Raft bundles

Raft bundles, originally uploaded by moonwild.

These are some little raft bundles I made with red willow, leaves and threads.
I added little snippets of text. They are small, about 3 inches long I think I can use then on journal covers, art quilts, and add them to assemblage pieces. I may be thinking of the tsunami and all the people bundling up their possessions and the little fragments of their life. I find my thoughts are often first revealed in my art work.
Do you find your art is affected by what is happening in your environment?
I know that when it is winter my palette is pale as the snowy landscape. About March, much like a plant, I begin to feel the urge of spring and my palette begins to brighten. The first green pushing up through the earth remind me…Oh yes, there is color! I see the red of the robin’s breast and a flash of bluebird, and their colors begin to appear in my palette. Spring is here.

All that we see or seem Art Quilt

All that we see or seem Art Quilt, originally uploaded by moonwild.

All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream.

This is made with vintage scraps of handwork and fabric. Some of the pieces I dyed with rust. I quilted it to a hand dyed background. I added buttons and the cool tarnished old spoon on top.Printed the face and the quote onto fabric/ photo transfer.