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Who knew all this would happen afterwards! Midsummer is this next Saturday, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Just taking it easy, what else can you do?

 


Kristine Stattin’s abstract embroideries evoke movement and energy through several layers of thin, sewing thread stitched atop one another.







This is a detailed model of one human cell, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.

Van Gogh, Pink Peach Trees (Reminiscence of Mauve), March 1888.


Vase by Barbara Rogers 2018




Today's quote:

Gratitude is universal spiritual wisdom, and it is sufficient. 

- Terry Patten

20 comments:

  1. The vase is beautiful Barbara! I love the Mary Oliver poem and the Van Gogh Pink peach trees.
    Take care, have a wonderful week.

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    1. Thanks, I think I must have sold that one. It was special!

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    1. Love my bees, my flowers, and my honey especially!

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  3. I didn't know you were a potter. That's a lovely vase. And the embroidery speaks to me so much.

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    1. I am in awe of fabric artists...such dedication to a difficult medium!

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    1. Every day I wake up! It's a beautiful day here with spring all sprung! Thank you for your good hopes...mine too!

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  5. That vase is so beautiful! (NewRobin13)

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  6. My mum did a lot of embroidery but she wasn't really into "abstract". Charming vase!

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    1. I know, I sure wouldn't have thought of it as a medium for art, but have the old fashioned attitude (which I'm slowly letting go of) that embroidery is just a decorative flourish on a functional piece of cloth.

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  7. The embroidery and the human cell look so similar! Fascinating.

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  8. Lovely embroidery and your bee vase is beautiful!

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    1. Thank you so much. And I just ran into some old quotes in a file and found one by you. I'll have to see if it's something you don't mind sharing, soon!

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  9. All so beautiful, but I like your vase best!

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