Bit of a mix I know - but what a gorgeous morning: sun rising in the east, moon setting in the west, a mist rolled in, wallabies were sitting in a dew drenched field and G's crucifix orchids were encrusted with droplets - one above and others at the end of the blog.
Moon setting in the west - including moon appearing to be caught in a spider's web
Sun rise.
Wallaby on alert in a dew drenched field
Orchids and spider web with dew drops.
What a great start to the day.
Another mixed weekend - I worked in Deckled Edge Press printing peace pocket posters; and in the workshop progressing leaves with words.
The photo above shows the three peace pocket posters I printed - advanced preparation for International Day of Peace. In all I printed 210 pocket posters - 21 to fit in with the date of IDoP in September - and 70 of each so that there are enough to send out into the world. I checked out the IDoP website - the theme this year is build peace against racism - and we can do this by building equality - we can never have too much equality. I have chosen blue on blue to create a calm and peaceful look to the pocket posters. I loved the lusciousness of the colour mixing process.
The rest of the leaves will be cut, ground and polished over the next week. I'm always a bit surprised how long production can take - but then again I have set myself the task of doing 140 word leaves.
Fiona and I did a quick trip to Mackay to see the Libris Awards Exhibition in Artspace before it closes on 19 June. A few images of our work follow - including Fiona near hers.
The trip gave us the opportunity to check out Elemental Labyrinth by Jill Chism outside the entrance to Artspace. A beautiful work in the and of the landscape. I photographed the elements - as you can see from the opening photo and those below.
We wandered down a few lanes with murals - I was particularly taken by the contrasting stencilled images of a woman's face - the contrast of the two images spoke to me of a person disappearing - losing one-self. Maybe that was not the artist's intent but that is how I reacted.
It was great to see our works in the exhibition - particularly Fiona's which will go into a collection and not return home to our studio.
I won't pretend that the photos in this blog were taken on Wednesday. I'm just sharing a bit of the beauty the ever-changing light we see from office and our back deck at sunset. The silhouettes of the trees are just magnificent.
Also a bit special when there are just the slightest whisper of a new moon.
Simple beauty to enjoy.
I'm currently making 7 sets of my Daily Leaf Words. Most people would know that the sets are made up of a shallow silver-plated hammered bowl that is capable of holding 7 silver plated leaf forms - each stamped (as in the opening photo) with a different word: hope, joy, peace, love, dream, shine and wonder. The idea is that the owner randomly choses a leaf each day; and the word on the leaf might act as an inspiration-guide for the day.
The leaf forms are cut from good quality silver-plated placemats - you can see one marked up below. However, because I was cutting silver-plate I decided to make not only the daily word leaves but also: giveaway leaves, leaf pendants and leaf earrings. I cut up four placemats and a few small silver-plated trays.
I cut over 140 silver-plated blanks of varying sizes - fit for purpose - some for earrings, pendants and daily words in photo below.
Following are further photos of stamped blanks.
I hope to further progress all 140 plus pieces next weekend.
Tiny 'posters' are meant bro be carried in a pocket, purse, wallet to just hang around somewhere - to be discovered occasionally and maybe uplift us. Purple and a teals green seemed the right colours for the task.
A few photos of the process and the outcome of the printing.
The pocket posters will find new homes of=ver the coming months.
