Thank you all for your incredible comments on my two year blog
anniversary post! Roxanne drew a name out of our giant salad bowl and
the winner of the book is Veronica!
And now for nest of thread III
No actual nest in this one, but I think it conveys the idea of a nest in the making.
The backdrop is a mini-quilt I made with scraps of fabric and paper. It is so freeing to know that the quilt won’t need to be washed so that it is okay to sew any sort of thing to it, including a big green "3" which I cut from the tag that hung from my Subaru after it was serviced at the dealership. The "three trees" flashcard at the top is from this amazing set of vintage flashcards that I have, saved from the junk heap at one of the schools where I used to teach.
Birds in boxes. I like this. I’m thinking of taking a quick trip over to the liquor store for some wooden wine crates. And my other goal this week is to check out a book on Joseph Cornell shadow boxes. There is an excellent Cornell show up right not at the Peabody Essex Museum. I’m hoping to get over there to see it some rainy weekend this summer.
abby! i had to much going to say happy anniversary, but wanted to say how glad i am that you are blogging. your bird boxes are wonderful. and, while at the liquor store don’t forget something to drink too….
I think you are on to something with your boxes here! Really nice work! I’m bummed I missed your blog anniversary though–congrats! I just bought the japanese version of that book–had no idea it was coming out in English–bummer. BTW I’m a collector of boxes so this is very inspiring to me–whenever I see a box at the thrift store I have to buy it!
Oooh…this is definitely my favorite thing of yours! I love it that you’ve created a whole little world for the bird. Very cool.
Perhaps you could score some cigar boxes that would work well from your local tobacco shop? Our store gives them away to artists all the time.
Also, I just love these little vignettes you’re making. So cute!
very impressive – mom went through a whole joseph cornell phase, i think she has a book about him. i really like things in boxes, in college there was this artist who used tons of things from the hardware store, like twine hanging from nails wrapped around rocks…it was pretty cool.
that is an epic piece! amazing.
The thread in his/her mouth is fantastic.
wow wow! love this one so much. The bird himself is exquisite and I love the box. Really beautiful details. (and happy happy blogiversary, I missed it last post!)
These are just great.I love the mini quilts.
yeah!!! thank you Abby and of course thank you Roxanne, I’m very happy…
and i love your miniquilt and the bird…
the nest of thread series is WONDERFUL! so imaginative, so creative, you never cease to amaze me here…and late, but just as sincere…happy blog birthday #2
I love this. The thread in the mouth a nice touch. Nice piece to show for your blogiversary. How long did it take you to create this?
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When I dropped in today, I couldn’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve been here. I just caught up on a few months worth of posts and thought I’d better stop and say how amazing everything is looking. You’ve been making a lot of really exquisite things.
Wow, wow, wow!
Joseph Cornell came to mind immediatley when I saw this. The quilted back is great – I love how complex your work is getting.
I love everything about this. The mini-quilt as a background is fantastic. Happy blogiversary, by the way!
this rocks! I love it so much…
i just wanted to say that i have just looked through the whole archive of your blog and feel like i’ve seen your work evolve so much. i do really love the little elephants you did a while back, but the attention to detail on these latest birds is amazing.