Observation and stitches

© C Mauersberger, work in progress, small studies

© C Mauersberger, work in progress, small studies

Have been stitching onto a reclaimed wool skirt I previously wrote about here
The stitched marks relate to the way leaves and natural detritus collect and lay the side walk and street.

© C Mauersberger, work in progress, small studies

© C Mauersberger, work in progress, small studies

Thanksgiving in the USA

I am grateful for my husband, family, friends, and good health. For the delight I experience when I realize that on this day in the USA, we celebrate goodness, happiness, gratitude for all of our blessings.

Not the goods...aka shopping.

This is a side view of the daily newspaper received this morning.

The LEFT stack of paper is all the news that's fit to print

The Right stack of advertisements with 'Black Friday'  sales.


No, it will not steal my happiness, I do not partake in this frenzy.

Happy is where you are, alive and able to partake in the world.
Here's a few pic's from my happiness and joy, some of my great nieces who came to my house yesterday to make homemade cupcakes (from scratch!) and have fun making their own marks on my walls.

Cheers!

October Storms bring November Leaf-prints

Wool/Silk, eco-dyed using leaves from my neighborhood

Wool/Silk, eco-dyed using leaves from my neighborhood

Wool/Silk, eco-dyed using leaves from my neighborhood

Results of a walk from November 4,2012

 ©Christine Mauersberger, 2012

Ain't no sunshine

Feeling fine but missing the sun

Haven't seen her here in Cleveland since October 24, before Sandy hit...

It's been 12 days

I need some Vitamin D

Here are some pic's from my walk that last sunny day

Up Up and Away, Moving towards new work

On a wind-fall walk last week, I spotted my friend and colleague, Kristen Cliffel on her new bike.  She saw my hands full of leaves and gave me a little burlap bag that she had in her nifty basket. (I posted a picture of a piece of her artwork at the bottom of this entry)

After my walk, I did some bundle-wrapped pieces. These were made on a nice thin wool. I found a long winter-white skirt at the thrift store and deconstructed it. I wrote about stitching on it in this previous post here.

Black Walnut

My friend Diana gave me a shear piece of silk that where she had dyed it with indigo. 

I decided to wrap some whole black walnuts in it.

(The walnuts were from the tree house yard) 

Last weekend, I went to Michigan with Martha to visit her mom.

I have been thinking about my work and reflecting on October.

It was a grand time and I met many of the women I only ever have a chance to 'see' online through their blogs and websites.



Now I will return to my palace contemplation and quiet to make more marks.

I hope you are making some good marks in your life too!



P.S....

When I worked as a curatorial consultant for University Hospitals of Cleveland, I acquired this piece made by Kristen Cliffel entitled, Up, Up, and Away...

Winds of Destruction

Hurricane Sandy hit Cleveland hard. High winds and downed trees...

Via the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Peggy Turbett

Via the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Marvin Fong

We lost electricity for less than 12 hours but others in my area are still without power. This storm made me think of all of our neighbors throughout the East coast and Mid Atantic states.

If you are willing and able, please consider a donation to help those in need.
Use a search engine like Google to find places in need or donate directly to the American Red Cross Here

Eco-dyed paper at the Morgan

Eco-dyed paper by India Flint while in Cleveland, Ohio, USA , 10/15/12

Eco-dyed paper by India Flint created in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 10/15/12
Twinkle lights were hanging above us in the studio,
while class participants where eager to listen to the instructions for their first project with India Flint at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland. 

Above is work-in-process by George Mauersberger. 

I am pleased as punch to tell you that India gave this beautiful example of her work to my husband, George Mauersberger in appreciation for the off-cuts of a thick watercolor paper he gave her for the eco-dye for paper class at the Morgan.

not all those who wander are lost: shifting shapes...and other things

India Flint holds the freshly made garment for Chelsey Greene

 All Chelsey (aka Stardust) needs now is Rodarte's Fall/Winter 2012 Gold Plated Star Head Piece, don't you agree?

not all those who wander are lost: shifting shapes...and other things: i suspect most of the students of the Shapeshifter class did not sleep much last night all arrived with garments ready to bundle ...

Shapes are shifting

Left to Right: B. Wiechec, G. Cline, and D. Angus

D. Norris pins and stitches

H. Klassen ruffles

L. Crawford, hand, pins, needle and thread

L Crawford mockup for garment drys on the line

I am over the moon as I tend to the feeding and care of those who are fortunate to be participating in the India Flint workshop this weekend in Cleveland.

Bridge Sounds and Happiness

Thursday in Cleveland with India Flint

Enjoy my video short, A Bridge