It seems that Figure Six has pushed in so insistently that it will be part of Figure Five.
Here's the confusing state of affairs as of now.
This old piece, from my black gesso and copper wire adventures, has had its time on exhibit, was in fact bought and eventually left to me.
The molded paper face needs a new context.
And the back of this piece is going to be one side of the two sided next figure. As you see, moving away from literal figures now.
This is what's happening here. Painting and drawing happening before the stitched head is set on this background with more molded paper parts.
This is a happy find. In the course of searching for appropriate parts for this piece, I came across this nonskid green stuff. I've been needing it for sheet felting and couldn't think where I'd last used it. Playing music, it seems, since it was in the drawer of recorder parts.
Felting may be involved in this piece, so it's not an irrelevant find.
Speaking of what's not irrelevant, here's a cheerful, excellent teacher of felting and a lot of other art and craft skills, I found on YouTube. Of course.
Gillian Harris, doing business as, DBA, Gillian Gladrag. She's been a graphic artist for years, knows her stuff, and applies srt and color principles to feltmaking, without seeming to push. She's also funny. Her husband does the camera work and crosstalk, and they're quite a duo.
Definitely recommend for info with comedic value. She does a lot of selling in the tutorials, in context.
Back in the world of growing food, my neighbor a while back gave me a couple of bare root ginger plants a bit more advanced than mine.
I potted them, grew them on until the foliage wilted, then harvested them. As you see
One root I replanted to grow on, and the rest I peeled and diced for future food.
I noticed how easy it was to peel and dice than the bought kind, which has probably dried a bit before we get it. The flavor is very good, more interesting than the other.
So I'm hoping I can grow my own indefinitely. The one I started, still growing nicely, will be ready to harvest as the newly planted one gets under way
At least, as always in art and food and life, that's the plan!
