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\nVision of 2020<\/p>\n
Well that was June, and this is Sept. Haven\u2019t been anywhere\u20143 times to a friend\u2019s\u2014outside\u2014 brought our own wine\u2014and 2 normal Dr\u2019s visits\u2014since March!!! Hard to paint but I have done some. Images of places where I wish I was. And one lockdown portrait!<\/p>\n
\nVision of 2020<\/p>\n
I did finish the long, dyed piece with hand twisted silk cordage \u2013 added some slow seed stitching.(10.5 x71 inches) When I first did the cordage twisting, I made some using tea bag paper and got the idea of using the paper as a support for designing stamps and printing. The result is a series of 12 works called, collectively, \u201cTea Bag Tales\u201d More can be seen on my Works on Paper page<\/a>. This one is titled, “Beach Dreams”.<\/p>\n Then there is always a book needing to be done and this one uses tea bag paper \u2013 some dyed, some not \u2013 and with ink. Bound with cordage made of dandelion stems and a dandelion cordage bookmark. More images of this may be seen on My Books Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n I had dried the dandelions this spring and finally got around to twisting them. Some I dyed with rusty tea, some were half dyed so the twist is half dyed and half natural. Some the twist loosened a bit up as they dried, and some I weighted as they dried to try and keep their twist, and some stayed tight as they dried on their own. I love the different personalities they have.<\/p>\n I\u2019d only picked and dried a few stems, so I\u2019ve used my stash and can\u2019t wait till next spring to dry more. (I\u2019ll probably still be here locked down\u2026)<\/p>\n Each project leads to another and I feel I\u2019m ready to begin painting in earnest (if the world doesn\u2019t get worse and spiral me into a deeper funk.) I\u2019ve been reading a lot and enjoying the many artist interviews appearing on social media. So wonderful to see what people are doing all over the world. As I\u2019m locked up it really helps to see others in the same situation and how they are dealing with canceled exhibitions, workshops, and lack of travel. Don\u2019t feel quite so isolated. A life line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well that was June, and this is Sept. Haven\u2019t been anywhere\u20143 times to a friend\u2019s\u2014outside\u2014 brought our own wine\u2014and 2 normal Dr\u2019s visits\u2014since March!!! Hard to paint but I have done some. Images of places where I wish I was. And one lockdown portrait! Vision of 2020 I did finish the long, dyed piece with… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444,88,271,388,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stitching","category-design","category-painting","category-dyeing","category-fiber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5247"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5295,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions\/5295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSee detail on Fiber Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"http:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/TwistsAndTurns.jpg\")
\nLife Takes Twists and Turns<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"http:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BeachDreams.jpg\")
\n\u201cBeach Dreams\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"http:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/TBagBookBlog.jpg\")
\nTea Bag Book Spread with Book Mark<\/p>\n![\"Image](\"http:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/dandelionTwists.jpg\")
\nTwisted Single Dandelion Stem<\/p>\n