Ikandu

This Is Not A Sketchbook

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I am participa-
ting in a Sketch-
book Project run by the Brooklyn Library. A couple of thousand people have joined the project, and the books will be sent to different venues around the country. When someone "takes out" my book, I will be able to find out through the internet what they think or have to say. I took the photos this summer and fall. The interpretations are made from cotton, wool, paper, yarn and paint.

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These lilies are actually from my garden in Maine!

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This picture and the next 5 are from other gardens in Maine.

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Sun through fall leaves - nothing prettier!

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Fabulous gourds!

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Fall in Westches-
ter County, NY

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Walkway over the Hudson

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Berries in Maine

Dragonfly

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This quilt has been donated to SAQA, an art quilt association that I belong to. Along with over 200 other one foot square quilts, it will be auctioned off starting in September. This is a great way to buy a small work of art. See for yourself at

http://www.saqa.com/news.php?ID=1423

Rousseau-ish

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I made this quilt for a challenge based on the work of artist Henri Rousseau. The challenge was cancelled but I finished the piece anyhow. I looked at several of Rousseau's paintings to make my own fabric "painting" in the style of Rousseau.

Journey of The Transportation Quilt

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Grandson Jay decided that he would like the Transportation Quilt published by The Country Quilter for his new big boy bed. I love being able to make a quilt from my stash - just had to buy the blue background fabric and the outer border.

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A work in progress.

Ahh - finished!

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Cars and trucks and trains, oh my. Mom is riding in a sports car, Jay and brother Cole are in the school bus, grandparents are in the cabose and Dad gets to drive the dump truck.

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A Jay-train to go with the Transpor-

tation Quilt

The Quilt Recipient

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Four year old Jay

Blue Bird of Paradise

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This is a fabric rendition of a drawing I made several years ago. It will be part of the Fiber Arts Exhibit at the Library in Mahopac, NY, this June.

More of my best art

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Grandson Leo, 17 months. He is adorable, happy, and loving as well as lovable. He loves watching "Peppa Pig" on his Daddy's computer - doesn't talk much but does a really good "oink"!

Gourds

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This small quilt has been accepted into The Quilted Surface VI and will be on exhibit at the Ross Art Museum in Delaware, Ohio, from May 18 to July 4, 2010. :-)))

Not Your Baker's Yeast

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Felice Frankel's macro photogra-

phy of yeast colonies magnified many times inspired this quilt. The filamented circles, although pretty, are invasive colonies and can cause disease.

Not Your Baker's Yeast - detail

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This quilt is made with cotton, silks, velvets, cheese-

cloth, and decorative wools, ribbons and threads. Machine pieced and appliqued, machine and hand quilted

New Metals

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These four little quilts are mounted on 8 x 10 painted canvases. They are for sale at The Commons Gallery in Eastport, Maine. Painting the canvas was quite a challenge - I must have painted 10 different layers before I got an acceptable look.

www.thecommonseastport.com

Metal I

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All four quilts use paper, fabric, wool or ribbon edging and some kind of metal. This quilt uses copper mesh, beads and hand stitching with linen thread.

Metal II

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Metal III

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Metal IV

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Balloon 11/28/08

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Here are 12 more little squares from my Illustration Friday efforts for 2008. There were three words not expressed, but I still plan to do them. And what am I going to do with fifty-two 3 3/4" pieces? A future post will give you a clue! However, for now - up, up and away seems like a good finishing touch.

Opinion 11/21/08

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Two sides to every story.

Wise 11/17/08

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Mulberry paper, hand dyed fabric, suede, and decorative threads and wools.

Vacant 10/31/08

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Fabric, paper, hand dyed cheese cloth, machine and hand stitching. I worked on the word "va- cant" when the whole foreclosure debacle was starting.

Repair 10/24/08

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Paper and buttons and wire and part of an old vest and linen thread, oh my.

Late 10/17/08

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This is a reuse of part of a necklace from Kenya and is one of my favorite little pieces.

Strings 10/10/08

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Finally a use for a garish metal "rib-

bon" - a perfect holder for a variety of decorative threads.

Sugary 10/3/08

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My sweet Alexandra! Paper, fabric, photo transfer (photo by Alex's mom, Caset), and beads.

Packed

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Mulberry paper, linen thread and packed fabric.

Clique 9/19/08

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Can you relate this to the title?

Island 9/12/08

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Mulberry paper, resist dyed fabric (by me), beads, rafia.

Clutter 9/15/08

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"Clutter" is definitely not my style, so I had to label this little piece - heaven forbid someone should think that this is my art! Finally got to use a silly little beaded bug - it was too good to throw out and too bad to use!

Forgotten 6/6/08

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I rarely make quilts (or art quilts) that try to give a deep, meaningful message. However, with the word "for-

gotten", all I could think about was what should NOT be forgotten.

Cardboard, ribbon, paper, photo transfer onto organza, stamping, picture printed on paper, and wire.

Memories 8/29/08

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Hummock Pond. cotton, paper, rafia, beads, machine and hand stitching.

Routine 8/22/08

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This is what I think of doing the routine things we all must do.

Detach 8/15/08

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What was I thinking? This is way too obvious but I was not inspired to try to either fix it or do something else. I shall

"detach" this from what ever I plan to do with these little pieces.

Sail 8/8/08

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Mulberry paper, cotton, silk and decorative thread.

Poof!

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This is one of my favorites. Paper, linen, hand dyed fabric, decorative threads, and BEADS!

Canned 7/25/08

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Enough 7/18/08

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When is enough, enough?

Foggy 7/11/08

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Rice paper, cotton and machine stitching.

Sour 7/4/08

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Not too many thoughts for "sour" - just lemons, so used a lemon suede backing with paper, found objects, parts of old earings, and a metal "bead" made by me.

Fierce 6/27/08

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Isn't he?

Hoard 6/20/08

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Paper, silks, beads, decorative threads.

Punchline 6/13/08

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Not exactly a punchline, but "It ain't over till the fat lady sings". My lady was inspired by an Eleanor Peace Bailey doll I made many years ago.

Worry 5/23/08

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This posting is 12 more 4" pieces inspired by the words from http://www.illustrationfriday

"Worry" is made from paper, silks, linen thread and wire.

Wide 5/16/08

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Mulberry paper, linen thread, narrow and"wide" ribbon. Not too many thoughts on the word - wide.

Electricity 5/9/08

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Cotton, decorative thread and pieces of

paper

"stuffing"

that The Eclectic Collector in Katonah uses for safe guarding your purchase.

Seed 5/2/08

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Silk, paper, decorative thread, rayon, copper metal and beads. This little piece has led to several other

"Seeds" which are larger and are being shown in various venues.

Wrinkles 4/25/08

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Mulberry paper, hand dyed cheese cloth, cotton and beads

Primative 4/18/08

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This is one of my favorite 4" pieces. Mulberry paper, hand dyed cheese cloth flat stones from a beach in Nova Scotia, thread and rafia.

Fail 4/11/08

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See

Blanket

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Save4/4/08

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Paper, cotton, paint and rayon thread. It seems like it's getting harder and harder to save the earth....or is it 24/7 news hype? What ever happened to acid rain? In 15 years from now, will we say - what ever happened to the ocean swallowing up New York City?

Pet Peeves 3/21/08

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Wire, paper, cotton, decorative and rayon thread.

It's probably impossible to guess my pet peeve, but if I told you, this little art piece would make sense.

Heavy 3/14/08

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Cotton, decorative thread, and a fringe made by Linda Oehler-Marx to keep herself from being very frustrated.

Garden 3/7/08

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Mulberry paper, cotton, ribbon, embroidery floss and beads

Leap 2/29/08

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Metallic thread, silk, cotton, paper and beads

CQ Memories

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This past Saturday, The Country Quilter closed. I have been a part of the store from the very beginning, the summer of 1990. The shop and the wonderful women who have worked there have enriched my life in so many ways - allowing me to become a teacher, helping me to open my own pattern company, Design and Planning Concepts, and more recently, providing the atmosphere where I am transitioning from more traditional quilting to making art quilts. Claire Oehler and Jane Davila have been both friends and inspirational quilters. I thanked Claire with this "art" piece, constructed on an empty fabric bolt and covered with memories from the last 18 years.

Tipping Point

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In December, '07, I decided to challenge myself to create a 4" art piece using the words from IllustrationFriday website. I would do one a week for a year and use paper in each piece. In September, '08, I was at a Tipping Point - about 4 months behind. I managed to catch up and completed 50 little works by December 31, 2008. The last two are awaiting photos which seem to be lost in my house.

Multiply? 2/22/08

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I need better glasses. I thought the word was multiply and I happily layered two papers, painted a bit for depth, collaged my numbers and covered the whole thing with matte gel. Then I reread the website and found out the word was "multiple", not multiply. Well, I have multiple numbers!

Choose 2/8/08

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Paper, ribbon, rayon thread stitched on fabric and French knots

Blanket 2/1/08

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Silk fabrics and decorative thread were supposed to be a "blanket" of snow. When I was done, it looked more like it needed a green pea for "Once Upon a Mattress".

Tales & Legends

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Foil, linen, and mulberry paper. Can you guess the "tale"?

Plain 1/18/08

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"J" is for Jane, who is anything but plain. Fabric, paper and a painted "J". The J didn't show up well, so I stitched around it. In person, it still doesn't show up well. Oh well.

Stitch 1/11/08

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Hand stitched with linen thread through fabric, then stitched onto paper.

100% 1/4/08

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Two kinds of paper and 100% of all the fabrics I was using at this time. The fabrics are woven.

Soar 12/28/07

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My "bird" is from a drawing I made years ago at QSDS.

Horizon 12/21/07

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Mulberry paper, six fabrics, a charm and metalic thread

Backwards 12/14/07

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If you hold this up to a mirror, you can read all of my favorite people and hobbies, which were stamped on organza, mounted on fabric which was mounted on paper.

Little Things 12/07/07

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painted toothpicks from Japan, paper, fabric, metalic thread, charm

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I was part of an Artists' Tour Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19. Twenty-two artists were featured with mediums ranging from oils and watercolors, to jewelry, pottery and woodcarving. And me, with fabric art. It's been fun meeting other artists and amazing that in this small area of Down East Maine, there is so much talent.

This curved log cabin quilt was made with silks from Japan.

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Quilts for sale, and my newest venture, trans- ferring photos to small, wall art quilts.

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My oldest quilt and largest quilt on display is Baltimore Nights, made in 1992. It is to the right of my newest works, 4" squares inspired by Illustration Friday website. There are actually 9 squares above the small black quilt.

Collaboration V

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The photogra- pher is my husband and the photo is printed on fabric. The quilt is 37" square. Cotton, beading and hand quilting.

Collaboration I,II, and III

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Picture taken in Fall of 1973. I started quilting in 1984, but I think this previous work is my very best art.

My Best Art Once Removed

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Cole age 4

Jay age 2

Two more "best art" pics and then quilts, honest.

And More Best Art Once Removed

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Alex (do not call her Alexandra, she says)

age 4

And Even More

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Zachary - age two and a half

Tori Gates

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It took me ten years to figure out how I wanted to depict a very special moment in Japan. Red silk kimono fabric, moon and mountain by FL-Air, velvets, cottons, beading, hand applique, hand and machine quilting.

Luna IV

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Luna IV was created for the One Foot Square Auction for SAQA. Paper, upholstery fabric, cotton, ribbon, hand and machine stitching.

Diamonds and Silk

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The white fabric is a silk kimona purchased in Japan in 1994. My challenge was to create a design which could accommo-

date the very light silk with the very heavy brocade. I was told "It couldn't be done!"

Fractured Fabrics

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Hand dyed fabrics, beading, thread, cotton strips and wool couching.