Hello, my blog has moved, will you follow me?

Hello, my blog has moved and you can reach me 

through a new doorway.

The  blog is now linked to my new website.

The door is unlocked and you are welcome to sit awhile to share your thoughts and stitch with me.

This blog has been a generous platform for me to share my work and of others whom I have an interest.

Please follow me and continue to share your wisdom, insights, and soulful stitches with me.

Making Art A Practice

Cat Bennett is an artist and writer in Boston, MA.

I am pleased to announce that Cat asked for my permission to share some of my images for her 2nd book and I am more than thrilled. 

Making Art A Practice

Her first book, The Confident Creative, is my resource for tapping into my creativity when I am feeling out of sorts.  And need a little push to make work happen.

Her book "The Confident Creative" won the Gold Medal in the prestigious Nautilus Books Awards in 2011.

You may purchase both of her books from Findhorn press here.

Squam Art Workshops June 2013

Back from Squamartworkshops as a visiting artist

 and it was lovely

I stayed in a cabin with a lakefront view, a well-stocked fireplace, room for 9 + women and a dock.

Cabin Kilkare with 8 fabulous women was a fun place each evening

as we sat around the fire and knit (or stitched)

Every cabin had an icebox from ice cut during the winter from Squam Lake

I wrote about the founder, Elizabeth Duvivier, here  She is an exceptional woman

to have envisioned these workshop events and now they are 5 years old.

BravA!

Over 200 people attended workshops at Rockywold Deephaven camps

at Squam Lake in New Hampshire last week.

I met interesting, intelligent and talented women from all parts of the country

and I gave a little informal talk on Friday night where I spoke a bit about my work.

I could see some eco-dying in the future there. Or some

deep discussions about how to tap into one's creative spirit

or

heal oneself and be a more well person.

I hope I might return one day.

I purchased a pair of little scissors from an Angela Liguori who owns

Studio Carta

She was selling some of her notions during the Squam Art Fair on Saturday evening.

The scissors are from Italy and are extremely sharp and perfect for nipping at little threads.

 I will be selling these in my store later this month!

Cheers!

Void and Matter have to be in Balance

Giuliana Salmaso co-founded1+1=1 in 2002 with Claudio Silvestrin

Bombarded by loud images, we want to refocus and bring back
the attention to the human being with the purpose of awakening a dormant sensibility.

At urban and architectural scale, we propose eco-sceneries with calm an rarefied atmosphere.

Claudio Silvestrin is Swiss born architect in San Francisco, USA.

He is considered one the contemporary masters of minimalism.

In this video, he says, "if you enter in a space like this with a busy mind, all of a sudden, the busyness slowly goes"

I say the same thing about why I stitch. It is to calm my mind. 

In Residence: Claudio Silvestrin on Nowness.com




"Calm spaces gives you this feeling of lightness and therefore you don't have the pressure of time. You don't look your watch. You feel like you're on a bubble."



My thoughts are this:

How is it that a completely minimal space such as the physical structures Claudio and Guiliana create and a heavily-stitched piece (as in my work)  evoke the same calming effect for me?

What calms your mind?
How do you balance yourself?
Making bread
Stitching
Walking
Eating 
Running
Sleeping
Daydreaming
Reading
Staring out a window
Meditation
Yoga
Nothing


I wonder what you think about how you calm yourself.

Feel free to share with me. 

C

wool and silk love and a Coupon

85% Wool, 15% Silk Broadcloth
Available now online at Hank and Spool

Use Coupon Code

Memorial10

On Broadcloth orders only 

between now - May 25, 2013 and midnight, May 27, 2013

Go here to place order

I am grateful for how 2013 is an improvement over last year.

At this same time last year, my mom was in the last stage of her life;

I was frantically making artwork to be able to apply for grants;

I was also shoring-up details for India Flint's workshops in Cleveland.

All events passed and each was as one could hope for.

Mom went surrounded in love

I won 2 grants

India was here and it was magical

and

YOU

I met many new people and got to look into the eyes 

of each of the participants who attended the 4 workshops India taught.

I got to feed you 

and feel your energy.

thank you for watching, sharing, listening and responding and sending LOVE.

I am offering a Coupon for this Memorial Day Weekend in the USA.

xo

C

Blog moving soon

Heads up

I am going to move my blog 

to be connected with my website

christinemauersberger.com

Not yet, but in a few days

Meanwhile

I have just listed some fine wool gauze scarves 

only 6 available

2 sizes

Light and airy

Will take dye like a dream

My garden is on the move too!

this hosta loves its new home

and big grass is moved now too!

I brought this up from my Georges family home in southern ohio

My nephew Ken

had to yank it out using a rope and dragging it with his truck.

still

Still stitching on a black transparent blouse.
That rock is from my trip to Lake Superior last year

Slowly knitting this

The video shoot went well. 

The two videographers were calm and fellow artists themselves.

Ben and Paul asked really good questions

 and put me at ease 

and I hope I was able to be myself.

Did fumble a bit at odd moments, esp. when my mind 

interjected thoughts like "OMG, you are on camera, what are you saying??"

Still did not like my hair I decided to go natural and wild (i.e. no flatting hair dryer)

and minimized my look

 by wearing a grey Alabama Chanin organic cotton jersey 

pull over thingy (purchased at discount during their Mother's Day sale)

over a black shirt and skirt with very cool earrings made by Deborah Rosen

                  

And feeling happy for Hank and Spool shop 

Wish my mama could be here to be involved. She would be pleased.

I will be adding fine wool scarves, silk broadcloth, and other goodies later this week.

Large Silk/Cotton Hanks

Detail, side view of large Hank. photo on top of one of my hand-stitched pieces

I have had a lovely response to Hank and Spool. 

Half of my spool inventory has been sold!

A warm and gracious thank you for your purchases

Large Hanks of 70% Silk/30% Cotton are now available at Hank and Spool

Limited Quantity

on 10 in stock

getting more soon!

This is the same thread I use in my hand-stitched works

Sample of how this thread looks on black linen
my stitching on black shirt 

Setting Up

The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture in Cleveland 

is shooting a

 professional video of me in my studio.

Perk of being a 2013 fellow.

gulp.

Tomorrow 10 am.

Setting up this evening for tomorrow's events.

Regret my short hair cut...

P.S. Silk Broadcloth soon to be available in my little shop.
It is heaven and takes eco-dye like a dream. More later.

Christy Gray Echoes of Important Things

Huge Happy Congratulations to my friend, 

Christy, 

for the Award of Excellence 

At

Form, Not Function

echoes of important things
17.5″ x 45″
©2013 christy gray

Christy has a deep concern for the earth and the 
invasive and unhealthy land-use practices employed today.

She sheds light on the changes in contemporary farm landscapes including but not limited to oil drilling, chemical runoff from fertilizers and the unabashed abuse of our natural resources. 

Christy was raised in a farming community south of Cleveland. Her imagery supports her quest. At first glance, one might think that her work is vibrant and fresh, upon closer inspection, the viewer comes to realize her underlying message.

Congratulations Christy! Keep making more work.

p.s.  some of you might have met Christy if you were in Cleveland on Oct. 8-9 for the India Flint Eco-Dye class.

Hank and Spool Open and Tweeting

My sewing hands, Spool of thread

photo Kelly McKaig, photo C. Mauersberger

Hank and Spool  has received a steady flow of orders this week

I am a bit struck by this activity.

And feel gratitude.

Have started a twitter feed.

If you use Twitter and would like to follow

Terrific! I will follow you back

https://twitter.com/hankandspool  

Onion skins, iron, and Natural color (left to right)

The silk/cotton thread dyes beautifully.

Pre-cut Hank

If any of you have attended one of India Flint's 

delicious workshop classes, you may have been 

given a few strands of this most-loved thread.

If you attended the Shapeshifter Class in Cleveland, you

will recall I had about 15 of these small pre-cut hanks

for sale.

Now I have more.

See here

Stitching a Weekend

My hands photo by Kelly McKaig

Across state lines and bunked in the dearest small cottage 

Kelly, Lotta and I stitched, dyed, cooked, relaxed and it was

All good.

Lotta 

Kelly

Lotta, dandelion on the silk/cotton thread purchased from my
little shop here 

My bundles

My bundles, opened

Silk Broadcloth, onions


Stop by my shop if you would like to
order a spool of my favorite thread.

70% Silk/30% Cotton
sold to you from Beautiful Silks via