Fabrics

(yellow is white in real)

 

Hi!

 

It's been a while, again...

No excuses, just nothing other than that I was busy

 

 

Last week we went to a theater play and as this does not happen so often here in our village, I did my best to dress up a little.

 

I have a kimono jacket that I often turn to in these situations; it is of a black/neutral georgette, quite lovely as I may say so myself, but I have plans now to make me a new one!

 

There is a dark blue linen in the cupboard that is suitable for my design, but I would like to make it a bit more outstanding than just the solid blue.

 

So, this morning I visited our local charity shop, where I had seen a lovely georgette dress on a manequin last week. Fortunately it was still there and for 5 euro's it is mine now!

 

(the yellowish color on the right is white in real, other colors are dark and a lighter blue)

 

You probably understand by now why I love the design of the fabric; it has it all....contrast, dots, spirals in suggested stitches. I can imagine how it will look in a similar jacket as the one below

According to me the fabric as a whole makes a Japanese impression, the colorcombination at least looks like some quiltfabrics I bought long ago at a quiltfestival.

 

Making much art? Currently not

Making/restyling fashion? Yes!

 

 

Thanks for visiting, till next time!

 

Regina

 



Just because

 

... they are so beautiful

 I had to show this picture

on my blog today!

 

For years I have been surrounded and have collected pods...

in some way these hard leftovers of what once was a flower

attract  me even more than flowers themselves

 

this might be because of their neutral colours, the woodlike structure and in this case of course

 

 a very special kind of dots

 

I especially remember the screaming orange coloured

 flamboyant trees

in full bloom in July, on the island where we used to live

 

This is a picture of a lotus pod,

edited in Pixl-o-matic on my tablet with filters

Earl and Night

 

I like to play with that app sometimes, like this Sunday morning

 

 

Happy Sunday, friends!



Dots, ceramics

 

Hello!

 

Today is a day full of possibilities for me:

no appointments, no musts or whatsoever

 

the only thing I have to do is finding inspiration for my new painting

which will have to be: WATER (in the broadest sense)

 

So despite limiting myself ref. surfing time on the www, I had to go there and (like often) came across some eyecandy, oh boy..!

 

 

As you may know I love many things, materials, colors though of course I have my favorites... During my creative life there have been many questions from friends to participate in all kind of workshops (with different materials). Mostly I refused. Not because I did not want to try, on the contrary, it was more the fear that I could get hooked and would develop yet another passion...

 

Nowadays we have the luxury of being able to enjoy a myriad of art and/or decoration without going to a museum or participating in workshops. That luxury (I really feel it as such) brought the images in this post.

The above pottery is of Christina Guwang, a French ceramics artist, she makes the most fantastic 'bols'. I just love the simplicity, the neutral color scheme and of course the dots!

 

 

this ceramic piece is of Alan Wallwork, a British potter

The rhythm of the dotted pattern makes my heart sing...I just get happy of looking at it. I have tried to analyse this phenomenon but until today did not succeed to explain why, what it is that exactly makes it a feast to look at. Must be something psychological, I don't even know whether I want to know, haha

 

Last but not least this picture

 

 

my favorites are:

nr 3 top row, 1 and 2 middle, and 3 bottom

This is students work of the MIT in Cambridge, USA

 

These patterns could be sewn on my Pfaff machine one day!

 

 

So far my eyecandy for today. Gonna use my possibilities, see you!

 

Regina

 

 



Wabi sabi painting

 

 

After 'Winter' we chose 'Wabi Sabi' as topic for our new painting efforts.

Hardly anybody in our group was familiar with it, so it took some time to explain the meaning of wabi sabi. But now, after a few weeks, most of the members got the hang of it and I have already seen some very lovely ones...

 

Here is mine!

 the paintings will be hung by the end of March, so there is some more time for other experiments I guess

 

Never would have thought that painting after a picture would be my destination and I still swoon over some abstracts, so maybe..?

 

Have a great day,

 

Regina

Exercising

 

 

Hello!

 

Obviously it is hard to break up with bad habits, ahem,

but here I am,

 back on the blog!

 

Last week was full with taking apart all kind of bags a friend gave me. Some were old, some new but ugly, but all had zippers and other haberdashery that good be useful in future projects.

 

I also received thousands of ebooks from another friend and have slowly been sorting these out and put them in alphabetical files on the computer. Some I have left out, like the book a certain mister H from Germany wrote that caused too much trouble...

 

By now I am finished doing these boring yet rewarding jobs and it is time for creativity again.

 

Last year I made several native american paintings after pictures I made when we traveled New Mexico in 2009. The digital collage above is composed of two of these pictures. The painting of the pueblo dwelling has a very different colourscheme, but the colours of the picture below have not been changed. Can you see the tipi poles in the collage?

 

 

That was it for today, have a nice Wednesday!

 

Regina

 



A week of blogging

..five days of blogging, a little every day

 

it was not so hard this time; it seems

that once you are back in the blogging mode, the subjects automatically jump into your mind...

 

 

detail of a journal page I once made

 

I even did not use all blogging ideas, but have written them down in my notebook... The future of my blog is save, then!

 

Today is quiet, with some thriftstore visiting in the morning; however, I found nothing this time.

Tomorrow I am going to help with the catering for a friend who will celebrate her birthday, we will be very busy feeding about 50 persons...

Posting tomorrow is very unlikely, but you never know, for now

 

enjoy the weekend, thanks for reading my blog,

 

Regina 

Olives instead...

 

 

Hi!

 

Friday, so it is market in our village near the Spanish Mediterranean coast

 

As it is a cold and grey winter day here, not all market vendors were present. The only alley that was complete was the one with plants, sausages, veggies and fruits, nuts, eggs and

 

... olives!

 

 

it was impossible to resist these delicious, garlic filled green olives

since

they play a fantastic role as a 'tapa' with our evening drinks...

 

 

the branches are of a mimosa tree I passed on my way home!

 I chose to cut these instead of the tulips that also were for sale at the market.

 

All together it has become quite a Mediterranean scene, don't you think?

 

That was it for today, enjoy your Friday and thanks for reading,

 

Regina