Bundle of Earth...

Back in July of 2017 a group of creatives participated in a 6 month collaboration of bundling together anything that struck their fancy and either burying it in the ground or hanging it.  I gathered paper, fabric, metal, string, leather and wood and buried it under some mulch in my front yard.  I also hung the same type of bundle.

In January 2018 I "chipped" the buried one out of the ground (it was quite cold outside).  After it thawed I began to take it apart.  The paper did not fair well, most of it fell apart. There were some interesting finds, some rust, some color (not sure where that came from), and some patterns from the wood veneer.  The one that I hung I didn't really get much of anything.  I took everything that was salvagable and decided to make a book out of it.  I would say that 95% of the book is made with the pieces from the bundle.  I do plan on burying another bundle sometime in the next week or two and opening it up later in the year.

Enjoy!

Here are other artists links:

Tina Walker
Mitra Pratt
Sanna Lippert

Pantone Color of the Year 2018 Challenge

When I heard about this challenge, I thought, whoa... purple.  Purple is just one of those colors I don't typically seek out when creating my art.  When I was on the hunt for different supplies that would meet the challenge I surprisingly found quite a bit that I liked.  I looked for supplies before I even had a hint of what I was going to do.  At first I thought create a book.

Then I started thinking out of the box since it was the color that was really out of the box for me.  I've been really enjoying sewing lately, so it hit me... sew a tote.  

I gathered some fabrics that where either purple of were complimentary.  The bag itself was washed canvas.  I cut out a piece of muslin and played around with laying out different pieces of fabric.  I stenciled on a few and stamped on one. I actually had a piece of vintage lace that had tiny purple sequins in it and knew I had to include it. I dyed another small pieces of lace with some gold spray to tone them down a little. The laces help tone down the entire piece a little.

I really like how it came out.  Here are some close-up shots. I hope you enjoy!

Check out the rest of the projects:

Tina Walker

Anne Marie Fowler

Lynne Erskine Forsythe

Martha DeGroat Richardson

Christy Strickler

Keri Woodall Sallee

Camille McCoy‎

Robyn Crowningshield