Saturday, May 23, 2026

one thing leads to another


three weeks on I have finally finished my sideways branch sample

never part of my plan but the suggestion was a good one and the idea took hold

I'm so glad it did 

the ragged jagged nature of these branches pleases me greatly; stitched in a different colour they could be seen as cracks in ice

I'm drawn to anything with that kind of ambiguity... a thing that could be this or that or with a nudge go off in a completely different direction



another suggestion was to stitch curving lines in silver behind the branches to represent ripples on the surface of the river

I took a piece of silver thread and dropped it on top of the branches, intending to play around with it to see what I might do - instead, I immediately say a way of stitching the swirling current on the river's surface

and as I turned the paper to get a better look at that I noticed how effective the stitched branches were in a vertical orientation




this and that, around and about

the stuff of creativity that spins me round and round

one thing leading to another 

all of it tying together

the current of creativity flowing merrily along

where is it taking you?




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