Leaf textures

I want to start a new group of leaf studies so I was shooting some of the dried leaves that I have to be able to enlarge and look at the textures close up. This is a solarized version of the back of one of the leaves. Now to figure out how to recreate it. I might print all the textures out or maybe make a silkscreen. Something to ponder.

Quilt National 2013 Opening

Here are some photos from this past weekend opening at Quilt National 2013 at The Dairy Barn in Athens, OH. Top photo is Kathy Weaver (Highland Park, IL) speaking about her piece followed by me talking about mine. The others are an assortment of photos of other wonderful pieces. 

Patternmakers

Something is chewing little patterns into the these leaves. I am fascinated that they are not just "holes" but these precise little geometric shapes. They look a bit like hieroglyphics.

Let there be green

This has it all - different greens, different textures, and shadows!

Leaf Bowl

I have a large openwork black metal bowl that sits on the dining room table. I love this bowl - the shape, the pattern, the shadows that it throws on the tabletop. Periodically, I take new pictures of it when I see it in a new way. Here is a detail from the bowl.

O'Casey's Bed and Breakfast - Sunday

When I come to San Antonio I stay at O'Casey's Bed and Breakfast - many of the Art Cloth Studio students stay here. It's fun to be together in one place and we can walk to the studio if the weather cooperates. The summer furniture is sitting out (which as somone from the frozen north I find amazing!) This glider has an accumulation of detritus on it which the detail photo shows below. It looks like a map of the world to me.