Thursday, February 28, 2013

blue & brown series of 3: dragonfly, the more real, the journey


A new "series" of three temari in blue and brown. Now that I've been painting again, I thought it would be interesting to approach groups of temari with a similar color palette.

dragonfly

dragonfly

dragonfly

dragonfly

the distant mountains
are reflected in the eye
of the dragonfly

— Kobayashi Issa (1763–1827)

An S6 wrapped design, just one thread for each colored row, with space between to give an air of . . well, air. A wide obi. Thread wrap in silvery brown (a squirrel brown); embroidery in 11 shades of blue and brown. The haiku by Issa is in the bell box along with brass rings that make a quiet traditional rattle. Circumference: 10 inches / 25.5 cm; diameter: 3.18 inches / 8.11 cm. Completed 26 February 2013 (no. 263).
Sold to benefit Kiva.org.

the more real

the more real

the more real

the more real

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.
— Lucien Freud (1922–2011) 

A layered kiku design, 2 x 4-point stars, with gaps at the outer points. S16 division in metallic silver; thread wrap in sky blue; embroidery in 4 shades of blue and brown. The quote by Freud is in the bell box along with brass rings that make a quiet traditional rattle. Circumference: 10.75 inches / 27.2 cm; diameter: 3.42 inches / 8.65 cm. Completed 25 February 2013 (no. 264).
Sold to benefit Kiva.org.

the journey

the journey

the journey


the journey

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
— Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)  

An interlocked kiku design, 2 x 5-point stars. I have come to think of this as one of my signature designs; it's one of my favorite to make. S10 division, guidelines removed; thread wrap in medium navy blue; embroidery in 8 shades of blue and brown. The quote by Le Guin is in the bell box along with brass rings that make a quiet traditional rattle. Circumference: 10 inches / 25.5 cm; diameter: 3.18 inches / 8.11 cm. Completed 27 February 2013 (no. 265).
Sold to benefit Kiva.org.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

a little record keeping . . .

I have, at last, finished a special project of 30 temari (nos. 228–230, 232, 233, 236, 238–243, 245–262) — completed between 22 December 2012 and 21 February 2013.

Each temari generated a $25 loan to women in Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Tajikistan, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.

I note this because I like to note every finished temari on this blog, and don't do well with missing gaps . . .

New temari will be in the shop very soon.