My intensive weaving season continued over the past two
weeks as I moved forward on several commissions that came in over the
summer. I completed the background
on another piece that features a path through the woods. I picked out all of the yarn colors for
my pepper piece and warped the loom I’ll need. I also made more felted balls for my ‘lemons’ piece—I feel
like all of those projects are moving along nicely. I also completed a piece that wasn’t a commission, but one that
I started just before the Fourth Street Festival.
The chaos that the weather brought to this year’s event kept
me from completing it before the show.
I probably had the time, but I just couldn’t focus on art creation. Waiting to complete the piece turned
out to be a good thing. When
Grandma was here two weeks ago we collected some gravel from a creek bed that
turned out to be perfect in the piece.
The rocks had been beaten up a little and the edges smoothed by running
water in the creek. The smoothness
and the weathering made them perfect for the rocky tip of the peninsula in the
piece I was finishing. If you’d
like to see some of my most recent work, come to the first fall show of the
season, the Spinner’s and Weaver’s Guild show opens on November 9th.
The business side of my life kept me busy too. Toward the end of the week I got Tom
Bertolacini, my photographer, to drop by and capture images of many of my newer
pieces. It had been a very busy
summer, and I just didn’t have a chance to capture images of many of my newer
pieces. Some of them sold before I
could get a picture, but I’ve resigned myself to that eventuality when the
crunch before a show comes.
I also
negotiated with Bloomingfoods East to display my sweater petals. The barrier to expanding my display there
has always been the expanded footprint in an already packed store. I had an epiphany when I turned the
problem over in my brain—I would just extend my card rack up one story! The lower level will continue to
display cards while the upper story will house the sweater petals. I built the display out of mostly all
reclaimed and recycled materials, except for the dowel I bought new at
Kleindorfer’s Hardware. I’m hoping
that the weather cooperates just a little bit to give me a window to paint my
creation black to match the rack.
With any luck it will be at Bloomingfood’s East early in the week.
And yes, the season also features Halloween. This year Tommie wanted to be a Zombie
and buy a Zombie costume. I
usually encourage making costumes (I’m pretty handy with fabric, it turns
out). But he really wanted the
costume, so I decided it would be a reward for his excellent first term
grades. Jacob also had a clear
idea in mind, taken from one of his favorite books. He wanted to be the Ranger’s Apprentice. Fortunately or unfortunately, he came
with a clear vision of exactly what the costume should look like.
He rejected all the green materials in
my huge collection for the cloak.
We ended up in the fabric store to find just what he needed. I sewed the material into the cloak,
and he found a button that was perfect as a clasp to define the hood. He needed a quiver and decided that
black leather was the way to go.
I’m actually quite proud of what we were able to create together. For the arrows, Jacob and Jim went into
the garden and cut down dried lily stalks. They needed sharper points, he decided, so he’s been using
Sculptey, an oven bakeable clay, to create them. They also cut down a curved branch from the maple tree in front
for the bow. He’s been doing some
whittling to get the shape right.
I, on the other hand, found the perfect costume on a trip to the Recycle
Center. I can’t wait to wear my
cow costume!
Mary at the Recycle
Center suggested that I might want to put a ring through one of the teats, but
I could see Jim wincing at the visual.
I’ll have my fun on Wednesday and take it back on Thursday. It was good that I didn’t upset Jim too
much, because he made us a fresh raspberry pie this morning! We found the last of the season’s
berries at the Farmer’s Market.
One batch went into the freezer for a winter pie and one went into a
crust this morning. I had fresh,
warm pie with a second cup of espresso!
Perfect!
Until next week…
Martina Celerin
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