Author: admin_tos

Yes, the paintings are ready, but that does not seem to mean anything right now… Huxley has one extra week of March-break of course the week before the show. So I'm trying to do all the boring stuff, such as computer work, running around looking for lights, carpets, etc. all the while feeling guilty because here he has a brake from school, yet not much fun is happening. Motherguilt should be an official word in the dictionary. 

with some mystery…

In our front-yard, under the sour cherry tree. It has begun.

The dog-park, a long swath of land without houses. Right near our house, in what can be considered the middle-eastern part of the city.

Water flooded ice.

Looks like mother earth is making some nature art pieces inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

Our mission of the moment: collecting sticks for building (I will post a picture of our porch soon (grin)

Beautiful decay

Maybe this is how the sport got started? 

On our local little rink in the park just to the south-west of our house.

Thank you very much Pam for the lovely, thoughtful presents. 

I almost stumbled over the package as I was virtually running out the door to get an errand done before 5 pm. 

I gave it a big hug and put it aside to wait for my return.

Huxley knew that I had been waiting for it and when I asked him if he wanted to help me unpack it he inquired if it had anything in it for him. I said, I don't think so, but I bet there are things inside we can share.

But I was wrong, Pam very, very thoughtfully did include a package just for Huxley.

Milk chocolate and a fossil magnet (Pam, have you had secret conversations with Huxley?)… these goodies where bang on, as Huxley loves chocolate (being part-swiss, it's in his gens I think) and he has recently shown a great interest in dinosaurs and fossils.

Of course, there where also many wonderful things for me. A sketchbook, arrived just the day that my old one has finished (okay Pam, where's the camera you have smuggled into my house), a little note book that smells wonderful, a gorgeous mug in grey with white polka dots, glittery candles and the most delicate set of drawings on cards. Believe me, I will not use those for anything, except to hang them up. The yellow in them will look wonderful in our living room. 

Thank you very much Pam! You have hit the nail right on the head with your chosen goodies. 

PS: Huxley did give me a couple of pieces of chocolate….

So please forgive my lack in posting. There has been creativity behind the scenes and lots is planned for the next weeks and even more for the warmer months when I can work outside in the back yard (and I'm not only talking about gardening). 

When I was looking for a portrait picture for a web piece I need to submit to a website of the Swiss-consulate, I came across images of the first quilt I have ever done. So better than showing nothing is showing something you have not see before. 

It was a baby quilt for a little one named Om. She just celebrated her 2nd birthday a few weeks ago, so this was created over a year ago. I had sewn the top from japanese designer whose name I don't remember, that I purchased in New York at Purl Soho as a set of fat quarters. But when I washed the fabric it to partially stained by a bit of red that was in another fabric also in the machine. It was not a very obvious thing, but enough that I had to cut and trim out every single fat quarter. I was left with a lot of different size squares and rectangles. Hence the designing part was simply to try and sew all the good bits together into a semi coherent fabric with a bit of solid orange cotton and some bird fabric from Ikea thrown in. The backing and the binding fabric is also from Ikea and I used the circles of the trees as the quilting pattern. I sewed the circles freehand and with a purposeful roughness to them. Although I admire precision quilting greatly, I'm an interpretive soul.

"Om" about 42" x 42" finished fall 2007