MATERIAL UPDATE

Time does fly, and my stupid camera is still broken, but concerned bird lovers have informed me that if I don't keep up on my posts, photo's or not, people will get bored and never check in....So, here we go!

I've been commissioned by some wonderful people to make one to three small framed pieces for a room in their house that's newly renovated. Whenever I do a commission that's for a specific place in someone's home, I always feel like I'm in school again and have just been told the parameters of the next assignment. While I do not miss being a student, I like the problem solving commissions present. This particular job is for people who are very organized and neat, and while their home is very comfortable, there's a feeling of formality about everything. There's a clarity to how their home is arranged, and no funky but charming hodge podge of objects around (like my house). The newly renovated room I'm dealing with has a bit of a Japanese feel (they used to live in Japan), and a clear color scheme: Mossy green and beige the color of coffee with too much cream.

So, I drove into Portland and bought a bunch of different origami paper, and have been stitching away. My clients have also given me a bunch of hand painted chopstick wrappers to work with, and a pile of handmade paper that they're sure they'll never use. I'm currently working on three different pieces, and they can choose between them when I'm done. They are all pieced and hand quilted, and a bit more restrained than most of my work. I'll work on the camera thing and see if I can't get some images up soon.