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Weaving White Windows - UnRuly Cloth & Canvas CAPI
Weaving White Windows - UnRuly Cloth&Canvas CAPI:::
I took a ball of string
to the sea
and a driftwood piece
wanted to play too
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SNAP
and we have a weaving loom frame
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as the ball of undyed
off white
cotton
waits
patiently
in
the
sun
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a little
UnRuly
stringing
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and there it is
a random window
when is a window a window
when it is the only place to
peek trough ?
what about a glass house
are those still windows
my window
wants to be the only
window
so lets weave a wall
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a stray piece of wood
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becomes
smooth
sharp
streamlined
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a very
fine
weaving
needle
don't
you
think ?
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Let's weave
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I like my new sunhat
good shade
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Finished
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a
portable
window
now
I can choose
my
view
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she wanders into my window
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what else can I see
blooming underneath
the ferns
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sunning themselves
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051964
mystery
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What I noticed:
Windows are peculiar things, holes really, sometimes small, sometimes large , always offering a framed view of sorts
if I make a portable window , I can choose my view ...
I can choose to focus on who wanders into my view
my portable view helps me to shut out distractions and relish the minute
with macrophotography the lens becomes my window
and I can choose what I peek at
closely
again
I like windows, I like macro, I like to choose
milliande :-)
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Wild Windows - UnRuly Cloth & Canvas CAPI Sketchbook
Wild Windows - UnRuly Cloth & Canvas CAPI Sketchbook
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Windows
into
places
see
through
peeking
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as I walk to the beach
my favourite
WINDOW
of anticipation
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is the sea
in
out
stormy
calm
filled
deserted
windy
quiet
whispering
shouting
welcoming
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Window Sketchbook Composition
Wild Window Ahead
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a little further comes the bolder view
and a sigh escapes
every time
as I catch a glimpse of the mountains
on a clear day
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Window Sketchbook Composition
a window
a map
a longing
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next
I bend down
to peek
trough the stone wall
in search of
a glimpse
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Window Sketchbook Compositions
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simplified
stripped
to bare
essence
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drawn stitch
meandering
with
personality
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internalised
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a part of the whole
individual
itness
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emphasis without distraction
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the need to feel
the flow
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invisible chances
felt
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noticing
I love
wild
windows
unexpected
seasonal
peeks
glimpses
cracks
views
into
places
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::: milliande
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Focus Windows
Pin Weaving - UnRuly Cloth & Canvas
Pin Weaving - UnRuly Cloth & CanvasWeaving has always had the notion of being too structured, to pristine, to predictable for me until I came across some wild weavings of other artists that changed my notion and opened up my muses will to explore and make it my own .... I like tiny, I adore minature and I actively seek macro ... so where will that lead me under the context of WEAVING
Pin weaving maybe
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Weaving Together
needle pins
wrapped
waiting in a row
to follow the notion of my mindUnRuly
connected
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strangely
there is something soothing
in repetition
a rhythm
that underlies
the breath of existence
I find myself harmonising
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chance choices
picking up the next thread that lies closest
held together by a focus
of
white
off white
odd white
yet again
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noticing the need
to break ranks
causing the eye to stumble
before it gets too comfortable
with the perceived
predictability
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the other end is reached
pins are released
loose threads
hold on to a story that could have been
but got interrupted
and they are left
to form
individual
new
beginnings
in the vast
emptiness
of
possibility
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milliande
River Meadow Cloth - UnRuly Cloth & Canvas
River Meadow Cloth - UnRuly Cloth & Canvas:::
A Sunny Summer Day
a beautiful river meadow in the mountains
undyed cloth
a stone and a hammer
wildflowers, grasses and seeds
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some little grasses and a piece of undyed cloth
wrapping the flower stems into the cloth
fold over
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pound gently at first
harder if plant material is thicker
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a wild thistle leaves beautiful natural dye
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the last remains of bluebells gone to seed
yield a gorgeous blue /yellow / green natural dye
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washing the excess plant materials off in the little
welsh river
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First dye run drying in the sun
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Natural dying or Eco Dying or using plant and flower dye for creating one of a kind hand dyed cloth is worth experimenting with for the unexpected results this kind of technique yields
a little bit of natures magic
pigments pure
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some wet river stones layed on top of the eco dyed cloth after it has dried
rewetting small areas with the wet stone leaves beautiful
watercolor like edges on the fabric
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" What is she doing on our turf "
giggle ... we have an audience
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River Meadow Cloth at it's finest
Bluebell Dye and River Stone Drip
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time for a much earned break :-)
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milliande :-)
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A journal I made for my daughter for graduation gift. I filled it with all her favorite pages, craft paper, a menu from her first job, a page from the first movie that made her cry when she was little. I made some scroll beads for the cover with a…
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A Collage...A Paper Garden that keeps Blossoming all over!
Posted by Camille C. on June 14, 2013 at 7:48am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Paper Garden, Work in progress...no glue, various papers in layers. Pieced together with tape and staples. Later, embellishments and attachments will be added on. It could grow into a large wall piece as this…
Continue While away, I still played!!! Recycled, upcycled, Bling Caramel Macchiato Scented Tissues (for the woman who has everything)
Posted by Camille C. on June 14, 2013 at 7:40am 0 Comments 0 Likes
BLING BREW 
Made with tissues dipped and dried in Caramel Macchiato flavored brewed coffee, coffee bag scraps, ground coffee adhered to tissue and pink glitter…
Continue A Whole Chunk of Junkin' going on! Junk Journals bring up so many amazing wonders!
Posted by Camille C. on June 1, 2013 at 5:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
So the day before yesterday I told myself I was going to do something pampering for myself.... as I had been almost mortally wounded emotionally the day before...
......A haircut would be nice, I thought. (I really need a haircut) but decided to spend the morning checking out my old…
Continue A Case of Necessity is the Mother of Invention~
Posted by Camille C. on May 30, 2013 at 5:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
The Wild Fruit Bowl
Being chemically sensitive to most traditional art materials, my challenge was to make things w/o using glue...hard to do w/o glues and most paints...tho by now, I have found products that are user-friendly for me...It was a case of Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Done in…
This is your brain
Posted by Jan on May 29, 2013 at 2:38pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
This is your brain with Alzheimers...
I have been getting messages and photos from several of you here at Milliande's site. I regret I have been unavailable to chat, photograph or do anything art related, but you see I have been deep into a new educational process. On April 26 my father in law had a series of…
Any suggestions re: friends requests.
Posted by Camille C. on May 27, 2013 at 3:54am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hello Members of Milliandes!
I love it here at Milliande's very much. It seems such a big site, and I get lost and really not sure how to make more friends and have more interactions...What does one base a request upon? I am from NY, so I started looking for friends there...The membership list is quite abundant with friendly and talented women. However, they all seem to know each other for awhile...It would be such a pleasure to receive more feedback and to give it...are there any…
Continue Discovery for Frugal Artists...Free Embellishments from Greeting Cards and Starting Friendship Art Journal! wheeee!
Posted by Camille C. on May 24, 2013 at 8:09pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hey there, Frugal friends...probably most artists know about…
OFF THE EARTH ~ A new kind of art play for out of doors! It's Irresistable!
Posted by Camille C. on May 24, 2013 at 7:41am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Earlier this week there were some spontaneous moments on my part...see.. blog post: http://milliande.ning.com/profiles/blogs/sudden-spontaneous-atc-directly-from-nature
for details and pix...ps...using larger font, as I have trouble reading and writing off the monitor.…
Strawberry Fields ~ New Colorful ATC, finished today too!
Posted by Camille C. on May 23, 2013 at 2:17am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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KK Paul - Photographer and Mixed Media Artist- Milliande Artist Spotlight
Kim aka KK DEPAUL Artist Statement I am a storyteller. My themes are memory and secrets. I have always been fascinated by multiple interpretations... double exposures...and ambiguity. My process begins with a collection of elements. As I begin to move the elements around, cut them apart and reassemble, a visual narrative begins to take shape... I see the layering of paper and photographic imagery as being similar to the way our mind organizes memory... at different depths... one over another...constantly shifting.
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ZHOU FAN - Milliande Artist Spotlight
ZHOU FAN - Milliande Artist Spotlight
ZHOU FAN Artist Statement
A series of my paintings is based on dreams that I had as a child of many many
jellyfish floating in the sky, some of which fell to the ground on parachutes
and became mushrooms. These dreams had a strong impact on me, and
I remember them vividly. Somehow I feel that it is easier to focus on dreams
than reality. In one particular painting, there is a boy crying because
he keeps things within him, is easily sad, and he refuses to face reality.
Zhou Fan was born in 1983 in Shanxi Province in northern China.
In 2006, Zhou Fan graduated from the art department of Shanxi University.
He participated in a solo exhibition and several group exhibition in his home province that year.
He participated in a solo exhibition and several group exhibition in his home province that year.
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.... soon the smoke of the fire was seen some distance away ... and curious women came to peek ... so the Woman put a few more logs on the fire ...asked them to sit and warm themselves a little ..as they checked out her fire ... the women felt comfortable here and opened themselves to receive ... and as the fire needed tending to keep it alight .. the " Woman" quietly went away to gather a few more pieces of wood ... ... as the story goes ..the fire grew and grew ...as more and more women felt themselves strangely warmed by it ... felt a kind of soft feeling deep inside them that held promise of things to come .. that felt akin to a deep knowing ... that simply let them be ... .... so they invited their women friends to join too ..to warm themselves, to feel that kinship shared .. and they arrived at the " Woman's fire " ..ready to experience all that was being offered ... some women came alone, some brought friends , some brought a piece of wood or two to share to keep the fire going ... some brought a twig as a way of appreciation for the invitation .. some took a log away to light a fire elsewhere .. ...all the while , the Woman's day was filled with gathering many many twigs, making the fire bigger and bigger, making a clearing to create a larger safe place for all the women on the path of arriving at her fire to be met with the same warm glow ..to be welcomed at this little sanctuary .. and so they came .. and she was glad .. ... the days were filled with joyful laughter..with friendships kindled .. with women sharing ...with creative juices flowing, uncorked, released, shared, enjoyed , women bringing much of themselves to the communal fire ..a fire that in turn deeply nurtured them ... ... wood is precious and the Woman was grateful for every piece that arrived at her sanctuary , yet many twigs are needed to keep a fire burning ... it takes a little fallen oak branch to keep it alight for many an hour .. a few gathered twigs of birch will burn swiftly and make way for the next log to arrive that will sustain this creative fire as long as it is needed ... ...and so today .. 4 years later... this fire holds itself brightly ..the WOMAN can no longer even see the brightest spark reaching the horizon .. yet she can feel it deeply in her heart ... as gathering twigs all by herself was no longer sufficient to keep this large fire burning ...she noticed that many women had settled around her fire ...Deep within the Woman lies a knowing ,that to preserve this fire in the way it was meant to BE... for it to remain a sanctuary, to evolve naturally, organically, without the need to judge, rule, organise, chase, plan, no hierarchy, no leaders, no followers ... just women being women ... bare, honest, alive.. to preserve THIS..to grow THIS... she looks out at the horizon with a widen open heart ... asking for twigs and logs and branches and tree loads to be supplied by the universe ... ..and she knew that wood would come .. " |
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