Monday 6 December 2010

A Forest Floor of Mighty Rocks


Mighty rocks are the foundation on which our woodlands grow in this part of Canada....

Somehow the trees find nourishment and survive....


I suppose it should be no surprise to find this reflected in my stitching.  This piece I named "A Chorus Line"...


Upon which there is much couching..


Perhaps things made by human hand should blend with nature....

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13 comments:

  1. Penny that last pic is wonderful, as is the thought that caused it to be. Your work is just superb but the rocks are me - i would crawl in and under and over every one of those rock formations. Thankyou so much for showing them. Only just 10 years ago i lived on 100 acres of rocks such as those, i couldn't stop exploring them...k.

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  2. Incredible rocks .... just amazing how the trees and moss are sustained. You live in a very beautiful and inspirational area.

    I love the couching.

    Jacky xox

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  3. I love the effect of the couched fibers. I have never done that and I think I'll try on one of my Bead Journal Pages this year.

    I love rocks. We have only 3/4 acres and collect any rock we can. We have lived here since '76 and we laugh all the time because we have moved the rocks all over the place. I am constantly pulling them up out of the earth so they don't sink too far a cover with dirt.

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  4. amazing stitching. you have lots of great inspiration around you.

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  5. "A Chorus Line" is a wonderful piece. Your rock photos reminded me of the book by Holling C. Holling called 'A Tree in the Trail.'
    BTW, your son Mark says Hi. The OOAK was wonderful and busy.

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  6. OH the texture changes in this---i'm pretty much wordless but stroking the monitor :)

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  7. What beautiful stitched expression of your world! The couched piece on stone is fabulous.

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  8. Wonderful, Penny, simply wonderful!

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  9. Love what you did with the couching!

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  10. We have a native tree in our surrounds that appears to grow directly from granite, called the madrone. They seem suspended from rocky cliffs held upright by air alone! Wonderful photos, Penny, and I love your mimicry :>]

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  11. wow...gorgeous work. i nearly always find Nature coming into my work these days even when l am not aware l am doing it...if you see what l meanxlynda

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  12. I'm always amazed at how resilient trees are and how they can manage to grow and thrive in conditions that defy the odds.

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  13. Sweetpea - I've just been looking at Madrone trees on google - now that looks like a bark and leaves to get colour from!

    If rocks symbolize strength and stability, trees should perhaps be perseverence and tenacity.

    Dolores - the book, is it about the history of the SantaFe trail through the eyes of a tree?

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