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08 13 2010

When Sarah Waterhouse took her third grade class on a field trip to the park, most of her students found treasures of leaves, or birch bark; but that day, Sarah discovered the fragile old glasses frames and brass trunk medal and she began to daydream of a new life filled with adventure.

Art card. Vintage photograph, glasses and trunk tag transferred to fabric. Antique quilt scraps. Hand colored, quilted. About 5 x 5 inches.

 

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08 12 2010

Grid.

 

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08 11 2010

Fleeting. A leaf, found on the way to my car this afternoon, shed too early in advance of fall.

Art Card. Leaf, pounded onto fabric to release chlorophyll, quilted. About 5 x5 inches.

 

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08 10 2010

Main Entry: 1wisp
Pronunciation: \ˈwisp\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English
Date: 13th century

1 : a small handful (as of hay or straw)
2 a : a thin strip or fragment b : a thready streak <a wisp of smoke> c : something frail, slight, or fleeting <a wisp of a girl> <a wisp of a smile>

Art Card. Paper letters torn from 1800's accounting journal, glued to flour crackle dyed fabric, with pieced photo transfer on fabric, Angelina Fibers, quilted. About 5 x 5 inches.

 

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08 09 2010

Rusted grid in progress. Think I need to get a couple more hacksaw blades to make this process go a bit faster, since right now I have one, and I just keep moving it over and letting it rust for a day! Setting up here for the first perpendicular grid line.

 

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