I recently completed three pieces of fiber art, and my spouse has now had a chance to frame and photograph them. Here they are.
Late Afternoon
Late Afternoon is a felted, thread-painted, and hand-embroidered image of a lovely path right down by the Connecticut River in East Hartford. It’s the Connecticut River Walk and Bikeway, and it’s both secluded and easily walked.
Now, I know as well as anyone that the Connecticut River flows south, into Long Island Sound. But the day I was there, the waves were decidedly flowing north. I wondered how that could be. Consulting my electronics, I learned two things: one, that the river is tidal all the way up to Enfield (that’s right on the Massachusetts state line), and that it was high tide at that moment. And I knew there was a full moon at that time, so I’m sure that made the flow extra strong. Because there was the Connecticut river, vigorously flowing north. Who knew?
I called this piece Late Afternoon because that’s when I was there.
Here’s a detail of the piece:
Next, Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail III is my third image of that beloved spot in Cape Cod National Seashore.
Atlantic White Cedar Swamp Trail III, full
This is an 18 x 24 felted, hand-embroidered landscape, with a little bit of photo transfer.
Here’s a detail:
Finally, here’s Bella, who lives in Atlanta with my sister-in-law, Clare Rubin, and her husband, Moshe Gittelson. This is a 9 x 12 image, done in Derwent Inktense pencils, lightly thread painted, and lightly quilted.
We last saw Clare and Moshe in mid-March, when they traveled from Atlanta to Brooklyn to see the new baby in the family, Acadia Jean Arian Cadrain, who was born in August 2019 to my daughter Julia Cadrain and her wife Elana Arian. We had a lovely visit that weekend. Clare and Moshe traveled just before the Covid curtain came down. Bravely. I made this for them because I love them. Now all I have to do is figure out when and how I can get this image of little Bella shipped to Atlanta.
I still have two more works in progress. But they’re not ready to show you yet.