The Silver Dragon

Some years ago the doll club that I belong to had a challenge for us.  Make a doll from a children's  book .   So I picked "The Dragon Rider" by Cornella Funk.  On a whim I sent him off to Art Doll Quarterly and his picture is now in the "Show & Tell" section on page 117.  The magazine sent me a "badge" to put on my blog, lets see if I can figure that out :-)   http://stampington.com/art-doll-quarterly

 So here he is waiting for me to figure out how to make him come alive from the book cover, seems to be having a nice time as he waits. He is wire over cloth , there is a full wire frame inside his body including his wings.  The little boys head is paper clay the body wire and cloth. 

I haven't posted much lately  so I thought that it might be time to put on a few pictures.  So here goes....

                                                       My strange Jumping Cat

    Is she bringing Sweet Dreams                                                     on her twisted broomstick??
I really like her twisted broom and her two frog friends on her hat

This girl has caught a soap bubble and has decided to go for a nice ride 

                                     Meditating  
            They are 5" tall, cloth over wire

                   I think that she is little bit allergic to cats  :-) 

New Love

Having the best time "Panting With Wool"  The colors are so vibrant.  The feel of the wool in my hands is so satisfying.  Not that I have given up on my soft sculptures, but sometimes it is a good idea to see whats down another road.

I have been away from my blog for such along time, so now that I am back they have changed the format and I am going to have to figure this all out again...blahh

This week-end I came up two colorful fun hats.  I'm sure that there are many more important  things that I should be doing but ... I'll get around to them  ;-)

I want to thank my granddaughter for putting up with me and my hats !

I have been knitting and crocheting for the past few weeks like a crazy woman. 

Nothing fancy but fun just the same.

Icelandic Landscape

Silk and Wool Needle Felted Wall Hanging

18"-16"
        The wild and rugged landscape of Iceland is apart of my DNA, well, that might be stretching it a little . Once you have wandered the shores, mountain or lava fields in solitude, you will carry this island with you forever. The silence is amazing, the landscape goes on forever and the power beneath your feet can be frightening if you give it to much thought.  It's a wondrous place.

Up and coming artist

This is our grandson Ben , I might be seeing something that others don't see but I see an artist in the making.

First here is Ben with a piece of fence post that he found behind the garage. And I thought "That's a boy for you".  Lugging logs around.

But then later I here him call for his Mom and me to come see the "Sculpture"( His word) that he was making. He had put the fence post up on end and found a quartz rock, covered it with a dry leaf and as I watched he said that it needed some "color", so he pulled up some grass and sprinkled it on top.

Then he was off looking for a flower for some more color.

Here is Ben with his first work of art.

Quilt Out Loud Garden Party

This winter I had been mulling around in my mind the idea of having a Garden Party and inviting all my artists friends.  I called it "Celebrating Women And Their Art"  So I picked the date of June 26 and starting planing .  This was going to be a wonderful party, friends, good food, some drinks and everyone brought one piece of art for show and tell. My Mother was the feactured artist.  My friend Bunny Goode  brought this to the attention of the wonderful people of  "Quilt Out Loud" and before we knew it Jodie Davis and Mark Lipinski were coming to join the fun. My daugther  Rebecca toke  some pictures in between getting the food and drinks out . I should have been taking pictures also but there was so much going on that I was over whelmed . The pictures could have been better but I am happy that we have what we have. Enjoy!!

Meeting Jodie and Mark

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I am showing Mark the quilt that I had started putting together out of silk fabric that I had collected. The finished piece is the little viking girl waiting for the ships to come to shore.

 Here my Mom and Mark are having a few laughs.

Mark and the girls talking about all the wonderful art that they had brought  for show and tell. You can see that they were having a good time.

Then a little time to relax around the table.


Here is just a few of the wonderful art from that day.

 My Mother Laura Stanick's painting of me in my garden.

Audrey is loving here new found felting

  

Flora's doll   and Stephanie's wonderful book of flowers and friendship.

Bunny's sexy long legged lady , Jane and Linda's dolls

Janice's and Maria's work of art 
Susan's Art Quilt

                 Hope you all enjoyed your self's!!!

Pictorial Quilt

I had a very good time making this pictorial wall hanging. It is 23" long by 21" high, made mostly with hand dyed silk, except for the dark green and black silk, they were clothes that I wore out. Does that make me a hoarder? Saving old clothes?? You never know when you will be able to use this or that ;))    

                                                       
She is standing on the cliffs, trying to hold down her hair, dress and apron in the Icelandic wind. If you have ever been to Iceland you know all to well about the wind.  I don't think she is to upset about standing on the cliff in the wind.  More excited about the ships coming home .

Here is the photo that got me thinking about making this wall hanging.  This is our daugther Rebecca standing on a ferry as we cross from Denmark to Sweden . We were living in Germany at that time and enjoyed taking week-end trips.  She was trying not to blow away.