Thursday 31 December 2015

Scratched to the End


Daily scratchings have rolled to an end.


I have always liked this thready sample from years back.


Long Bullion knots and shiny beads
on loose weave fabric stitched to create holes and lumps and bumps.


I used to manipulate fabrics
and have a dog-eared copy of Colette Wolff's
"The Art of  Manipulating Fabric"


Gathering surfaces into textures
used to be my thing


....some dyed and some painted.


I used to stitch on onion bags too.


The snow rolled in after Christmas this year


One day it was warm and mild
then we got over a foot of snow.


No wind this time
but lots and lots of snow.


And now our world has turned white again....
....well this is Canada after all!

Now I have four years of Daily Scratchings
yards, and yards 
and it is time to move on.
I have been musing about a similar daily routine
should I go huge?
With huge I would be stressing about a resolved design. 
Perhaps I should stitch pages of a fabric book
and write like a journal on alternate pages.
Should I stitch small individual experiments?
Small might allow for 'play'
but then it might end up in many small pieces
suitable for another show.
I have been going back and forth over all these ideas.


17 comments:

  1. You must have yards and yards of scratchings! I will certainly be interested to see what you move on to...

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  2. Happy New Year - whatever wil be your decisiton - huge or small - I will read your posts with interest.

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  3. Beautiful work and variety in color and texture. Happy New Year to you and your family.

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  4. Cut up the scratchings and randomly piece them together?

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  5. I like the idea of stitching a daily something on a large piece of plant dyed linen - filling it with stitch, layering those stitches over each other for a year. If you only had 3 minutes - that would be OK. If you had 30 minutes - that would be OK too.
    But whatever you decide to do with your scratching talent will be beautiful - I am sure of that.
    Happy New Year dear Penny. xo

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  6. I am rather sad that there will be no more scratchings, but I can understand you wanting to move on. Can't wait to see what you decide to do next! Happy 2016 - much love, laughter and creativity to you.

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  7. Happy New Year! Looking forward to your next project Penny. I am almost finished my stitch scroll. This is my first year and I have loved doing it every evening.you have been an inspiration to me!

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  8. Happy New Year Penny - looking forward to seeing what you do in 2016. xx

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  9. I have so enjoyed these scrolls of stitches and didn't realize four years. Interesting to find oneself on a threshold of new ways...I will be watching for what you choose. Happy New Year!

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  10. Like the others have said, I too have enjoyed the weekly visits here to see what has transpired. Moving on...I rather like Judy M.'s idea of a large cloth with daily additions. I can also picture added bits from walks with the RP's. Small treasures found....leaves, grass seed heads, stones, feathers. Maybe the days between treasures could be small scraps of fiber? I know I come across scraps all the time that make me smile, that my family thinks is just trash. I could go on..but I won't. Happy New Year Penny!

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  11. WOW!!! That is stupendous, Penny! A gargantuan effort!! You MUST show it somewhere??? I am on day 47 of a 365 photo thing- a photo a day for a year! Some days it is just HARD to get a new photo but you have never let down! You're my HERO(ine) Well Done you. Happy New Year to you and yours.

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  12. Just getting caught up. I've loved your stitchings but also can't wait to see what you decide will replace them. Whatever it is I know it will be beautiful and thoughtful.

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  13. Just getting caught up. I've loved your stitchings but also can't wait to see what you decide will replace them. Whatever it is I know it will be beautiful and thoughtful.

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  14. you'll figure it out. i can't wait!

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  16. Whatever you figure out will be well worth watching for ;) Congrats on a 4 year journey !

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  17. Dear Penny....awesome worke......love it so much seeing it growing..

    Hugs for the rusty puppys ( they both alive i hope?)
    Hugs too from the 2 blackones

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