California Fires 1,2,3 and 4

I have designed and started weaving a series of pictures. These are based on the 2009 fires. I have been able to take pictures of the first four weavings of the series. The first four of the fire based series are pictured below.

The first picture is the start of fire in the mountains. Just a flame hear and there.

California 2009 Fire #1

This picture is woven between the red and orange of the fire burning into the blue of the sky.

California 2009 Fire #2

Number two shows the first fires spreading onto the mountains. The sharp high flames are burning trees that will not survive. Meanwhile, the dry ground cover is starting to burn and spreading over the entire area. I remember watching the pictures on the TV as they were describing the flames and telling us about all the people that were leaving their homes and afraid that their homes would burn.

California 2009 Fire #3

Number three shows the increase of fire and the spreading of the flames as the fire rises higher on the mountains. The fire burns more steadily now with fewer sharp spikes.

California 2009 Fire #4

Number four is the peak of the fire. At this point it seems like it will never end and that everything is being destroyed. Regardless, there are some areas here and there that will survive. In fires 5, 6, 7 and 8 the flame reduces and things survive.

Section 5 is already mounted and it has been taken to the gallery. I will have to go by and take a picture soon. The last 3 pictures are finished being woven, but it will take a while for me to mount them.

I'll put the remaining pictures out as soon as I can.

Wedding Chuppah Information

I have been working on weaving an entrance picture. Attached is the picture of the wedding entrance. This item is woven in cotton just to prove the thread designs. This says, "I am to my lover and my lover is to me." I need to weave another version of this in the silk materials that will be used for two being married. For each of the two people there will be large areas of cloth that will be sewn together to create the Chuppah. Then in front of the chuppah, this document will be attached over the entrance of the chuppah. After the wedding, this document will be mounted into a picture frame that can be hung on a wall of the home.

More pictures will be coming as I make all the cloth pieces that will be created over time.

More as I go.

I'm visible in SCIART!

I'm in the AIR list in SCIART. I encourage you to check me out through

http://www.studiochannelislands.org

I encourage you to login and then look at the AIRS portion. It is good to see me in the SCIART program.

Starting to work on the Chuppah!

I have started working on the front page of the Chuppah. The first letter is an alpha. As the weaving expands the words, I will have to take pictures and describe their formation. This first version is only a cotton test to verify that the design is correct.

Yesterday was the opening party for the studios. It really went well. I think we had a lot of visitors. It's great that people came over and visited. I am sure that they would not have ever been here if we had not had the opening.

I wish I had taken pictures of the visitors, but I am looking forward to pictures from a friend of mine that did visit and took a few pictures. I am will definitely put them in my blog once I have copies of the pictures. Meanwhile, I am taking the time afternoon to relax and take the time off to relax and get back my strength!

It's a Boy Scout Tallis!

Today I put together a Boy's Scout Tallis. This Tallis is providing the boy scout colors. It is all made of cotton and provides a simple tallis that can easily be washed as often as is needed.

The atturah is woven into the tallis rather than sewn onto a base tallis. The corners are added. Hopefully, it provides a new and interesting process.

The seven lines represent one wide stripe. The wide stripe is based on the Saturday. The other six stripes are for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.