Progress on the Other Side

I'm almost there!! So close!! Now it's getting to the point where I just have to put it all together. I'm hoping to get at least one good trial run before taking it all to the gallery. Keep your fingers crossed for me. This is the street sign for my intersection. It's still a bit tipsy, so I'm working on firming it all up.

The yarn that Twi spun for me, made up of years of scraps, is beyond perfect. I'm still amazed at what an incredible job she did. It turned out exactly like I envisioned, and it has been a total joy to play with. As it passed through my hands...I kept seeing pieces of old friends, tiny pieces of all the old projects I've worked on. It's like a scrap book of yarn.

Twilight helped me find ( she found) the exact matching paint I needed!!!

This is the completed Dream side panel.

This is the completed Reality side panel.

Oh my god, I'm getting so amped up!!! I can't wait to see all this in the gallery!!

Some good detail shots.

Dancing Nasties Completed

The complete title of this piece is:
Frolicking; or The Dancing Nasties: An Idle Mind at Play It's size is 75" Tall and 50" Wide.

These are my little I-cord dancers.

I had so much fun with this piece, it really helped me just loosen and lighten up!!

And I had alot of help from my friends on this one. Danielle and Twilight helped me play with my dancers and find out what they wanted to be doing with themselves. Polli & Lacivia helped by felting the dancers as I made them!! My husband actually engaged in the making, which he almost never ever does, LOL. We all had alot fun in the process.

Finished Mind Dancers

Here we are, she's finished! I've already had to offers to buy her. Mind Dancers is 39" X 56". She's needle felted on a large wetfelted canvas, with a knitted frame. She's a combination of cotton, wool, mohair, and cashmere. This is a close-up view of a needle felted detail.

The main characters are a applied knitted fabric w/needled detail.

The face shape in the center is 3-Dementional, which puts my work into a category called 2 & 1/2 - D. I love it. It's made of raw mohair locks.

The frame is knitted cotton, the border pattern is a very old Viking design that was translated into a knitting pattern. The 4 corners are each different square panels, also with traditional Viking symbols. This one is 2 dragon heads facing together, top right corner.

I embroidered sporadic outlines around cabled designs to help them "pop", especially when viewing from aways back. Top left corner.

Bottom Left corner. 2 dragon heads facing away.

Bottom right corner. The St. John's cross, but earlier known as the symbol for happiness.

I'm so pleased with how this piece turned out. It was a great exercise in putting together a jumble of materials and techniques that I've been anxious to try. The whole thing was a pleasure.

Postcards for BTF 2011

Merce & Thebes did a fabulous job on the postcards for this year's show!!

Art Previews

First, Twilight again interviewed all of the artists in this years Beyond the Fringe show. She's been posting them as they're completed, and you can see my interview here.

Next, these are progress pics, just a sneak peek at what I've been working on for the show. Nothing's done yet, but all of the pieces are coming together beautifully, and so far.... I'm extremely happy with everything.
This wall piece is titled "Mind Dancers"

This is part of "The Other Side"

These are little dancers.

Just some fun art to keep myself from being too serious, and remind myself that I do this because I love it!!

Date Night

My husband planned and executed a wonderful evening for us just after Valentine's Day. I took the opportunity to finally get some good pictures of him wearing his new sweater! Everything about it is a perfect fit, I just love it on him.

For our date night, we had dinner at a Five Star diner in downtown Albq. on old route 66, called the Standard Diner. It serves gourmet diner food!! The theme of his evening was "Americana". So we drove the length of Central Ave, (old 66) all lit up after dark, had dinner, and then went on to the KiMo Theatre. The KiMo is rich in history that my husband loves. The concert of the Wailin Jenny's, a very talented female folk/grass roots band. We first heard them in 2003, on Prairie Home Companion, one of our favorite radio talent shows.

The whole thing was delightfully fun!! He's such a romantic!! At the end of the evening, I had a new T-shirt, new CD's and an autographed poster of the band! We got a chance to chat with the members after the show when they were done doing autographs, and they are super gals!!!

Knitting for Twilight

Thank goodness Twilight blogs because I'm terrible at remembering to take pictures of my knitted stuff before I give it away, LOL. I made her a pair of yoga socks like mine!!

Winter can be a lonely time for all of us!! Especially when the weather is too cold and crappy to get together, or we're too sick, or the car is too stuck. Whatever the reason!!

It's good to surround yourself with things that remind you of your friends!! Remember you're loved!! That's what I tried to do with this hot water bottle cozy!!

This fun little pattern was free from Ravelry!!! I'm hoping this is helping my good friend ease her aches and pains when she gets done with chopping wood everyday!!!

Here's to everyone surviving this freezing cold blustery winter storm!! I'm sending warm thoughts to all my friends in Taos who don't have gas or power!!!