Good Words

 

This week's theme in "Every Seven Days 2021" was very inspiring, so I keep showing my Good Words of ephemeral art and land art.

#everysevendays2021 #everysevendays2021goodwords #landart #landartist #ephemeralart #inspiration #ecoart #nature #garden #beach #shell

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Tiny scape

I participate in the #52tagshannemade (with Anne Brooke, https://www.annebrooke.co.uk/)

For the 15th week, the theme was "Tiny scape."

I made a Pacific island view from the sky. Cotton, gauze, tiny shell, French knot.

 detail

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Treasured Places

I participate in the #52tagshannemade (with Anne Brooke, https://www.annebrooke.co.uk/)

For the 14th week, the theme was: Pocket, favorite place, and treasures. I chose Quebec, Canada.

A few years ago we went for a one-month trip backpacking with my husband. We didn't have too much space to bring "treasures" other than great memories and digital pictures.  It's a beautiful country and we met lovely people.

We hope we'll go again to discover other regions.

 
This tag gave me another idea, to make a handmade book about the different places where I have been or lived, that marked an important time in my life. I have already lived in about 32 places without counting house-sitting while traveling.

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Eco-dyeing with Logwood - Éco-teinture avec Campêche

Eco-dyeing on paper: logwood on eco-printed watercolor paper.
The last picture shows the paper before dyeing with logwood.

 

eco-printed

On fibers: different kinds of cotton, linen, wool (fleece and hand-spun), and hemp.

 

 

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Stitching meditation: Interbeing

Interbeing

The suggested replacement word for the verb "to be," coined by Vietnamese Buddhist Monk and scholar Thich Nhat Hanh. It means to inter-dependently co-exist. The meaning of interbeing recognizes the dependence of any one person or thing as to all other people and objects.

Not only is no man an island, but rather his interbeing is shared with the plants and animals he eats, the people who make his clothes and food, the people who populate his home, country and the very world he perceives, the insects that pollinate the trees that yield his fruit, shade him from the sun and provide lumber for his house.

I wanted to use samples of dyeing that I didn't know what to do with. All different tries of indigo, madder, and many other leaves, and plants I made during the last few years.

The idea is to work only with a neutral linen thread. Maybe it'll change...

Running stitches. Straight lines or circles, maybe spiral.

It's my first big piece, right now is 24'' x 24'' (60 cm x 60 cm), but I think I'll still adding small pieces. 

Normally, I don't use an embroidery hoop for stitching meditation, but because of the size of this piece, I find that working with a hoop is easier.

Starting with a spiral from the center out...

The spiral keeps connecting all the different pieces. 

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The Fairies' Labyrinth

A fairytale, a true story, it's up to you. Nothing is impossible for those who believe in it.

Handspun and eco-dyed yarns. I had woven the mandala, and I decided to use this picture as a cover for my fairytale, "The Fairies Labyrinth." 

Here, you can read the story for free:

https://issuu.com/patricia.valentini/docs/_the_fairies__labyrinth___november_2019

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"Honoring Earth" 4, "Forest"- "Honorer la Terre", 4: "Forêt"

“Honoring Earth,” 4: 'Forest' (42cm x 30cm; 16 1/2" x 11 1/2")

eco-dyed and eco-printed on different kinds of cotton and wool: eucalyptus, indigo, Birch's leaves, iron bath (after dyeing) and watercolors. Maybe there is some dyeing with tea or oak acorn; I'm sorry, but since they are dyed fabrics made a long time ago, I don't have all the information about.

Slow stitching with embroidery thread and linen (natural and eco-dyed). Ceramic beads appliqued.

"Honorer la Terre", 4: "Forêt" (42cm x 30cm; 16 1/2" x 11 1/2")

éco-teinture et éco-imprimé sur différents types de coton et de laine: eucalyptus, indigo, feuilles de bouleau, bain de fer (après teinture) et aquarelles. Peut-être y a-t-il de la teinture avec du thé ou du gland de chêne; je suis désolée, mais comme ce sont des tissus teint faits il y a longtemps, je n'ai pas toutes les informations.

Broderie lente avec fil de broderie et lin (naturel et éco-teinture). Perles en céramique appliquées.

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"Honoring Earth" 3 'Seed' - "Honorer la Terre" 3 'Seed'

"Honoring Earth" 3 'Seed' (26cm x 15cm - 10" x 6"): Pieces of 'failed' eco-dyed cotton and linen: eucalyptus, tea, campeche; embroidery and linen thread, birch's twig and a found seed from my garden.

 «Honorer la Terre» 3 'Seed' (26cm x 15cm - 10" x 6"): Morceaux de coton et de lin d'eco-teintures 'échouées': eucalyptus, thé, campeche; broderie et fil de lin, brindille de bouleau et une graine trouvée de mon jardin.

 

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Coiled Bowls

I find this work of making coiled bowls as a new way of stitching meditation.

Je trouve ce travail de faire des bols comme une nouvelle façon de méditation avec la couture.

 raffia and Birch's twig

raffia and pine needles

 

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"Honoring Earth" 2 - "Honorer la Terre" 2,

"Honoring Earth" 2, 'Leaf' (33cm x 24cm - 13" x 9"): eco-dyeing and eco-printing on different kind of reused linen, slow stitching with embroidery thread and linen. Birch's leaf appliqued. 

"Honorer la Terre" 2, 'Feuille' (33cm x 24cm - 13" x 9"): éco-teinture et éco-impression sur différents types de lin réutilisé, coutures lentes avec fil de broderie et de lin. Feuille de bouleau appliquée. 

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Coiled bowl

My first coiled bowl: raffia, and hemp. Not perfect, but I love it!

Mon premier 'bol enroulé': du raphia et chanvre. Pas parfait, mais j'adore!

 

 

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The Moon and the trees- La Lune et les arbres

A new little artist's book (18 cm x 13 cm; 7" x 5"), indigo dyed and watercolor on cotton paper from a reused notebook. Some eco-dyed ribbons and linen threads.

I'm always enchanted by the full moon and Nature, so showing both together, it was just a pleasure.

Un nouveau petit livre d'artiste (18 cm x 13 cm; 7" x 5"), teint en indigo et aquarelle sur du papier en coton d'un carnet réutilisé.  Des rubbans et fils de lin teints.

Je suis toujours enchantée par la pleine lune et la nature, donc montrer les deux ensemble, c'était juste un plaisir.

 

Slow stitching to applique the leaves, all from my gardens (from the south and the north).

Couture lente pour appliquer les feuilles, toutes de mes jardins (du sud et du nord).

The Moon and the trees, front cover

The garden's Fairy is dreaming about...

The Moon and the trees, back  cover

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Rudbeckia dyeing - teinture avec Rudbeckia

In 2014, I participated in a dyeing workshop, we had worked with different plants, and I have all my samples documented.
One of them was Rudbeckia petals, result: green-grey.

En 2014, j'ai participé à un atelier de teinture, nous avions travaillé avec différentes plantes, et j'ai tous mes échantillons documentés.

L'un d'eux était les pétales de Rudbeckia, résultat: vert-gris.

While organizing one of my dye drawers, I found a paper bag with dry Rudbeckia petals and decided to use them. Cotton bundle, mordanted with symplocos. I put the package in a jar with water and the pot in a pan with water (bain-Marie= water bath?) the same method we did during the workshop.

En organisant un de mes tiroirs de teinture, j'ai trouvé un sac en papier avec des pétales de Rudbeckia secs et j'ai décidé de les utiliser. Paquet de coton, mordancé avec du symplocos. J'ai mis le paquet dans un bocal avec de l'eau et le pot dans une casserole au bain-Marie, la même méthode que nous avons utilisée pendant l'atelier.

And this morning, big surprise: golden yellow instead of green-grey!
Nature makes her own decisions!

 Et ce matin, grosse surprise : jaune doré au lieu de gris-vert !
La Nature prend ses propres décisions!

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Merci!

New Indigo Vat

New Indigo vat, new projects. Linen, cotton, and hemp. Handspun linen.

Ancien laces, gifts from a friend.

 

Indigo dyed on recycled paper and teabags