Artist of the Week

Please see a short bio and some pix of my work on    http://www.whataboutart.org/blog/2012/7/27/featured-artist-friday-deborah-weir.html     So sweet of them to invite me!!

 And come by tonight to learn how to make needle lace at International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, CA, from 6:30-8:30 at the Saturday Night Sampler.  I'll post photos of the opening at CA101 last night in the next day or two so please check back.

Knocking on Heaven's Door

This is the sixth rung on Jacob's Ladder representing the sky.   This one was done with a lot of dimensional hand embroidery and paint.

Teaching at International Quilt Festival Long Beach, CA

 July 28, I'll be teaching at the Saturday Night Sampler from 6:30 - 8:30.  You will need a ticket to get in but it is so worth it as there are lots of teachers and you walk from station to station staying as long as you like, long enough to get the flavor of what is on offer.  You can stay and sit for 30 minutes or just glance and move on.  I will be demoing needle-lace using a water soluble stabilizer.   You will be able to handle a slew of samples.  The variety of results is mind boggling.

CA 101 Mixed Media Exhibition

I will have two pieces in this show at the PVI Gallery at  1700 S. PCH in Redondo Beach, CA.  Grand opening Friday, July 27 from 7-9.  The show is open Friday 7/27 + 8/3 from 5-10; Saturday 2/28 + 8/4 noon-8; Sunday 7/29 + 8/5 noon-6.    Please swing by if you are in the 'hood!  The opening should be festive.

Collage Project

Four of us, textile artists all, have started a new challenge for which we have each made a paper collage (that was a fun play date!).   We have given copies of these to each other so that we each now have four to work with.  The goal for each of us is to respond to each collage by creating four pieces of art 12" x 12".   In the end the group will have 16 unique pieces based on the original four.  Here is a photo of my original collage, a black and white version and the textile I have begun to render from it.  Yesterday I got the copies from the other members so will be making my response to those over the next few months.

Fourth Rung of Jacob's Ladder

We've stepped above the surface of the earth to honor the flowers!

Jacob's Ladder Third Rung Done

Second Rung

Jacob's Ladder is progressing apace.  This step represents the roots and soil just at the earth's surface.  All hand embroidered.

Jacob's Ladder

This is the beginning of a piece for an exhibit on dreams from the the Old Testament which will open in Minneapolis in January 2013.   I have now completed the first step which represents the forming magma and minerals inside the earth itself.

Better Photo

Still working on getting a great shot of this 6' piece.  Issues with getting the light to be consistent, but this one is better than the last one.

DONE (sort of)

Chroma:Yellow is essentially done.  No sleeve yet nor label nor professional photos so there are pins visible in this terrible photo I took with my iPhone with nothing but ambient light.   But here it is, all 70" of it.

btw - There is something wrong with Blogspot this week whereby it's only showing this week's uploads.  For the rest of the content please hit "older" posts below the last photo.  I've tried to fix it to no avail.  Any ideas???

Off to France

I just submitted this to a miniatures show in Angers, France.  Wish it bon voyage!

5 Strands

This is the last in the series of the contemporary hand embroidery round robin 8 inch squares that five of us have been developing.   I have posted only the ones that I have made as it is up to the other artists to do as they like with theirs.  The exciting moment will arrive in mid July when all the work that was inspired by our first pieces is sent to the original artist.   This piece will go off to Cindy McConnell in Washington.   Our challenge was to do a piece in response to the ones we receive from each other every three months so this will have been a 15 month project.  I can't wait to get my first one back with its accompanying artworks next month!!

Shroud

Shroud found a new home as it was purchased at the Hangar Gallery exhibit.   The underlying white piece is one I wove with a variety of yarns.  I buried the whole thing for a couple of weeks to get the natural changes.  After washing it, I collaged it with antique lace and some of the rusty metal my cats bring into the studio for me to work with.  I wish it and its new caretakers a long a joyful relationship!!

Final Module DONE!!

Now comes the tricky part . . . This baby weighs about 10 pounds and now I'm going to hand stitch black binding between all the modules and then do a yellow running stitch into the binding.  I can't imagine how I'm going to handle all this physically.   I got a sore back yesterday just pinning it to the felt ground!  Only six more panels in the Chroma series unless I lose my mind first!!   The photos will get an upgrade when it is all done.

Module Seven is Complete

I was able to steal minutes here and there to get this one done - all happy flowers and delicious flavors.

Back From Long Island

The first four of these pix were taken at the Jackson Pollack/Lee Krasner House and the last is an outdoor sculpture from Jack Lenore Larson's 16 acre garden.