EBB and FLOW is everything...

 While taking Laly's class...

Light, plaster & wax...

These were my first attempts at instructions.

We captured a fox on camera one evening.

I love this photo so much.

And now I have a way of preserving and passing on photographs in our family,

and

for

FRIENDS.

In what I feel is such a special way!

 I used:

fiber w/text, some hairy fibers, with fabric sewn on, some painted papers and lace.

Of course the photograph, plaster...

 and

layers and layers of wax.

What a yummy project these were!

 A

dipped in wax (using as glue) seed pod,

and underneath...

textured wallpaper that the wax received...

BEAUTIFULLY!

I wish you could hear Laly Mille say "beautiful" in her French accent...SHE is a BEAUTIFUL SOUL!

 Santa Catalina, Panama.

I sat with my youngest sister

for a partial day and then into

the dark of night!

Right near this remnant of a wall,

standing alone in an abandoned surf camp.

Listening and watching the sea waves roll

in and out.

Speaking of times past and present.

One GIFT of a lifetime with this sister. xo

 I died some cheese cloth,

used painted papers,

and various weights of fibers.

AGAIN...

they all adhered so scrumptiously to the materials!

 This

photo

was taken by me

last Autumn

at approximately the same time as

now ;)

It is of our home and trees and skyline.

These are the most

GORGEOUS

days and nights

around here.

It is difficult not to take pictures of the skies a million times over!

 I stitched a teabag on the top,

with sewing machine,

before placing it on the substrate.

Then there are fibers and ribbons in various spots.

My work is so busy that I made just a few marks at the bottom.

The lines (such fun)

 This was the smallest one that I made.

The photo is from someone else.

I dyed some more cheese cloth and didn't add much else to this piece.

 Up~close

of the fiber

and

words ;)

 One last ditty

to share.

In between working on more difficult projects,

I leave off some tension

by performing smaller works of art

and very spontaneous.

ERGO...

This one appeared!