tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17170518762388699122024-03-13T22:12:30.395-04:00Art-Wise WomenAn intimate group of Central Vermont women artists.Kathleen Fiskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962494907452445335noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-66894638576307647922013-09-18T20:35:00.001-04:002013-09-18T20:35:57.658-04:00Pompanoosuc Mills in Thetford, VT is a wonderful venue for exhibiting art. Unable to attend the opening, I recently drove up to view the exhibit. How interesting to see art work hung in homelike settings, surrounded by beautifully designed and constructed furniture. The exhibit, "A Celebration of Upper Valley Artists," was a delight to be to a part of. The exhibit continues through September 22. Here are some tea bag and joss paper pieces that were included in the exhibt:<br />
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<br />barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-48027576069589763322013-08-17T17:58:00.002-04:002013-08-17T17:59:39.690-04:00Rainy Day RoseThis is a real departure for me. I'm in the process of practicing painting roses and today I decided to loosen up and speed- paint in acrylics. This is a 16x20 inch acrylic on canvas. As you see, I am still obsessed with flowers.<br />
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I would love to see if I can create some of this texture in water-mixable oils. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-47964043883851723092013-08-15T18:10:00.005-04:002013-08-15T18:10:59.777-04:00Loving Joss PaperIt's been a long time since blogging but I have been working away. I'm really into joss paper at the moment, enjoying its texture and colors. These two books are currently being exhibited until September 7 in the <i>Unbound Vol. III</i> exhibition in Woodstock.<br />
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Experimentation has led me to tearing and dipping the paper into beeswax to get a wonderful texture and different quality of color. These pieces illustrate some different ways of assembling the pieces:<br />
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barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-15164783741011406102013-06-26T17:14:00.000-04:002013-06-26T17:14:01.536-04:00A Rainy Day<br />
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During my stay in Sydney earlier this year I had the great fortune to join Sydney Book Arts Group (BAG). What fun to spend a couple of hours each month sitting in a circle of interesting, creative artists whose passion is to make books! <br />
While I was there the group decided to create an installation, a joyful piece called Life Cycle for the Sydney Writer's Festival 2013 (which took place in May). 743 pages from abandoned books were each individually made into a piece of art, then attached together and hung from a Hills Hoist clothesline, one that is found in backyards throughout Australia.<br />
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I made a small contribution compared to the other artists as I had to return to Vermont. But it was great fun to participate and then see the photos of the finished piece. Wish I had been there to help put it all together!barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-69355840720746100502013-05-12T15:56:00.000-04:002013-05-12T15:56:24.186-04:00Ladybugs greet me!So, back to Vermont and settling into the studio again. Hundreds of ladybugs were hanging out there, ready to welcome me home. It's so good to be back to this beautiful part of the world!<br />
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I returned with a duffle bag full of work in process and lots of packages of joss paper. I don't think there is a source any nearer than Boston's Chinatown to buy more, so I came home prepared. I believe I have just about reached the right length on this book made with the yellow joss paper made in the shape of a large coin.<br />
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Back to the tea bags, I am continuing to create small boxes out of two bags sewn together. There are now over 100 pieces to the collection and I still haven't figured out how they will come together as a work, but eventually I'm sure the idea will surface.<br />
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This week I also completed a piece that I had started in December before I left. I need to decide how the two separate pieces will attach to one another....for now I have used large paper clips to hold them together. I also may want to use some gloss medium on the piece to finish it, so there are still decisions ahead.<br />
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rather than working with just one medium. But clearly it is the joy of manipulating paper that is holding my interest.barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-29713262117527109512013-04-01T16:53:00.000-04:002013-04-01T16:55:05.373-04:00Sap Buckets on Calendar HillI just completed a painting which you can see below in an early stage. Here, the landscape has been brushed in quickly.<br />
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As I continued, I brightened the sky and added details to the under painting. I decided to balance the composition by adding a limb so that the tree would seem to "pose" for her portrait. This is the finished painting, now exhibited at ArtisTree Gallery in their annual "Mud Season" show....</div>
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Kathleen Fiskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962494907452445335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-66655735995202085402013-03-25T15:34:00.002-04:002013-03-25T15:34:38.586-04:00"Fuchsia" - black clayboard engravingThis is my latest scratchboard etching. To see all the versions which led up to this final, see my art blog at http://emerlyearts.blogspot.com/2013/03/fuchsia-black-clayboard-engraving.html<br />
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I'm still working on some large tea bag pieces, but the joss paper work is giving me something else to focus on and I'm enjoying it!barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-86113193411814726042013-03-19T13:33:00.000-04:002013-03-19T13:33:18.129-04:00Posted on Cobb Hill<br />
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I've been working on landscapes that speak winter and mud season here in Vermont. Often we drive by trees sporting posted signs and these signs make a colorful statement in the cold and gray scene. This is my second painting in this series. Last week this is how it looked:</div>
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Kathleen Fiskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962494907452445335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-57258038741959564592013-03-03T18:41:00.001-05:002013-05-12T15:57:29.415-04:00Tea work continuesBlogging seems to have gone off my radar, but I am still working. I have two long-term rather slow pieces that have been in progress over a month now. The first is quite simple, small sacks sewn out of two teabags placed across one another:<br />
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The other project is a kind of hanging curtain where each teabag is reinforced with cut-off toothpicks on each end and threaded together. I'm imagining something about 6 by 8 feet when completed. I brought a good supply of bags with me, but without my usual volunteer contributions I am quickly running out of material.<br />
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I'm also playing around with small sculptures of various kinds of containers, but don't know if this will lead anywhere. This bowl is all held together with hand stitching:<br />
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Next post I'll talk about the latest work I am doing which uses Chinese joss paper. I'm just in the beginning stages with this material, but i'm enjoying the change.barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-88341904679826226832013-03-02T08:19:00.003-05:002013-03-02T08:19:29.341-05:00La Vida - line drawing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before I left I made a pair of boots out of round tea bags. For the first time I used an iridescent medium on the bags to give it a bit of silvery shine. For the form I paper mache seemed the best option and after some experimentation it worked well:<br />
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Now that I'm working in my studio here, it will be mostly small pieces. I brought a great supply of materials along. More later.barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-61025679037976672272012-12-02T18:31:00.000-05:002012-12-02T20:32:58.885-05:00After the ExhibitOnce again, it seems a long time since I've written. My show, The Art of Tea II, at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH, has finished. After all the work that went into putting it together, it feels good now to be back in my studio, working on some new pieces.<br />
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I reflect back on the highlights of that venture. It was very satisfying to work with AVA staff to hang the exhibition. The pieces chosen very well fit in that lovely venue and I was pleased with how it showcased a variety of work created over the past three years. I also found that giving a gallery talk was an excellent experience. With Carol's help I learned to use Keynote to prepare a slide show that highlighted the influences in my work, my process of learning to use tea stained paper, and what I have learned. It was very gratifying to experience the appreciation of many who viewed the show.<br />
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Above are a few photos from the exhibition.barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-61348566771001393982012-11-08T14:25:00.000-05:002012-11-08T14:46:10.186-05:00"New England Landscapes" at Norman Williams Public Library<br />
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My current exhibit, "New England Landscapes" is now showing at the Norman Williams Public Library. It will hang until December 6th.</div>
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Kathleen Fiskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962494907452445335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-72958751051458760742012-10-16T19:12:00.000-04:002012-10-16T20:27:09.555-04:00The Art of Tea IIIt has been ages since I've blogged. Somehow life has been too full.....of making art and all the other things that go into daily living.<br />
The big focus has been preparing for my upcoming show at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH. There was a big push to complete a number of pieces, and then the huge task of organizing and getting the word out. Most of that seems to be done now.<br />
So yesterday and today the show was hung. It was a pretty daunting process, but Margaret and Kayla at AVA were terrific, very experienced and professional. Here are some photos of the process (so glad I wasn't the one balancing on a high ladder!):<br />
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Now I look forward, after a bit of a rest, to the opening, which occurs on Friday evening. I wonder what it will feel like to walk into the gallery and see all those pieces, work that occupied me so fully for almost three years, displayed together.barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-22222868026026407032012-09-26T11:35:00.000-04:002012-10-19T08:48:52.699-04:00Custom Wedding Kirigami PapercuttingI've just finished a commissioned papercutting for a couple soon to be married.<br />
The design depicts a long-haired woman and a short haired man with
glasses holding a heart. Beneath them is a cameo of the Golden Gate
Bridge. In the surrounding border are four scales (lawyer) which also
form a kind of compass (stay true, right direction, etc.) There are
star-like flowers and leaves and a claddadh.<br />
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I left the design un-ironed. That way the dimensionality of the papercut
comes through more. This will flatten out when framed between glass,
if that is the method desired.<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-10971471088196019822012-08-15T11:23:00.002-04:002012-08-15T11:23:52.507-04:00Colored MandalaHere is the hand colored version of my "Serfs" mandala. This will likely become the cover to my new set of adult coloring pages with a medieval theme. What do you think?<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-87200882165461337672012-08-12T15:22:00.000-04:002012-08-12T15:22:00.068-04:00Sun and RainAugust already, in fact well into it. I'm slowly working away, finishing some things, starting new pieces and still on hold with others that I am trying to figure out how to complete. My show at AVA is just two months away and I am hoping to have some more three-dimensional pieces to add to the mix.<br />
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Meanwhile Lisa, my artist friend in Sydney, told me about a book art show that was asking for submissions. I'm quite pleased to be juried in, so now need to figure out how I will send the work so it arrives in time. One thing to apply, another entirely to get it there!<br />
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I have completed the bees wax hanging piece that seems to do best in a window so the light can shine through:<br />
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This umbrella, made on the frame of a Korean paper umbrella, was challenging logistically to put together, but I think is fun! Unfortunately it won't collapse and certainly shouldn't experience any rain in its lifetime.<br />
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barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-72978548534936294912012-07-14T00:48:00.000-04:002012-07-14T00:49:25.680-04:00Moth Southeast Asia - black clayboard engravingHere is the first in a series of 5x7 black clayboard engravings I will be doing with the theme of butterflies/moths. <br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-55934150264911326762012-07-10T18:32:00.001-04:002013-05-12T15:59:27.718-04:00Bees and TeasI have recently been working with tea sacs, experimenting with ways to transform them into little pouches to hold my California pine needles. <br />
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Most of the energy has gone into filling them with various patterns created by the pine needles, then covering the sacs with bees wax. That done, I punch holes in each sac and tie them together with red thread. The bees wax creates a lovely finish that also strengthens the paper, so the bags will be able to form a sort of hanging curtain, once assembled. So far, so good. I'm not sure how big I can go without having problems with spacing, but I can surely stop at any time. Here is the piece on my work table:<br />
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barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-53312295944982471942012-06-28T22:31:00.000-04:002012-06-28T22:31:17.365-04:00Summer Studio and GalleryIt's been a lot of work but now I think I can say the Summer Studio and Gallery in our barn/garage is just about complete thanks to my dear husband who did all the cutting, nailing and painting! Thank you, Rick....<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">We used homosote panels painted dark brown to hold smaller works....</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">When the doors are open, the space is filed with north light--a perfect spot to finish plein aire paintings....</div><br />
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Smaller, unframed pieces reside in bins....<br />
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And I found a great old drawing table at a used furniture store--with a bit of sanding it's perfect.... <br />
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Just a few more finishing touches and we'll be finished. Then, we'll have an opening and you're all invited! If you'd like a personal preview, just email me and we'll set it up!Kathleen Fiskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962494907452445335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717051876238869912.post-13798448569672818982012-06-25T19:20:00.001-04:002012-06-25T19:20:07.585-04:00Book Art and......It has been a long time since my last post. Life in and outside the studio has been busy and I've been preparing work to enter into local shows. At last the long book made with round teabags is complete.....I've called it "The Book Worm."<br />
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The other book, made with tea sacks kindly supplied by Laura at Mon Vert Cafe, is also finished. I've titled it "Reading Tea Leaves."<br />
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Combining printmaking with the teabags inspires me, so I've experimented with teabags on paper, using an old woodcut as an overlay. I'm not sure where this could take me:<br />
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Also interesting has been to introduce beeswax with the work. My brother Greg in California has sent me long pine needles that are filling tea sacks.....I then seal the sacks onto canvas with the beeswax:<br />
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Today I tried painting the filled sacks with beeswax, then stacking the bags on top of one another. There seems to be a lot of opportunity to play with different combinations and configurations of wax and the bags, so I imagine I'll spend some time exploring this option over the next days.barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00225692302898549797noreply@blogger.com0