respected all people. My father grew up in Young - Wiradjuri country as
it is now rightly named & dad often yarned to me about his Aboriginal
friends, about what he learnt. When we walked in the bush he shared so much
about nature.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">As a mother of a wonderful 25 year old son whom
I have reared with the same moral compass it saddens me beyond belief that
First Nations people are not supported to rear their own children. The racism
has disempowered so many with lack of education - work training- jobs - careers
- independence - lack of identity.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">Twenty six thousand children documented ,
numbered , clipped with a bulldog clip and filed away is not appropriate.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background: white;">It must stop NOW.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">We must all be on the right side of history.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">Karen Rivers ..... </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: #242424;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxOFpz1fr7AnON-Mpmrlhd58Rleap2kzHS23z7tsorkoKbReBgoXFbPWGK8roBgM8gy8ZltGG0cbHYyLTiiTWkjh7FlrlSbFVnvKVUMYzrEyKpoIk0kJHK3QjVy3xUtsK5qzhGm0C-96tzvRpVzjTVNQGA_ik7TxnKI3u3-KGAbItorJsHtRdDlACgWOe/s640/thumbnail_IMG_6404%20Large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKxOFpz1fr7AnON-Mpmrlhd58Rleap2kzHS23z7tsorkoKbReBgoXFbPWGK8roBgM8gy8ZltGG0cbHYyLTiiTWkjh7FlrlSbFVnvKVUMYzrEyKpoIk0kJHK3QjVy3xUtsK5qzhGm0C-96tzvRpVzjTVNQGA_ik7TxnKI3u3-KGAbItorJsHtRdDlACgWOe/w512-h640/thumbnail_IMG_6404%20Large.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image : Textile art by Karen Rivers </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you Karen for your contribution and to ATASDA for the opportunity for textile artist members to express their thoughts creatively to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ATASDA. </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The finished golden cape will be on display at various locations in Australia during 2024 -2025. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Image Credits: ATASDA and Karen Rivers. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://atasda.org.au/">Learn more about ATASDA </a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See more of Karen Rivers' work on Instagram </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">@jayka and @gumsandroses_inspiredbynature </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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In art, there is always speculation about how much you are influenced by another artist's work .... can we measure the amount of inspiration, interpretation , collaboration or outright copying in an art work? What makes an art work truly original? </span></p><div class="x1e56ztr" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"> Let's not get into the discussion of copyright and the grey areas of </span><span>appropriation, imitation, and plagiarising. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">Perhaps there are not so many questions when the medium used is different from the original or when you are in the business of making reproductions. (like my Van Gogh socks pictured above) ? </span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Why has this topic been on my mind ? </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In a recent textile art challenge, set by ATASDA ( Australian Textile Arts and Surface Design Association), current members were asked to respond to artworks created by members from past years , to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the group in 2024. Each of the small artworks would then be appliqued onto a golden cape </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38or7u_BZGyx_zv8VNcAyKHmXb6zpJZmaBSw15H4tuAcS9h8y9US8PHN2e1gP5zRe5xOZcdgMiY-BH7Bje8omg0bWECfoyRIhTyDYo55C5DP-ShmUD3ZOWKEnMEVmoSY3HdUMLm5H-t42NsxHA0sNLTXCrxcubKlyFqzkndvNcgET_nN6hXg4bPr31OMh/s327/Cape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="327" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38or7u_BZGyx_zv8VNcAyKHmXb6zpJZmaBSw15H4tuAcS9h8y9US8PHN2e1gP5zRe5xOZcdgMiY-BH7Bje8omg0bWECfoyRIhTyDYo55C5DP-ShmUD3ZOWKEnMEVmoSY3HdUMLm5H-t42NsxHA0sNLTXCrxcubKlyFqzkndvNcgET_nN6hXg4bPr31OMh/w400-h318/Cape.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here's the brief .... </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1px; max-height: 1000000px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; max-height: 1000000px;"><i>Do you want to make history?</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1px; max-height: 1000000px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; max-height: 1000000px;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1000000px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1px; max-height: 1000000px;"><i>The <strong style="box-sizing: inherit; max-height: 1000000px;">Golden Cape</strong> is a new collaborative project for ATASDA members. 50 present day members will each receive an image of one of 50 yesteryear members artworks, to use as a muse, to create new artwork based on the past. Inspiration can come from textures, colours, style, design, subject, culture or history of the original artwork. </i>(from </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">https://atasda.org.au/50-years-of-atasda) </span></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1px; max-height: 1000000px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; max-height: 1000000px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1px; max-height: 1000000px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; max-height: 1000000px;">This was a great idea to celebrate a group significant anniversary. Thanks to all who worked to put it together - not an easy task when members are scattered throughout the country. The 50 images of past artworks were displayed in a members only section of the website and registration was completed after a choice was made. Of course, permission to use the images was granted by all the artists concerned. </span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I chose a beautiful work created in 2014 by Jane Bodnaruk - True Colours, Past , which at first reminded me of my recently deceased mother and her love of domestic linens and net embroidery. </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6sppYbwP2TxciA8_fUoYv9vi9wNv05Ukq3wdbXncjs_lPjJXrnBb5iAJZiXsjzzyjW3NsKDM_DLx3hxxgAr-v7sY53SiZrYAo0CDnez1Vlu-wF6bLALqwnpiMmmoDCa4iY-NdPxlwdvApn6eNcmHRqca2yWyp-MEwB8Q_87TCExFiOjByD6PQSddlbfJ/s1772/2014%20Jane%20Bodnaruk%20TrueColours%20FuturePastPH%20WM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6sppYbwP2TxciA8_fUoYv9vi9wNv05Ukq3wdbXncjs_lPjJXrnBb5iAJZiXsjzzyjW3NsKDM_DLx3hxxgAr-v7sY53SiZrYAo0CDnez1Vlu-wF6bLALqwnpiMmmoDCa4iY-NdPxlwdvApn6eNcmHRqca2yWyp-MEwB8Q_87TCExFiOjByD6PQSddlbfJ/w468-h640/2014%20Jane%20Bodnaruk%20TrueColours%20FuturePastPH%20WM.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I found starting this exercise far more challenging than I first imagined. It seemed such a formidable task to interpret and respond to another artist’s work, even more daunting when you know the original artist and are familiar with her work. The challenge for me was to respect, appreciate and celebrate the original without slavishly imitating it and staying true to my own style , so I thought the best way to approach this was to contact the original artist, Jane, who, as expected, was very generous in sharing her story and memories of the artwork.... </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">When I spoke to Jane about the work, she told me she created this piece during an intense year of visiting her mother in Queensland, and I had also just experienced a challenging year with my mother in Queensland , so it seemed there was already an emotional connection to this work we were about to share. </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Jane said : <i>It was one of two pieces based on a sandwich tray doiley. Both new pieces are the size of a pillow case ... I just did what I knew at the time. The colours of the other piece were bright , for the future, and this one was faded, fragmented for the past. The background is machine stitched circles, so the muslin was distorted . I used white shell patterns as a reminder of the patchwork I had been doing.... </i></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">( from a message exchange between Jane Bodnaruk and Wilma Simmons ) </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><br /></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pHQ1SFljNshanDpjKuwyM154xJanGbIbhuWRKA9_QSwswxIP24CP3yqTaMStoUi48lB9w6N6O-k5GvNJMgKdb_kt3VaXdrr3k_5oJ4HnFQCBdPKDKUoSI9EAQom4Dlnwr6sl-xA18-0CvRNQq5vxDpoNGTx_AFz5xqnqbMd1Qb9ApxlCMSH9jqjeDQTO/s3135/original%20doiley%20Jane.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3135" data-original-width="2847" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pHQ1SFljNshanDpjKuwyM154xJanGbIbhuWRKA9_QSwswxIP24CP3yqTaMStoUi48lB9w6N6O-k5GvNJMgKdb_kt3VaXdrr3k_5oJ4HnFQCBdPKDKUoSI9EAQom4Dlnwr6sl-xA18-0CvRNQq5vxDpoNGTx_AFz5xqnqbMd1Qb9ApxlCMSH9jqjeDQTO/w582-h640/original%20doiley%20Jane.jpg" width="582" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original doiley 2014 ; Image, courtesy of Jane Bodnaruk </td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc3lwMuyb-E7XKWyDLgBfWGad7pNaRuzEyW0X_27W5V8auJlA0dYnNqR-tf6uPX64_fcVjbebsqEdcYqCYOEyHJqvQUOV_E94Elzdrp3kTixvyCdK9s5jAvNWRt4TmqMdEVn0-Y6nevHjrm6U2jgIsKH-4jdZ443pQDoRFLMWfaTtAgYSEWlckrBuBGre/s4096/wip%20jane.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="2779" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDc3lwMuyb-E7XKWyDLgBfWGad7pNaRuzEyW0X_27W5V8auJlA0dYnNqR-tf6uPX64_fcVjbebsqEdcYqCYOEyHJqvQUOV_E94Elzdrp3kTixvyCdK9s5jAvNWRt4TmqMdEVn0-Y6nevHjrm6U2jgIsKH-4jdZ443pQDoRFLMWfaTtAgYSEWlckrBuBGre/w451-h665/wip%20jane.jpg" width="451" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original work in progress 2014 - Image courtesy of Jane Bodnaruk </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnBJZOphNUCfpEHI4R69dC6UOfHQh_TeA3_00obziLPfFjiHoViOvAmAKXxk6Uj26tUhL2bLvGAVHiNhntVn3z2t9Kv8ahkM71k82FI2P8Hgah6EXCU4imUAYfmX5rqWVAIKs0dfZlfcrha8Tx98kSwaimh_iG3Gi3WWIL1HHRs0BsbjCnC9vh9zP_u64/s1024/wip%203%20Jane.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="749" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnBJZOphNUCfpEHI4R69dC6UOfHQh_TeA3_00obziLPfFjiHoViOvAmAKXxk6Uj26tUhL2bLvGAVHiNhntVn3z2t9Kv8ahkM71k82FI2P8Hgah6EXCU4imUAYfmX5rqWVAIKs0dfZlfcrha8Tx98kSwaimh_iG3Gi3WWIL1HHRs0BsbjCnC9vh9zP_u64/w468-h640/wip%203%20Jane.jpg" width="468" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed original work2014 - Image, courtesy of Jane Bodnaruk </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, with more confidence, I tried a few different colour combinations and techniques , maintaining the clamshell shape as a highlight.... </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2bLCkWgguNbTeKLk4t9PyWrq_ZE3BUNGFRnDnuUUvT6zDCxw_jzc-sPOCUrxf0TFmMTtkCCx2OeCwE_UaIrkmmFud6b3Az5pDBaVkwgJdajqCKb5I9lvysUgDSDfPqWNP_xwaJ-GhjUmEkBUlqeD5my4zQSBGtTrkXo_5bV_k6VZHu60P4noMeEY7aH5/s640/IMG_9926.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2bLCkWgguNbTeKLk4t9PyWrq_ZE3BUNGFRnDnuUUvT6zDCxw_jzc-sPOCUrxf0TFmMTtkCCx2OeCwE_UaIrkmmFud6b3Az5pDBaVkwgJdajqCKb5I9lvysUgDSDfPqWNP_xwaJ-GhjUmEkBUlqeD5my4zQSBGtTrkXo_5bV_k6VZHu60P4noMeEY7aH5/w480-h640/IMG_9926.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sample 2023 - Wilma Simmons </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-7CTEQndP7t5L12RwAlV2rJPOW4oIfCSlLhwrriOdwqfVX-HTTq9zFnA7KyOsoF4efgPsKrPH23Mg6EmpkmbKwxrcy_rRJgVHOtuIw1Aw9KK_U-9ZDWOQbzIeYBV4XaELBBwKWiaGvfu7GH6wjooFYqTSw2z0dmk3L3TlmvRlhzAa8sKJfwqRA44a049/s883/IMG_9912.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-7CTEQndP7t5L12RwAlV2rJPOW4oIfCSlLhwrriOdwqfVX-HTTq9zFnA7KyOsoF4efgPsKrPH23Mg6EmpkmbKwxrcy_rRJgVHOtuIw1Aw9KK_U-9ZDWOQbzIeYBV4XaELBBwKWiaGvfu7GH6wjooFYqTSw2z0dmk3L3TlmvRlhzAa8sKJfwqRA44a049/w564-h640/IMG_9912.jpg" width="564" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Template 2023 - Wilma Simmons </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><div class="__fb-light-mode x1n2onr6" role="row" style="--accent: #0866FF; --alert-banner-corner-radius: 8px; --always-black: black; --always-dark-gradient: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(0,0,0,0.6)); --always-dark-overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --always-gray-40: #65676B; --always-gray-75: #BCC0C4; 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--chip-corner-radius: 6px; --comment-background: #F0F2F5; --comment-footer-background: #F6F9FA; --dataviz-primary-1: rgb(48,200,180); --dataviz-primary-2: rgb(134,218,255); --dataviz-primary-3: rgb(95,170,255); --dataviz-secondary-1: rgb(118,62,230); --dataviz-secondary-2: rgb(147,96,247); --dataviz-secondary-3: rgb(219,26,139); --dataviz-supplementary-1: rgb(255,122,105); --dataviz-supplementary-2: rgb(241,168,23); --dataviz-supplementary-3: rgb(49,162,76); --dataviz-supplementary-4: rgb(50,52,54); --dialog-anchor-vertical-padding: 56px; --dialog-corner-radius: 8px; --dialog-size-medium-max-width: 700px; --dialog-size-medium-width: 100%; --dialog-size-small-max-width: 548px; --dialog-size-small-width: 100%; --disabled-button-background: #E4E6EB; --disabled-button-text: #BCC0C4; --disabled-icon: #BCC0C4; --disabled-text: #BCC0C4; --divider: #CED0D4; --event-date: #F3425F; --fb-logo-color: #2D88FF; --fb-wordmark: #0866FF; --fds-animation-enter-exit-in: cubic-bezier(0.14, 1, 0.34, 1); --fds-animation-enter-exit-out: cubic-bezier(0.45, 0.1, 0.2, 1); --fds-animation-expand-collapse-in: cubic-bezier(0.17, 0.17, 0, 1); --fds-animation-expand-collapse-out: cubic-bezier(0.17, 0.17, 0, 1); --fds-animation-fade-in: cubic-bezier(0, 0, 1, 1); --fds-animation-fade-out: cubic-bezier(0, 0, 1, 1); --fds-animation-move-in: cubic-bezier(0.17, 0.17, 0, 1); --fds-animation-move-out: cubic-bezier(0.17, 0.17, 0, 1); --fds-animation-passive-move-in: cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.1, 1); --fds-animation-passive-move-out: cubic-bezier(0.5, 0, 0.1, 1); --fds-animation-quick-move-in: cubic-bezier(0.1, 0.9, 0.2, 1); --fds-animation-quick-move-out: cubic-bezier(0.1, 0.9, 0.2, 1); --fds-animation-swap-shuffle-in: cubic-bezier(0.14, 1, 0.34, 1); --fds-animation-swap-shuffle-out: cubic-bezier(0.45, 0.1, 0.2, 1); --fds-black-alpha-05: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); --fds-black-alpha-10: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); --fds-black-alpha-15: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); --fds-black-alpha-20: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); --fds-black-alpha-30: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); --fds-black-alpha-40: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --fds-black-alpha-50: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); --fds-black-alpha-60: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); --fds-black-alpha-80: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); --fds-black: #000000; --fds-blue-05: #ECF3FF; --fds-blue-30: #AAC9FF; --fds-blue-40: #77A7FF; --fds-blue-60: #1877F2; --fds-blue-70: #2851A3; --fds-blue-80: #1D3C78; --fds-button-text: #444950; --fds-comment-background: #F2F3F5; --fds-dark-mode-gray-100: #1C1C1C; --fds-dark-mode-gray-35: #CCCCCC; --fds-dark-mode-gray-50: #828282; --fds-dark-mode-gray-70: #4A4A4A; --fds-dark-mode-gray-80: #373737; --fds-dark-mode-gray-90: #282828; --fds-duration-extra-extra-short-in: 100ms; --fds-duration-extra-extra-short-out: 100ms; --fds-duration-extra-long-in: 1000ms; --fds-duration-extra-long-out: 1000ms; --fds-duration-extra-short-in: 200ms; --fds-duration-extra-short-out: 150ms; --fds-duration-long-in: 500ms; --fds-duration-long-out: 350ms; --fds-duration-medium-in: 400ms; --fds-duration-medium-out: 350ms; --fds-duration-none: 0ms; --fds-duration-short-in: 280ms; --fds-duration-short-out: 200ms; --fds-fast: 200ms; --fds-gray-00: #F5F6F7; --fds-gray-05: #F2F3F5; --fds-gray-100: #1C1E21; --fds-gray-10: #EBEDF0; --fds-gray-20: #DADDE1; --fds-gray-25: #CCD0D5; --fds-gray-30: #BEC3C9; --fds-gray-45: #8D949E; --fds-gray-70: #606770; --fds-gray-80: #444950; --fds-gray-90: #303338; --fds-green-55: #00A400; --fds-highlight-cell-background: #ECF3FF; --fds-highlight: #3578E5; --fds-primary-icon: #1C1E21; --fds-primary-text: #1C1E21; --fds-red-55: #FA383E; --fds-slow: 400ms; --fds-soft: cubic-bezier(.08,.52,.52,1); --fds-spectrum-aluminum-tint-70: #E4F0F6; --fds-spectrum-blue-gray-tint-70: #CFD1D5; --fds-spectrum-cherry-tint-70: #FBCCD2; --fds-spectrum-cherry: #F35369; --fds-spectrum-grape-tint-70: #DDD5F0; --fds-spectrum-grape-tint-90: #F4F1FA; --fds-spectrum-lemon-dark-1: #F5C33B; --fds-spectrum-lemon-tint-70: #FEF2D1; --fds-spectrum-lime-tint-70: #E4F0D5; --fds-spectrum-lime: #A3CE71; --fds-spectrum-orange-tint-70: #FCDEC5; --fds-spectrum-orange-tint-90: #FEF4EC; --fds-spectrum-seafoam-tint-70: #CAEEF9; --fds-spectrum-slate-dark-2: #89A1AC; --fds-spectrum-slate-tint-70: #EAEFF2; --fds-spectrum-teal-dark-1: #4DBBA6; --fds-spectrum-teal-dark-2: #31A38D; --fds-spectrum-teal-tint-70: #D2F0EA; --fds-spectrum-teal-tint-90: #F0FAF8; --fds-spectrum-teal: #6BCEBB; --fds-spectrum-tomato-tint-30: #F38E7B; --fds-spectrum-tomato-tint-90: #FDEFED; --fds-spectrum-tomato: #FB724B; --fds-strong: cubic-bezier(.12,.8,.32,1); --fds-white-alpha-05: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05); --fds-white-alpha-10: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); --fds-white-alpha-20: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); --fds-white-alpha-30: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); --fds-white-alpha-40: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4); --fds-white-alpha-50: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); --fds-white-alpha-60: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); --fds-white-alpha-80: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8); --fds-white: #FFFFFF; --fds-yellow-20: #FFBA00; --filter-accent: invert(19%) sepia(70%) saturate(5671%) hue-rotate(203deg) brightness(96%) contrast(101%); --filter-always-white: invert(100%); --filter-blue-link-icon: invert(30%) sepia(98%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(166.5%) hue-rotate(192deg) brightness(91%) contrast(101%); --filter-disabled-icon: invert(80%) sepia(6%) saturate(200%) saturate(120%) hue-rotate(173deg) brightness(98%) contrast(89%); --filter-negative: invert(25%) sepia(33%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(110%) hue-rotate(345deg) brightness(132%) contrast(96%); --filter-placeholder-icon: invert(59%) sepia(11%) saturate(200%) saturate(135%) hue-rotate(176deg) brightness(96%) contrast(94%); --filter-positive: invert(37%) sepia(61%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(115%) hue-rotate(91deg) brightness(97%) contrast(105%); --filter-primary-accent: invert(27%) sepia(95%) saturate(3116%) hue-rotate(212deg) brightness(99%) contrast(105%); --filter-primary-icon: invert(8%) sepia(10%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(166%) hue-rotate(177deg) brightness(104%) contrast(91%); --filter-secondary-icon: invert(39%) sepia(21%) saturate(200%) saturate(109.5%) hue-rotate(174deg) brightness(94%) contrast(86%); --filter-warning-icon: invert(77%) sepia(29%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(200%) saturate(128%) hue-rotate(359deg) brightness(102%) contrast(107%); --focus-ring-blue: #0866FF; --focus-ring-outline-forced-colors: 2px auto transparent !important; --focus-ring-outline-link: 2px auto var(--focus-ring-blue); --focus-ring-shadow-default: 0 0 0 2px var(--always-white), 0 0 0 4px var(--focus-ring-blue); --focus-ring-shadow-inset: 0 0 0 2px var(--focus-ring-blue) inset, 0 0 0 4px var(--always-white) inset; --font-family-apple: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; --font-family-code: ui-monospace, Menlo, Consolas, Monaco, monospace; --font-family-default: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; --font-family-segoe: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; --glimmer-animation-direction: alternate; --glimmer-animation-duration: 1000ms; --glimmer-animation-timing-function: steps(10, end); --glimmer-corner-radius: 8px; 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--input-corner-radius: 6px; --input-label-color-highlighted: #0064D1; --list-cell-chevron: #65676B; --list-cell-corner-radius: 8px; --list-cell-min-height: 52px; --list-cell-padding-vertical-with-addon: 14px; --list-cell-padding-vertical: 20px; --media-hover: rgba(68, 73, 80, 0.15); --media-inner-border: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); --media-outer-border: #FFFFFF; --media-pressed: rgba(68, 73, 80, 0.35); --menu-item-base-margin-horizontal: 8px; --menu-item-base-padding-horizontal: 8px; --messenger-card-background: #FFFFFF; --messenger-header-background: var(--messenger-card-background); --messenger-reply-background: #F0F2F5; --meta-emphasized-font-family: Placeholder Font; --meta-emphasized-font-size: 0.8125rem; --meta-emphasized-font-weight: 600; --meta-emphasized-line-height: 1.3846; --meta-font-family: Placeholder Font; --meta-font-size: 0.8125rem; --meta-font-weight: 400; --meta-line-height: 1.3846; --mwp-message-list-profile-start-padding: 8px; --mwp-reply-background-color: var(--comment-footer-background); --nav-bar-background-gradient-wash: linear-gradient(to top, #F0F2F5, rgba(240,242,245.9), rgba(240,242,245,.7), rgba(240,242,245,.4), rgba(240,242,245,0)); --nav-bar-background-gradient: linear-gradient(to top, #FFFFFF, rgba(255,255,255.9), rgba(255,255,255,.7), rgba(255,255,255,.4), rgba(255,255,255,0)); --nav-bar-background: #FFFFFF; --nav-list-cell-corner-radius: 8px; --nav-list-cell-min-height: 0px; --nav-list-cell-padding-vertical-with-addon: 16px; --nav-list-cell-padding-vertical: 16px; --negative-background: hsl(350, 87%, 55%, 20%); --negative: hsl(350, 87%, 55%); --new-notification-background: #E7F3FF; --non-media-pressed-on-dark: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); --non-media-pressed: rgba(68, 73, 80, 0.15); --notification-badge: #e41e3f; --overlay-alpha-80: rgba(244, 244, 244, 0.8); --overlay-on-media: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); --page-footer-padding-vertical: 16px; --placeholder-icon: #65676B; --placeholder-image: rgb(164, 167, 171); --placeholder-text-on-media: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); --placeholder-text: #65676B; --popover-background: #FFFFFF; --positive-background: #DEEFE1; --positive: #31A24C; --press-overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10); --primary-button-background: #0866FF; --primary-button-icon: #FFFFFF; --primary-button-pressed: #77A7FF; --primary-button-text: #FFFFFF; --primary-deemphasized-button-background: #EBF5FF; --primary-deemphasized-button-pressed-overlay: rgba(25, 110, 255, 0.15); --primary-deemphasized-button-pressed: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); --primary-deemphasized-button-text: #0064D1; --primary-icon: #050505; --primary-label-font-family: Optimistic Display Medium, system-ui, sans-serif; --primary-label-font-size: 1.0625rem; --primary-label-font-weight: 500; --primary-label-line-height: 1.2941; --primary-text-on-media: #FFFFFF; --primary-text: #050505; --primary-web-focus-indicator: #D24294; --progress-ring-blue-background: #0866FF33; --progress-ring-blue-foreground: #0866FF; --progress-ring-disabled-background: rgba(190,195,201, 0.2); --progress-ring-disabled-foreground: #BEC3C9; --progress-ring-neutral-background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); --progress-ring-neutral-foreground: #000000; --progress-ring-on-media-background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); --progress-ring-on-media-foreground: #FFFFFF; --rating-star-active: #EB660D; --scroll-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), 0 -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset; --scroll-thumb: #BCC0C4; --secondary-button-background-floating: #ffffff; --secondary-button-background-on-dark: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); --secondary-button-background: #E4E6EB; --secondary-button-pressed: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); --secondary-button-stroke: transparent; --secondary-button-text: #050505; --secondary-icon: #65676B; --secondary-label-font-family: Placeholder Font; --secondary-label-font-size: 0.9375rem; --secondary-label-font-weight: 500; --secondary-label-line-height: 1.3333; --secondary-text-on-media: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); --secondary-text: #65676B; --section-header-addonend-button-padding-horizontal: 0px; --section-header-addonend-button-padding-vertical: 0px; --section-header-addonend-margin-horizontal: 8px; --section-header-addonstart-margin-horizontal: 12px; --section-header-padding-vertical: 16px; --section-header-subtitle-margin-vertical: 14px; --section-header-subtitle-with-addonend-margin-vertical: 6px; --section-header-text: #4B4C4F; --shadow-1: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); --shadow-2: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); --shadow-5: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); --shadow-8: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); --shadow-elevated: 0 8px 20px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2), 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); --shadow-inset: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); --shadow-persistent: 0px 0px 12px rgba(52, 72, 84, 0.05); --shadow-primary: 0px 5px 12px rgba(52, 72, 84, 0.2); --surface-background: #FFFFFF; --switch-active: hsl(214, 89%, 52%); --tertiary-label-font-family: Placeholder Font; --tertiary-label-font-size: 0.6875rem; --tertiary-label-font-weight: 500; --tertiary-label-line-height: 1.4545; --text-badge-attention-background: hsl(40, 89%, 52%); --text-badge-corner-radius: 4px; --text-badge-critical-background: #e41e3f; --text-badge-info-background: hsl(214, 89%, 52%); --text-badge-padding-horizontal: 6px; --text-badge-padding-vertical: 6px; --text-badge-success-background: #31A24C; --text-highlight: #0866FF33; --text-input-caption-margin-top: 10px; --text-input-field-font-family: Placeholder Font; --text-input-field-font-size: 1rem; --text-input-field-font-weight: 500; --text-input-field-line-height: 1.2941; --text-input-label-font-family: Placeholder Font; --text-input-label-font-size-scale-multiplier: 0.75; --text-input-label-font-size: 17px; --text-input-label-font-weight: 400; --text-input-label-line-height: 1.2941; --text-input-label-top: 22px; --text-input-min-height: 64px; --text-input-multi-padding-between-text-scrollbar: 20px; --text-input-multi-padding-scrollbar: 16px; --text-input-outside-label: #000000; --text-input-padding-vertical: 12px; --toast-addon-padding-horizontal: 6px; --toast-addon-padding-vertical: 6px; --toast-background: #FFFFFF; --toast-container-max-width: 100%; --toast-container-min-width: 288px; --toast-container-padding-horizontal: 10px; --toast-container-padding-vertical: 16px; --toast-corner-radius: 8px; --toast-text-link: #216FDB; --toast-text: #1C2B33; --toggle-active-background: #EBF5FF; --toggle-active-icon: #0064D1; --toggle-active-text: #0064D1; --toggle-button-active-background: #E7F3FF; --tooltip-background: rgba(244, 244, 244, 0.8); --tooltip-box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 var(--shadow-5); --tooltip-corner-radius: 8px; --typeahead-list-outer-padding-vertical: 2px; --warning: hsl(40, 89%, 52%); --wash: #E4E6EB; --web-wash: #F0F2F5; color: #1c1e21; position: relative;"><div><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf x1n2onr6" data-release-focus-from="CLICK" data-scope="messages_table" role="gridcell" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; position: relative;" tabindex="-1"><div class="x78zum5" role="none" style="display: flex;"><div class="x1h91t0o xkh2ocl x78zum5 xdt5ytf x13a6bvl x193iq5w x1c4vz4f xcrg951 x1sxyh0 x1nvil2r" role="none" style="align-items: inherit; align-self: stretch; background-color: var(--messenger-card-background); display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 0; justify-content: flex-end; max-width: 100%; padding-left: calc(var(--mwp-message-list-profile-start-padding,8px) - 2px); padding-right: 8px;"><div aria-hidden="true" class="xuk3077 x78zum5 x2lah0s x1fgtraw xgd8bvy" style="align-items: flex-end; display: flex; flex-shrink: 0; height: 28px; width: 28px;"><span class="x4k7w5x x1h91t0o x1h9r5lt x1jfb8zj xv2umb2 x1beo9mf xaigb6o x12ejxvf x3igimt xarpa2k xedcshv x1lytzrv x1t2pt76 x7ja8zs x1qrby5j" style="align-content: inherit; align-items: inherit; align-self: inherit; display: inherit; flex-direction: inherit; flex: inherit; height: inherit; justify-content: inherit; max-height: inherit; max-width: inherit; min-height: inherit; min-width: inherit; place-content: inherit; width: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> My "re -interpretation " finally included choosing one of the original colours as the background , and as an acknowledgment of Jane’s continuing love of repurposing abandoned linens and clothes , I cut out and appliquéd the shapes from recycled embroidered doileys , to include the floral elements . </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimDT41JLQomiejFanfTpUQjnJAi6x2pKvvJDV036m3xBBxDS2YKrgORk72A6NTCT_Ra_Jnif1HRZnH9pTPu7Cvu2pfQjy3YjHCNeHjRC2sYseOIf6HHIxhlgBWeYs2yfh2EtdoiP30bdPwez5gVZWosQ8rH3Z9tIlCwN0vSxiYS9YiahYTSevW564Y_V0/w640-h480/IMG_9925.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work in progress x2 2023 - Wilma Simmons </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rather than use lace or create a free machine stitched net which were my first thoughts, I finally settled on hand stitching organic blanket stitch around the shapes to achieve a random lacy look and added a few seed beads for some more texture. </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: large;">Even after finishing , I was still apprehensive , unsure if I had met the challenge, but more anxious about showing my respect and admiration for the original artwork and ensuring that the new work was not a mere copy. </span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8rj20bEFGGK1uRYrTt5iRsEvBOYA2uBXY6XCmR-NoLVqcGahRxnVekHrI5qFk9WXEBB5I8fQMKHfDlfLojDLVrKTVgrb97DIeC-Uv0coe6fgArdaEuo8j6MrN_knSDDVaA01b1XgKwTK3XXlzsD6JKy-3iqFNIC11BrsUR8ILEYGSuc62wkJM7rQKjGu/s640/786268DD-4102-47AD-82AD-3F9B61D1D62A.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8rj20bEFGGK1uRYrTt5iRsEvBOYA2uBXY6XCmR-NoLVqcGahRxnVekHrI5qFk9WXEBB5I8fQMKHfDlfLojDLVrKTVgrb97DIeC-Uv0coe6fgArdaEuo8j6MrN_knSDDVaA01b1XgKwTK3XXlzsD6JKy-3iqFNIC11BrsUR8ILEYGSuc62wkJM7rQKjGu/w640-h640/786268DD-4102-47AD-82AD-3F9B61D1D62A.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2014 "True Colours Past " - Jane Bodnaruk and "Anniversary Flowers" - Wilma Simmons <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The finished golden cape will be on display at various locations in Australia during 2024 -2025. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To see more of Jane Bodnaruk's work - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/janebodnarukart/">https://www.instagram.com/janebodnarukart/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To see more of Wilma Simmons' work - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/empress.wu.designs/">https://www.instagram.com/empress.wu.designs/</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit; 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Then add the other elements of enjoying the company of like minded people, a lovely morning tea, and a fun project, with materials supplied. That sounds heavenly... That's exactly what the series of short textile art workshops, "Courtyard Creatives" are! </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3135" data-original-width="2618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-0LR8GS2zBUXUoC9qvgrvwafimVPcLdf4qz3WWMB2P6-ZEzn_YRvBtjCZL1CG_xwHRbTcENcb7S5mR6aKIK5BYdS-J24dpxUqddYKTBTUPDPJER0jMFj2dSbmDBKUxvHr9t56prP8fWWyvFDekltgUng5G3ctZ62C1jAP97L_5Ginr0reqbCmW5r_B5x/w534-h640/IMG_9846.jpeg" width="534" /></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I<span> recently caught up with Cathy Jack Coupland , award winning textile artist at Timeless Textiles. She was preparing for her "Courtyard Creatives" workshop on 3 September. In this workshop, 'Pumpkin Patch', Cathy <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505;">evokes the vibrant colours of a pumpkin patch. The warm colour palette Cathy has chosen for this project (see the sample pictured above) is a perfect antithesis to grey winter days. The oranges and yellows exude energy, optimism and joy. What fun it will be to learn how to make suffolk puffs (yo -yos ) and stitches like blanket, french knots and lazy daisy which will be made even more dazzling with decorative beads. Your "pumpkin" patch will add vivid, eye-catching pizzazz to clothing, books or bags - or do you have a better suggestion? </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe6ikJUB94G4we1bYYlEwqa4MGJouNW3pEhnbPl7XYv2p-92Ps89xHH1vv07Kwpyo0U269BZp81RrsK6uXSLHwfcIFqYw9AQR4EgG-RMzZ15sTyUYbLDiSXTxjGZahc1diiD6oPUqwk00uY7hP8axc41V6M2EPshoBkMzfah4aZs0sGIplnajGp1vDPWk/s1809/IMG_9839.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1809" height="637" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZe6ikJUB94G4we1bYYlEwqa4MGJouNW3pEhnbPl7XYv2p-92Ps89xHH1vv07Kwpyo0U269BZp81RrsK6uXSLHwfcIFqYw9AQR4EgG-RMzZ15sTyUYbLDiSXTxjGZahc1diiD6oPUqwk00uY7hP8axc41V6M2EPshoBkMzfah4aZs0sGIplnajGp1vDPWk/w640-h637/IMG_9839.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I recommend this workshop as Cathy is a wonderful, sharing teacher whose work displays her knowledge and understanding of textile art...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">What is it exactly that makes me want to work with a needle and thread?</span></i></span></div><p style="background: repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Well, it’s no one thing, rather, a combination of elements such as colour, texture, dimension, and scale. </i></span></p><p style="background: repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And when the union of those elements excites, inspires, and urges you to create, then there’s no stopping the endless output of wo</span><span face="Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif">rk...</span></span></i></p><p style="background: repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif">Text and photo below from<i style="color: #818181;"> </i><span style="color: #818181;"><b><i><a href="https://cathyjackcoupland.com/">Cathy Jack Coupland's website </a></i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #818181;"><a href="https://cathyjackcoupland.com/"> </a></span></span></p></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX7yhabBgE5LoYlUUd0dQ9l7ppVxC0y2lqSFZ2csYkcPoZX6eNzecc950_1KQzSjvO86t72rlgAb4K8VSROD9J4CDsWHYQ6K2MWjIGFiBhw3PqFkPQI4KG-xBkNZ791zox9p5XjNu8yPiSGq9mE5wilrrhe4GUsanHneww81FEF-FmufwgZTe7qTCjc64/s2048/IMG_9859.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX7yhabBgE5LoYlUUd0dQ9l7ppVxC0y2lqSFZ2csYkcPoZX6eNzecc950_1KQzSjvO86t72rlgAb4K8VSROD9J4CDsWHYQ6K2MWjIGFiBhw3PqFkPQI4KG-xBkNZ791zox9p5XjNu8yPiSGq9mE5wilrrhe4GUsanHneww81FEF-FmufwgZTe7qTCjc64/w640-h640/IMG_9859.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Join those who have already enjoyed the experience of becoming <i>Courtyard Creatives</i>... Reserve your place in Cathy's Pumpkin Patch workshop ...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Venue : Timeless Textiles Gallery, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle West, </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Date : 3 September 2023 </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For all details, including how to book, go to<b> </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://fb.me/e/1aJYrLCex">Courtyard Creatives -Sunday Workshop Event</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For information about future workshops , exhibitions and events go to <a href="https://timelesstextiles.com.au/"><b>Timeless Textiles </b></a></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCmiQyzIad-qZGfxC7UQyz6UZo-cgUCNfJKpsoJfpmIEIVmZjCcAeTMuUq9MmbyJtBynsCZ226CvTEzQc-2Vl-d5Hngwkb0Zqxe1ejOWvIOU0IAu2yeXhmsRPqgALam5eZTSDA7LPi2dAhHaxyo1Nd0iMiHrX4Y0QnBLRO16Uoqm-_H5yxDUaFvTbsARx/s2916/IMG_9692.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="2916" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoCmiQyzIad-qZGfxC7UQyz6UZo-cgUCNfJKpsoJfpmIEIVmZjCcAeTMuUq9MmbyJtBynsCZ226CvTEzQc-2Vl-d5Hngwkb0Zqxe1ejOWvIOU0IAu2yeXhmsRPqgALam5eZTSDA7LPi2dAhHaxyo1Nd0iMiHrX4Y0QnBLRO16Uoqm-_H5yxDUaFvTbsARx/w640-h634/IMG_9692.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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color: #232323; font-family: Freight; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: -0.3px; word-spacing: 0.4px;">Objects and wall pieces will reflect the current urge of re-engagement with nature and the politics.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: Freight; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: -0.3px; word-spacing: 0.4px;">Using stitch as a metaphor of repair, care and protection that is required for the environment, often reflecting the ability of plant life to proliferate in weird and wonderful ways when given the opportunities.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: Freight; font-size: 20px; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: -0.3px; word-spacing: 0.4px;">In psychology, exuberance denotes child-like displays of lack of inhibition, and this comes through many of the artists working on this project.</span></p><div class="o-product__content__details__dates " style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232323; font-family: Freight; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: -0.3px; margin-bottom: 4.8rem; word-spacing: 0.4px;"><h2 style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: FreightHeading, Arial; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; line-height: 3.6rem; margin-bottom: 3.3rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dates</span></h2><span class="o-product__content__details__dates__dates" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 2.4rem;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 Jul – 26 Aug 2023 at Craft + Design Gallery, London Circuit, Canberra, ACT </span></span></div><div class="o-product__content__details__dates " style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; color: #232323; font-family: Freight; font-variant-ligatures: none; letter-spacing: -0.3px; 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I did also draw a lovely egg cup with the Bavarian coat of arms, one of the many egg cups I collected while travelling in Germany. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNOgPaHLaaxXQSsYcayLLf7vvGJrIU2JUxAnICIkhX5Gdw136rXPXU2opwOSxAV75OH7znnyFwP_ske7i2W7YiNVjQmHPVJVcGdcURFzAimhFXDLYpOUct1BkSW0uv5GL2cdoeVrHmuoIejXYXG96te0xrrTUz4wkZaQwhvr1URSIwSpZhctwIqPrig/s4032/day-7-the100dayproject-2023_52717239164_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNOgPaHLaaxXQSsYcayLLf7vvGJrIU2JUxAnICIkhX5Gdw136rXPXU2opwOSxAV75OH7znnyFwP_ske7i2W7YiNVjQmHPVJVcGdcURFzAimhFXDLYpOUct1BkSW0uv5GL2cdoeVrHmuoIejXYXG96te0xrrTUz4wkZaQwhvr1URSIwSpZhctwIqPrig/w300-h400/day-7-the100dayproject-2023_52717239164_o.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It really did get overshadowed by the funny faces ... </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Watch this space - more unusual egg cups will follow.... </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dm7disoKWnon-JC3vNG6eLVYAtr08vLkcCekCE9TKUqciffff9o53e9zB4lmoS2mSmJ2zTTi3AxtMg8KMYxCQHDck6bgvZ0N2e9YLhDDKR6utz1CyDFLXTAfZOEOq2NQ3zu-g3VFNRCaeIXJQAff3PZaHL8R8xpcXT5oVWp2Cni0lfWwqNB-yFsjIA/s1794/day5-the100dayproject-2023_52714903648_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dm7disoKWnon-JC3vNG6eLVYAtr08vLkcCekCE9TKUqciffff9o53e9zB4lmoS2mSmJ2zTTi3AxtMg8KMYxCQHDck6bgvZ0N2e9YLhDDKR6utz1CyDFLXTAfZOEOq2NQ3zu-g3VFNRCaeIXJQAff3PZaHL8R8xpcXT5oVWp2Cni0lfWwqNB-yFsjIA/w514-h640/day5-the100dayproject-2023_52714903648_o.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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The one almost toppling over is one of the favourites in my collection. It is from the "Blue Calico" collection by Burleigh Pottery, <span style="background-color: white;">proudly making earthenware since 1851, based at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent since 1889.</span>England. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">Inspired by 19th-century indigo fabrics, Burleigh’s </span><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Blue Calico</span><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"> tableware range brings quintessential country charm to your home. The rich cobalt blue tones and scrolling blossom design complement both casual family dining and special occasions alike</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">from the <a href="https://www.burleigh.co.uk/">Burleigh website </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of the others featured today are also special hand painted egg cups . One is vintage handpainted Delftware or most likely an imitation as it doesn't have the usual Delft pottery mark. On the side not shown is a Dutch windmill scene. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The bottom one in the stack has no marks and I can't remember where I got it from. It has a stencilled pattern. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The one lying on its side is obviously made by a studio potter ... another mystery BVK is also a mark used by another Dutch pottery studio, needing many more hours of research than I have time for today, So here are some mysteries. 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I am lucky to have a Cornishware blue and white striped egg cup and today it is featured in my #the100dayproject as a paper cut out. It sits nicely with yesterday's Willow pattern egg cup and with a stylised blue bird egg cup of unknown origin. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxyAq56Rya7bTgrYjZx-b7F3wFXCC4A60eDPdP7sZAGujogxB7e91oANlW3CgxCp3gD7bsVhTTaJBzLu7SdtdtrD4u3emvQiSBA_k_MzgC8aDjS1q7wUxaLrMoKTy3lcO6FZRTHwQ820ohVTMi9oAp9rEMOqosoTaSbzg011jds-4vYX_-6jLBkiXKg/s3024/02a%23100daysofeggcups_52706010616_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxyAq56Rya7bTgrYjZx-b7F3wFXCC4A60eDPdP7sZAGujogxB7e91oANlW3CgxCp3gD7bsVhTTaJBzLu7SdtdtrD4u3emvQiSBA_k_MzgC8aDjS1q7wUxaLrMoKTy3lcO6FZRTHwQ820ohVTMi9oAp9rEMOqosoTaSbzg011jds-4vYX_-6jLBkiXKg/w594-h640/02a%23100daysofeggcups_52706010616_o.jpg" width="594" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4E-Kqyfd68EAXsX8f5mgALYDhdPQR-41iasvpcvEQnzM5Yl2nui4vtWjPuq-956dXNB-Upd1WeDExXP-5Db-0rsU2hlWIPfcby0so0aXhu7Et_saozXDRdp-jGVAj8eIX5l3tsyqNK-Ztile1N4fRxRzGF0TYnvRk2geFiXmBmKAXBfJ0ajbimVrwjg/s2048/02b%23100eggcups.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4E-Kqyfd68EAXsX8f5mgALYDhdPQR-41iasvpcvEQnzM5Yl2nui4vtWjPuq-956dXNB-Upd1WeDExXP-5Db-0rsU2hlWIPfcby0so0aXhu7Et_saozXDRdp-jGVAj8eIX5l3tsyqNK-Ztile1N4fRxRzGF0TYnvRk2geFiXmBmKAXBfJ0ajbimVrwjg/w480-h640/02b%23100eggcups.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br />Here is the story of the blue and white striped china which today has had a contemporary makeover.... I still like the 1920/30's design! <br /><br /><i>T.G. Green was founded by Thomas Goodwin Green back in 1864. He had returned from Australia having made his fortune and discovered the pottery in Derbyshire while on his honeymoon in Scarborough with wife Mary.<br /><br />One of the company’s most popular lines was always Cornishware, which was first produced in 1924.The stripes were created using a lathe-turning technique that scraped blue slip away from its beautiful ceramics to reveal white bands of clay beneath. Those distinctive stripes reminded a factory employee of the blue skies and white-crested waves of Cornwall – which is how Cornishware got its name.<br /><br />The signature colour that we now know as Cornish Blue was referred to as 'E.blue' or electric blue ... from <a href="https://rubyshomestore.com.au/blogs/news/cornishware-story-of-the-iconic-blue-white-stripes">Ruby's Home Store</a></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX_9AYAyt2OeOuF-llMDlK4ffoIGpf5_tN-QMebOi67sTMP7VKLIniVtJeN-hOHJwBQrXIvKaivOTkE2-vfR3_z3-3fQFV5q8x7KObt0luX0qV3UNw6LSvphK4M6ZOjQbCMV1_HUWStkVauM9xVeRWBpBnucwHeekgoOJrO2D0c0KORqiLlb1T45WDg/s3132/day%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3132" data-original-width="2675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiX_9AYAyt2OeOuF-llMDlK4ffoIGpf5_tN-QMebOi67sTMP7VKLIniVtJeN-hOHJwBQrXIvKaivOTkE2-vfR3_z3-3fQFV5q8x7KObt0luX0qV3UNw6LSvphK4M6ZOjQbCMV1_HUWStkVauM9xVeRWBpBnucwHeekgoOJrO2D0c0KORqiLlb1T45WDg/w546-h640/day%202.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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Every year, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of exploring their creativity. Anyone can join. The idea is simple: choose a project, do it every day for 100 days, and share your process on Instagram with the hashtag #The100DayProject...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4jcXFWghBj4xMlX661PCmwjRhBazVwX8F7IeDbwNIFD7Z6jjqylHei3rA6n8hjorN79uss6__sDYj2NXk45KzesT4-VqQ28AxKJ0u57bKaZY5Zjl3mrGbwHM8QsYV8s6yoJ0_8sXVIFhK3MXYmYKJU_Gs8o0cS0ViEfJHxLaOiyzW-FRyoLkPssQhg/s1467/prep.%23100eggcups.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4jcXFWghBj4xMlX661PCmwjRhBazVwX8F7IeDbwNIFD7Z6jjqylHei3rA6n8hjorN79uss6__sDYj2NXk45KzesT4-VqQ28AxKJ0u57bKaZY5Zjl3mrGbwHM8QsYV8s6yoJ0_8sXVIFhK3MXYmYKJU_Gs8o0cS0ViEfJHxLaOiyzW-FRyoLkPssQhg/w628-h640/prep.%23100eggcups.jpg" width="628" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brochure from the Cressida Campbell exhibition , National Art Gallery </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">This year I am going to make 10 mixed media art folding books as it is the 10th year of #the100dayproject. In the weeks preceding this starting date, I changed my plans a number of times. I first thought of making some books on themes and then last week I went to see an amazing exhibition of woodcut prints by Cressida Campbell. One of the brochures I picked up at the exhibition suggested an exercise of drawing things from a collection on a shelf. It so happens that I collect egg cups ... When I discussed the idea of making folding books opening out as if viewing items on s shelf , my friends thought the idea of featuring my egg cups was a great idea. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQQBIBnhh-rQluS26HXKaAYhqkuoRQ-WwmP_N9oYwoTbxM0Tmrc5SAOdyw6h1hTtcMG1tD3iI6FysAeqVsEIE_oXg1FI9XVoGrz9T3-VG3WH9KJ9nMKJtl2NIpG4wh1kIwCMTUJ_HDASVLIP-FBVBAZA0fFkO9OrrBVzeD3zaiFj82mUa73XsrcXXCg/s1467/01.%23100eggcups.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQQBIBnhh-rQluS26HXKaAYhqkuoRQ-WwmP_N9oYwoTbxM0Tmrc5SAOdyw6h1hTtcMG1tD3iI6FysAeqVsEIE_oXg1FI9XVoGrz9T3-VG3WH9KJ9nMKJtl2NIpG4wh1kIwCMTUJ_HDASVLIP-FBVBAZA0fFkO9OrrBVzeD3zaiFj82mUa73XsrcXXCg/w628-h640/01.%23100eggcups.jpg" width="628" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Here is Day 1 .... the dark blue egg cup is a paper cut out and folded at the opening of the book so it appears on the front and inside and the other one is drawn with felt tipped pens and coloured pencils, with a water coloured egg. I am devoting 30minutes each day to this project.... every 10 days, I hope to finish one folding book, so that by the end of 100 days, I will have 10 completed accordion style books, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwv0FXBEps9uFfVQPqLWn2p7qOEiQHTRattk-9gru71aDUiaLaONBHQCuNcBiJbCf6wuuTNyVSrJs8GhvpylxxHZuy6raE6WDt9uHIwxQbw2iOJ3oAxi7fq8faXjXmStTqzOXdWdYhBsttYjJnFXzUabFQ_6qAiHvdLmqXifZq9p-N-fUTQvjLsLroAw/s1467/01a.%23100eggcups.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwv0FXBEps9uFfVQPqLWn2p7qOEiQHTRattk-9gru71aDUiaLaONBHQCuNcBiJbCf6wuuTNyVSrJs8GhvpylxxHZuy6raE6WDt9uHIwxQbw2iOJ3oAxi7fq8faXjXmStTqzOXdWdYhBsttYjJnFXzUabFQ_6qAiHvdLmqXifZq9p-N-fUTQvjLsLroAw/w628-h640/01a.%23100eggcups.jpg" width="628" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qo0L1g4Fcm7OtDy-d_nXFBu7HcSN4FlRQbtANepHb09NSPHMRVkiJbjvwFWZ4dVtPW4bdUN-ikmWRRoWkqvGXmHj2JMVsMQFsRx7-19G7MBhLs284ikzI49ry5zGuVy8QzYdsB0Sl-KqpO6Q0ATUdKb7MdF2DCH7jr8UiG78EnDbMmXakWUu6xM_rw/s1467/01eggcups.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qo0L1g4Fcm7OtDy-d_nXFBu7HcSN4FlRQbtANepHb09NSPHMRVkiJbjvwFWZ4dVtPW4bdUN-ikmWRRoWkqvGXmHj2JMVsMQFsRx7-19G7MBhLs284ikzI49ry5zGuVy8QzYdsB0Sl-KqpO6Q0ATUdKb7MdF2DCH7jr8UiG78EnDbMmXakWUu6xM_rw/w628-h640/01eggcups.jpg" width="628" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Please follow my 100 days on Instagram : <a href="https://www.instagram.com/empress.wu.designs/">@empress.wu.designs</a><br />#the100dayproject #100daysofeggcups</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"></span></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
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Yes, I do like tea, especially teas like White Jasmine and Buddha's Tears, and I am interested in the history and all that surrounds the subject of tea. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I particularly love this poem by a classical Chinese poet, Wang Wei: </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Softly closing the chamber door<br />Alone I await you in the empty room. <br />You never came . </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Disappointed I drink solitary tea. </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKUEByaVcLE8T_YVDFK9lIfp6tlTKDQZ2Fbj9A0Zu86pukQbEAH8d8_YWZOLkxa5GVRmFTNw23vKCTex3X2ND-CKscRA0Vk2lYBWleYEvGO--FrcpUYbiOCFTPeC-Sk9zyKKdO7q5VlZ-tioVtwyhsK32aUrD67E7gN5wNy_s7U32uSWk1zz5tsIajw/s2782/tea%20cup%20on%20grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="2311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKUEByaVcLE8T_YVDFK9lIfp6tlTKDQZ2Fbj9A0Zu86pukQbEAH8d8_YWZOLkxa5GVRmFTNw23vKCTex3X2ND-CKscRA0Vk2lYBWleYEvGO--FrcpUYbiOCFTPeC-Sk9zyKKdO7q5VlZ-tioVtwyhsK32aUrD67E7gN5wNy_s7U32uSWk1zz5tsIajw/w532-h640/tea%20cup%20on%20grey.jpg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Solitary Tea #06 - Wilma Simmons 2023 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Combining the techniques of photo transfer onto fabric and collage, I created these vignettes in the last week. They are interpretations of the poem and I hope they convey the simple economy of expression of the poem. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZxXa4atJ25FipXWL43WbirE7F9IQxvkNF2eob8-32bSScfWq3lBtf-9ZJq3CizGMHCNmfzDvnDLFd3G1qG9xJn0k5WorSbIcSjfGTU__B78_yzclcvpkOdz6_8Ydqq8cminouHRVtJcx6Y6ukGjgh01Y7lGOj5MJcnld7rbDiXF2hr_lpb9nWMwrGQ/s2460/willow%20pattern%20tea%20cup%20blue%20and%20red.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="2276" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZxXa4atJ25FipXWL43WbirE7F9IQxvkNF2eob8-32bSScfWq3lBtf-9ZJq3CizGMHCNmfzDvnDLFd3G1qG9xJn0k5WorSbIcSjfGTU__B78_yzclcvpkOdz6_8Ydqq8cminouHRVtJcx6Y6ukGjgh01Y7lGOj5MJcnld7rbDiXF2hr_lpb9nWMwrGQ/w592-h640/willow%20pattern%20tea%20cup%20blue%20and%20red.jpg" width="592" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Solitary Tea #05 - Wilma Simmons 2023 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Previously, I have interpreted the poem, using actual tea bags in the works and featuring my great grandmother as the narrator of the poem. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrurrbJrf_82R_dS9uzL1q9RNbY3XvSq-VAk1fiI5yPQ-vQtj2QDnHP_nD_n8PfJQ-fGDR_2mdR4jp6cgK979VVgY0YfnT1be88zgOzmdFtNvm7VJzgJcYFwkmYfolt0sQ0kHBhynzOHbkpcQoYSX3Q6QjAz-Uggpro9iCxkZaqsBiVshb9gy796Osqw/s2048/51188151722_f54a239a9f_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1861" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrurrbJrf_82R_dS9uzL1q9RNbY3XvSq-VAk1fiI5yPQ-vQtj2QDnHP_nD_n8PfJQ-fGDR_2mdR4jp6cgK979VVgY0YfnT1be88zgOzmdFtNvm7VJzgJcYFwkmYfolt0sQ0kHBhynzOHbkpcQoYSX3Q6QjAz-Uggpro9iCxkZaqsBiVshb9gy796Osqw/w364-h400/51188151722_f54a239a9f_k.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Tea Cup :Solitary Tea #03 - Wilma Simmons 2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTB4pCwfQSUXQOac8fvo5Zaodv-doJK-xtnWq4YutajQkWU4g_sOg1EqgK7xNoaxE_Mv5TzLUwI0iRnOn1apQhwpypFnoREChO4nCCZS_O_pD9LFQcY0lNV9EUC47C8kta0MA2KdIyGhm6U4h7HESvd29mJSPnUElpzOL_72qalfhjgTuwAArzC9uh4A/s2048/51744173894_1cd902083e_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTB4pCwfQSUXQOac8fvo5Zaodv-doJK-xtnWq4YutajQkWU4g_sOg1EqgK7xNoaxE_Mv5TzLUwI0iRnOn1apQhwpypFnoREChO4nCCZS_O_pD9LFQcY0lNV9EUC47C8kta0MA2KdIyGhm6U4h7HESvd29mJSPnUElpzOL_72qalfhjgTuwAArzC9uh4A/w300-h400/51744173894_1cd902083e_k.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Interlude with Tea : Solitary Tea #01 - Wilma Simmons 2021 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jtr3PDWa65OcBJVhSro8MkrCD7YwbZGLYsrgY1vnTlnU5hZbWBBAJQXJVkT8xP0EZoWaq99UcDKuB-gkzAZptVp8SwbuPDHTn2g7tKXHT4kiuowiMmxHE-7WGQfEUFNfXvWk3f9IsqnNHqpMwUam9Xn2e8wGCK71FirpZzrRYRwEoR0r6-6mXuFsGQ/s1600/52531864263_90616b4535_h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1284" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jtr3PDWa65OcBJVhSro8MkrCD7YwbZGLYsrgY1vnTlnU5hZbWBBAJQXJVkT8xP0EZoWaq99UcDKuB-gkzAZptVp8SwbuPDHTn2g7tKXHT4kiuowiMmxHE-7WGQfEUFNfXvWk3f9IsqnNHqpMwUam9Xn2e8wGCK71FirpZzrRYRwEoR0r6-6mXuFsGQ/w321-h400/52531864263_90616b4535_h.jpg" width="321" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Interlude with Hibiscus Tea : Solitary Tea #02 - Wilma Simmons 2022 </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy a cuppa! 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