In my last blog posting I set out on my ‘North Carolina
beaches’ daydream. This week I
continued down the same sandy trail to the beach. I moved along more beach piece themes, including finishing
the background weaving for my ‘Sally Sells Seashells’ reprise. Over the winter someone gave me some
sea stars, which I’ve never incorporated into a weaving before. In the background I also included sand
dollars and a wealth of shells, which creates a movement in the piece that I
like. I make sandy frames for my
beach pieces, and I created one before the rains came this week. Unfortunately, the high humidity and
low temperatures have prevented me from completing the polyurethane seal on the
frame. I’m hoping I can get to
that project later in the day, but I’ve got a lot going on!
It’s the Trashion-Refashion show at the
Buskirk Chumley theater tonight.
There will be a Discardia pop-up store where I’ll show my latest Re-Shirts
and new spring Sweater Petals. I’m
really looking forward to seeing the designs, which are a tightly kept secret
before the actual show. It’s quite
the challenge to keep the designers from leaking images of their work on the
web before the show, because everyone is excited about their contributions—but
happily, they have.
My life took me to some interesting venues last week. I watched the boy’s first lacrosse
practice last Sunday, which went well.
On Monday was the Spinner’s and Weaver’s Guild auction. It’s such a funny group, and we haggle
and negotiate over all the yarns.
Most of them create wearable pieces, so their yarn needs to be soft and
cozy. They know if there’s a
hideous green, scratchy fiber I’ll probably want it—which is true! I need a diversity of colors and
textures, and it can be hard to find the perfect yarn for grasses and
vegetation. On Wednesday I did an
interview with a fellow from WIUX.
He and I met at my History Center show and we talked about the art and
life in general. I cancelled a 4th
Street Festival meeting on Thursday night due to predicted weather that never
really materialized, so I did have one quiet evening at home.
Friday, however, I went to the FiberFair in Greencastle with my friend Ruth Rives. It’s our yearly adventure, which always seems to be horribly
cold and often wet. Because of the
rain I wore my rubber boots, which led to two frozen feet before we had gotten
too far. One of the vendors was
selling alpaca felted boot liners.
I bought a pair and, oh-my-gosh, they were amazing! Ruth of course said she could have made
me felted wool liners, but I needed them right then. I picked up lots of green fleece and yarns, as well as some
dried yellow and oranges. I
depleted my stocks considerably when I completed my pepper piece late last
year. The Fiber Fair is a good
venue to re-stock and interact with the vendors I only see once a year over the
past ten years or so. All in all,
it was another great week! But… no pie! Shouldn’t the rhubarb be up by now?
Until next week,
Martina Celerin
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