I have settled back in at home from the Déjà vu show in
Columbus Indiana yesterday. My
drive out to Columbus through Brown County was beautiful. I drove through the sunrise and into
the pretty reds that were just coming into the sky. A beautiful frost covering all the surfaces and brought a
whiteness and crispness to the morning.
With very few cars on the road the atmosphere was peaceful and
beautiful. When I got to look
around the show, I was incredibly impressed with the quality of the art on
display this year. Marilyn
Brackney is just doing a fabulous job developing this into a quality show. I found an appreciative audience and my
sweater petals were a big hit. It
was also nice to be next to Cappi Phillips. We got to do some catching up and chitty-chattying.
In quiet moments I worked on peppers
for my latest commission piece. I
managed to finish one for the day.
Everyone at the show seemed to be looking for my roadies to be helping
me, which they have every year I’ve done the show. This year, though, I gave them a pass to do their Saturday
activities while I handled the show.
It’s a lot of work, but the volunteers at the show were terrific and
helped me move some of my materials in and out of the Commons. I made it home around six-thirty to a
roaring fire and a flatbread dinner with a bottle of wine. That made the whole day worthwhile.
This week I shipped off my last commission piece, and the
next day I received a call that the piece had arrived to an appreciative new
home. I’ll post a picture so you
can see the final form—I’m delighted with how it turned out. That freed up some of my work time to
work on the next commission piece, based on ‘When Life Gives You Lemons’. I managed to complete the background
for the piece during the week.
Things are moving along as I completed my scarf-making efforts and I’m
now gearing up to make some more Re-shirts for the upcoming UU (Unitarian
Universalists) Holiday Art Fair and Bazaar.
On the home front, when it didn’t seem as if I was going to
get another pie, I decided to bake something for myself. I came across a recipe for an
apple-cranberry cobbler in one of the newspaper inserts last Sunday and decided
to try it. It came out really
well, and the whole family loved it!
I did sneak in a few healthy things, such as some whole wheat flour,
brown flax seed and raw wheat germ, but shhhh! Of course I also cut the butter in half. There’s still one small piece left for
my breakfast tomorrow (with espresso and the newspaper), but it disappeared
pretty quickly for desserts and into Tommie’s lunches.
My week ahead does include making some more Re-shirts, as
mentioned above, so I pulled out the big sewing machine from Grandma. At the last two art fairs I’ve
worn a Re-shirt, and several people have asked if I would have them for the UU
show. I have converted the dining
room into a sewing room, with all sorts of collected fabrics in stacks along
the wall. I’ve collected some
really interesting fabric and used clothing that I’m looking forward to
matching in the shirts. I’ve also
been thinking through how I’m going to make a piece that I’ve been
imagining. Anyway, the name of the
new piece will be ‘Food for Thought’, and I’m imagining a ladle that will be
spooning out letters falling into the soup. A lot of my ideas start out this way, as half-baked
creations whose composition starts to gel. I’m looking forward to seeing how the piece evolves. When I have something to show, you’ll
be the first to see it!
Until next week,
Martina Celerin
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