On Trial

I am having a great time working on my third series piece.

Above is one of the three runners-up

(actually it is the second trial piece, but I like it enough

that I am considering it as a finalist).

The rectangles in the first photo were screened onto the silk.

The ones above, which I can barely discern on my monitor,

are made from painted organdy.

(please disregard the circle on the lower left side -

it is floss I had dyed as a trial)

Here is a detail shot

I like the organdy because it allows you to see the printed motif underneath it.

That said, I thought the organdy needed to be darker,

so I dyed another piece:

I like this one much more -

how about  you?

I am toying with the idea of loosely stitching the rectangles to the silk,

rather than fusing them.

I like the dimension and added texture.

Needle-felting is another option,

but I would lose the translucency of the organdy.

What to do, what to do!!

And there is yet another piece in the works!!

Life is exciting around here!

Today is our son-in-law's birthday -

Happy Birthday Dave!!!

He is, hands down, the best Daddy ever!!

Of course, we're not prejudiced or anything like that.

We are redoing all of the electricity in the building

in which my studio is housed.

This means running an entire line from our existing box - 

a big deal.

So, I am committing the remainder of my years

 to surface design.

  LOL

There's no turning back now.

Mike, our wonderful electrician, was here most of today,

working hard to prepare for the new line.

We hosted our church dinner group yesterday.

Of course I just had to serve more smoked salmon for hors d'oeuvres.

There were a few other munchies and then

two soups for entree:

Golden Lentil with Ham for the carnivores

Tomato with Rice for the vegetarians.

I also made an arugula salad with

roasted beats, goat cheese and

Champagne Vinaigrette.

Dessert was a homemade chocolate chip pecan pie

with butter pecan ice cream.

MMMMMMM!

peace