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Tuesday 28 June 2011

Scoring in Extra time



Our planned weekend away has been cancelled and I have been given some extra time to complete my exhibition pieces. 

So, yet another 'Midnight's all a Glimmer' for which the other two were trial runs. 

But more exciting for me, and I don't want to sound smug or self satisfied, but here's "Peace comes dropping slow' and I have to say I am delighted with it. rather poor photograph in raking sunlight.

Update: I took the photo below in dull weather today. Click to enlarge.


 I used palest colours and light coloured velvet and added machine embroidery which was a joy to do. I used the little seedhead motif to evoke  the 'slow dropping' floating down feeling. I kept the colours very pale and added tinges of ..yes you guessed it- ochre, teal, grey, cream, aqua.
 Each one is different and instead of using the holey felt I went back to the (despised in some quarters) blank white canvas and they just began to speak more clearly. I chose a grid pattern because it reminds me of Mid century fabric patterns, it pleases me. 
How does that happen? I had no idea what the outcome would be when I started.
Below is my very favourite one.


 Its almost too sunny at the moment to take decent pictures. I might try more later. In fact I'll bore the internet to death with them!



 In the meantime
..anyone want to buy some holey felt?
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26 comments:

  1. chocolatefrog28 June 2011 at 19:40

    I love the inky intensity of "Midnight's..." but the subtle palette of "Peace..." appeals to me even more - perfectly set off by the clean white background.

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  2. Jill28 June 2011 at 20:05

    "Midnight's ..." has to be my favourite as I prefer the freer form, but the Peace piece has beautifully subtle colours - I love enlarging the pictures and lookng at the details.

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  3. Heather28 June 2011 at 20:09

    Such contrasting pieces Jackie, but both are beautiful. There is so much to enjoy in each piece from the tiny changes in detail to the subtle hints of colour in 'Peace'. Wonderful works. I'm sure you'll have plenty of offers for the holey felt.

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  4. Beacee28 June 2011 at 20:20

    Both beautiful, and such different feelings to them. I hope I'll be able to get to the exhibition to see them.

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  5. lilylovekin28 June 2011 at 20:48

    These are lovely. Very subtle colors with so much really going on.

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  6. lynda Howells28 June 2011 at 20:53

    Sooooooo gorgeous my friend. Glad you had longer to finish your workx I love holey felt..what are you going to do with it? xx Each individual piece is exquisite and the whole piece is fantasticxxlynda

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  7. Maggi28 June 2011 at 21:05

    I like both for different reasons as they are so very different. I do think that it was a good choice to use the white as the background for Peace though. You can almost feel them floating. I just want to breathe on them to make them drift - sad or what??

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  8. Twiglet28 June 2011 at 21:10

    All so lovely. I never tire of looking at your magical little works of art.

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  9. vintagerockchick29 June 2011 at 00:18

    Such delicious work Jackie - you could never bore us, post as many pictures as you like! x

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  10. Kathleen29 June 2011 at 01:19

    Jackie - Have I used up all the superlatives? Yet again you have outdone yourself. Just fabulous! I love love love looking at your blog - you never cease to amaze.

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  11. Jennifer Tetlow29 June 2011 at 07:40

    Subtle seedhead symbol sublime!

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  12. hens teeth29 June 2011 at 07:54

    Stunning, absolutely stunning.

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  13. menopausalmusing29 June 2011 at 08:39

    What an exquisite subtle palette of colours........ You are "on a roll"... no stopping you now! :O))))))))))

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  14. Jude29 June 2011 at 09:48

    Nothing wrong with holey felt....
    Peace is beautiful. The detail is gorgeous...well done!!
    Take care
    x

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  15. Chris Gray29 June 2011 at 09:57

    ...beautiful....

    ...almost like laboratory images....

    ...you know....

    ...life cycle of the...

    ..great-knobbly-dwibbitz....

    :-)

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  16. A time to dance29 June 2011 at 10:37

    I seem to have missed a post Jackie...goodness knows how...I love the midnights...but they are my colours...and the peace...magical...I wore one of your broaches at the wool fest and got tons of lovely comments...hope we can meeet up soon..oh I love the birds on your stall they look wonderful...I love birds...

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  17. Rachel29 June 2011 at 11:43

    I rather like the shadows revealed by the raking sunlight - part of the life of the piece!

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  18. mummsie29 June 2011 at 17:28

    I just looked at your flicker photos. Altogether lovely my dear. I don't know how but it's beautiful to look at.

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  19. Wendy29 June 2011 at 20:36

    I love the shadows on the canvas - it works for me, sometimes a complicated background detracts from the focal pieces. You know what's best :) Hmm, but I also love the way you integrated the individual pieces on the darker work. I wouldn't say no to either hanging on my wall..

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  20. Anonymous29 June 2011 at 23:37

    I think this expresses the feeling of 'peace comes dropping slow' in the poem rather beautifully. It makes me think of watching beautiful dandelion seeds floating around in a hazy sky on warm summer day. (probably to land amongst my nine bean rows, but never mind!).

    Lovely.

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  21. MulticoloredPieces30 June 2011 at 15:43

    Checked out your Marrakech trip--so exciting. Similar to Tunisia in many ways. Sometimes I have to look at Tunisia with "new" eyes...but it never ceases to please me. Visitors from the States just said "There's so much light!" The colors are so intense because of the light.
    Thanks for your nice comment!
    best, nadia

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  22. Victoria1 July 2011 at 03:50

    Lovely as always. xo

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  23. Digitalgran1 July 2011 at 09:21

    Wonderful work as usual Jackie and those shadows! Well what can one say?

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  24. Anonymous6 July 2011 at 18:52

    I do love the holey felt but I think the plain white canvas was a good chioce as it allows the tiny subtleties of each individual piece to speak.

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  25. Sarah Anderson7 July 2011 at 09:21

    These are just so, so beautiful, and you're right, the clean white background sets the pieces off perfectly. I also adore the more fluid pieces - will definitely be putting this exhibition in my diary!

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  26. Joelle LG10 July 2011 at 07:10

    Ce site est une découverte pour moi
    Many things I love I will return prontly to see your wonderful works ...

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