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| A Call to Gather |
This is A Call to Gather. It is 9 inches by 4 inches. It has different feel to last week's Two Bears Floating. It has a cooler, more subtle light, which it should as it is dusk whereas Two Bears Floating is in the middle of the day. I could not stop myself from finishing this. Each week I look forward to the next storycloth that seems to come from somewhere inside me. I feel these elephants are on their way to a burial ground. Apparently elephants are able to discern bones of elephants from among bones of other animals. They are such amazing, magnificent animals. I wanted to keep them unadorned but could not resist adding some hint of exotica by way of fabric bits. I am finding it a little easier to manage tiny bits of fabric. I surprise myself by enjoying more and more many hours of fiddling with colours and shapes and designs before making final decisions.
At close of needle I am wondering how this deepening love of making storycloth is informing my own identity as Gilly. I feel I am changing, becoming deeper, stiller, calmer, with a bubbling joy far inside. It feels great.
Happy stitching, Gilly
I will get this photo changed so it can be enlarged. Also I will try another photo in the morning - a very dark grey afternoon here right now. Gilly
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'd love to see this enlarged. It looks so cool!
ReplyDelete;~) Debi
oh I love ellies. this is a wonderful piece. all that meditative stitching makes me go inside of myself as well. maybe if we could get everyone to stitch, there would be peace in the world.
ReplyDeleteGilly this is terrific...you have captured that saunter that elephants do. Yes, stitching does bring stillness, and I think it is contagious. Yesterday, while stitching away from home, two people commented on how peaceful they felt seeing someone hand-sewing...
ReplyDeletewill you be putting all of these together somehow?
ReplyDeleteyou don't know how happy you made me saying that this piece reminded you of your nanna. Everything I do has thoughts of both my nanna's in it, they are the constant in my work. Thankyou!
ReplyDeletethese pieces (everything you've made thus far)
ReplyDeleteare definitely
filled!
with life.
great work
Wonderful, Gilly, you are making me want to work smaller, though I doubt I could ever make anything as simply expressive as you do.
ReplyDeleteGilly, these cloths are wonderful! Even though as you say they were inspired by Janet Bolton
ReplyDelete(and who isn't?) these are growing into something that is Gilly. I know what you mean about enjoying the hours planning...the process.
Hi Gilly, Thanks for asking about me recently on my blog. I have a new post today which sort of explains how things have been and what i've been up to.
ReplyDeleteI love the way that you say .. "at close of needle" .. i love that .. and i love this story cloth and I think I like it the best of all the ones that I have seen so far. I really love the added small embelishments that you spoke of as excotica fabrics .. love it and the whole arrangement. Very nice!! I have found Gilly, in my own process that when i create many of something, the me of the work really starts to emerge and evolve. Sometimes I go back to the beginning of what I started some time ago and it's amazing to me how the work has evolved and changed even if it's subtle and sometimes it's like going in a circle and i find things that I liked that I let go of in earlier works and it inspires a whole new approach. haha .. sounds like going in circles .. all good though. Again thanks for asking how I was. (((Gilly)))) a cyber hug for you. :)
i love elephants. love love love them! i like how they are going up a hill and i love the ornament hanging in the middle.
ReplyDeletetheir legs, feet
ReplyDeleteyou have somehow magically created
movement here. heavy, measured, sure
movement. quite amazing
Thank you all so very much. I am quite happy with this cloth and I am so encouraged by your comments. Gilly
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