marionjoy

a line is a line is a line

2010-05-11T18:54:00.000-07:00

some lines are meant to be

drawn from the eye

to the hand

and back again

a journey's end

2010-03-09T17:06:00.000-08:00

ending this journey is just the beginning...

as new ideas unfold and time becomes something that i can play with again..

your moon, our moon

2010-03-07T19:27:00.001-08:00

i was just thinking about the moon ...

that is, your moon ...

and our moon ...

the moon is ....

2010-02-28T17:59:00.000-08:00

"the moon is.....

..... the roof of the world" she said

"no" he replied

"it is the earth beneath your feet"

"maybe" the girl pondered,

"just maybe.....

........ it can be both"

not so linear ...

2010-02-23T18:19:00.000-08:00

the thing about experience is that it feels linear

but

i suspect experiences are like memories

and

don't follow a line at all...

they are multi-layered and collapse in on each other.. and concertina out in different configurations when we remember them...in different ways depending in why we remember them ...

so it is with this journey cloth ....

i remember making this section and thinking about the many crosses in the city of paris

and the many footsteps i had left there

along with the multitude of layers the city has

and the circles i searched for

and found

how all seemed old

and pulsing with life .......

(tap on image for more detail)

footsteps of love in there ....

2010-02-19T16:38:00.000-08:00

the cloth is '87 vintage.. from my art school days made during a strange and fragmenting time..

.. the decision to repurpose this piece means that it becomes relevant to my life now .... by treading again over this territory, i found myself savouring the old and celebrating the new.. feeling love for what was .... and for what is

(tap on image for more detail)

long journey complete

2010-02-13T20:03:00.000-08:00

again on the floor
where it began

steps and spires
layers and stitch

make up this journey
and the memories
created

are rolled

together

this has been a dream

something to treasure

a pleasure to travel

a joy to recall

moon singing

2010-01-30T01:19:00.000-08:00

the journey is stitched

fragments and circles

come to life

independent

memories of ancients

pavement sun

glowing

time travel

2010-01-26T14:05:00.000-08:00

the abu dhabi sky held me in awe

light and shadow playing on a peaceful sea

wrapped around my senses like a familiar blanket

grave impressions

and
well heeled walking
through white

no more sleeps

2009-12-19T21:34:00.001-08:00

at midnight we leave for frankfurt .. then to prague, paris and london ..

.. for this i will need my art survival kit .. i have included three types of white cloth because i want to do some white on white stitching .. and of course 'the journey' long cloth that i hope will be finished when i return (after one moon) .. i have one needle for stitching in my take-on luggage, i will be interested to see if they confiscate it! .. with a five hour stopover in transit, i would dearly love to sit and work on my cloth .. i will try to post while i am away....

..♥ .... thankyou to those who have looked and those who have looked and commented on my postings .. enjoy your time over december and january, whatever your faith, i look forward to taking up this thread some time soon ... peace ...♥

stitching love into it...

2009-12-19T03:08:00.000-08:00

there is a purpose to all journeys..

that is not really the point .. is it? ..

working into this already travelled path fragments are made and pulled together..

in time....

and with love ....

beginning again

2009-12-19T02:42:00.000-08:00

here is the start to something ..

reworking old cloth has shown me how far i have travelled on the journey ...

freyed fragments mark steps ..

running stitch and cross stitch walk over the past..

needling through the dye and paint .. repurposing the journey to begin again ...

stitching a journey

2009-12-12T23:15:00.000-08:00

......brought up from the past, this fabric is part of a larger painting being repurposed for a journey piece...

..two pieces

joined together....

...while i am away for one moon i will work on this journey into and through an 'unfamiliar landscape'... an idea inspired by jude from http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/spirit_cloth/2009/12/recalculating-time.html

... (still haven't worked out how to make a nice clean link)..

new blue

2009-12-10T03:52:00.000-08:00

inspired by cathy cullis: seeds ..because i have a new agapanthus blooming any day

head space

2009-12-10T01:16:00.000-08:00

this is my creative space.. my gear lives here but i make art everywhere else but in my studio.. it is a storage place, too cluttered to make art... i make art in the kitchen, the lounge, the dining room, the garden, at the caravan, out in the countryside, in the car or anywhere else but the studio.. ideas however, do come to me sitting there.. alone i can write, think, look out the window ..these are the things i love about this room... the sun shines in through the windows during summer and in the winter ..this photo was taken yesterday morning, a beautiful summer day..

...pop over to http://kootoyoo.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-creative-space_10.html to check out other creative spaces ..

piece meal

2009-12-09T00:55:00.000-08:00

here is my offering .. a meal for a monarch .. easy to digest and a colour to please the eye .. stitched together with nothing in mind but the joy of the senses .. the ragged edges waiting to be used as food for a new journey ..

holding between cuts

2009-12-09T00:24:00.000-08:00

the stitches come to hold the cuts together

with

canvas and linen thread writing their way between the lines

a voyage of sorts

washed through and finished...

stitching in progress

2009-12-05T18:05:00.000-08:00

this is a work in progress.... i have been really enjoying some stitching.. trying new stitches, using the sewing machine to make marks and filling patterns in with stitches .. i am attempting some reverse applique inspired by this beautiful work http://spiritcloth.typepad.com/what_if/2009/11/what-if-170-blurry-dot-with-reverse-applique.html ...of course, i found it extremely difficult .. but i would like to try it again ... the fabric is canvas roughly painted with yellow acrylic...

i am enjoying the process of making samplers.. maybe i will stitch them into an art quilt at some point .....

life drawing

2009-12-01T20:46:00.000-08:00

when i told one of the students as school that i do life drawing on a saturday.. she asked, "do you sometimes draw naked people?"... i had to laugh .. she was so wide-eyed. it made me realise how innocent children are, even when they are teenagers and full of bravado.

this drawing/painting is done by drawing with crayon first, then cutting back into the drawing with white acrylic paint .. its on canvas paper and was done in a ten minute pose .. i love the immediacy of painting in short time windows .. it makes me less precious about the outcome ..

i love to draw, i always have. ever since i was a child i have drawn.. my father was an artist, and he always had something on the go .. a drawing, painting, ceramic piece .. so, now that i am all grown-up, i always have something on the go too .. drawing, painting, stitching, print.....

but life drawing is a constant .. it keeps my head above water in my busy day-to-day life as an educator .. it gives me three hours a fortnight to myself .. it gives me the companionship of people who also value their creativity .. but most of all it gives my head some space, some time to reflect and create ..

tiny flags

2009-11-21T20:15:00.000-08:00

this piece is made from snippets of fabric that have been painted with yellow acrylic paint .. my friend barbara made long pieces of this fabric and these are her little offcuts .. i originally made about a million of these little stitched pieces and now i want to incorporate them into artwork .. not sure if this has worked .. although i like the way this photo shows up the texture

Colorwheel Quilt

2009-11-18T17:28:00.001-08:00

Colorwheel Quilt
Originally uploaded by daisysewing

this is an amazing quilt, made by my friend julie .. she has chosen the coloured fabric so well.. it is truly an artist's creation ..

november favourites

2009-11-18T03:43:00.001-08:00

november favourites
Originally uploaded by marion joy

1. Golden Gate Bridge, 2. rainbow, 3. birds, 4. Untitled, 5. home, 6. resilience_ofa_wildflower, 7. quiet_spirit_det, 8. bird & painting, 9. Day 1 of November, 10. Day 9 Prompt: Union, 11. Purity, 12. snowglobe wip, 13. her mind filled with ideas, 14. wip, 15. FREE texture dt19.1, 16. Temaristock - Golden scratch, 17. Untitled, 18. shibori, 19. rainy day heart, 20. Painterly, 21. FREE texture vi6, 22. FREE texture sqp11, 23. * The Letter *, 24. new wacky stickers, 25. Colorwheel Quilt

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holiday stitching

2009-11-11T01:04:00.000-08:00

this collage is one of a tryptich i completed while on holiday in queensland.. i had many hours to ponder and stitch.. using found objects and bits my friend julie had around her house.. the gold curtain had little coins which i put into another collage..and it had been left in the elements so the fibres were seperating, which made it excellent to work with..pulling it apart and folding over to stitch.. the tape measure was from my stash, which i took with me in my little laptop art bag.. i am thinking of putting images in my etsy shop.. but not sure if they will be well received... would be my first item offered for sale..