autumn leafs

Leafs from last weeks. Now the wind struggles to take all the colors off.

I'm off to glaze lotuses and chrysanthemums.

Ana Ventura is papercutting
Elsita too, thanks for the link Celia

Margon Lindberg and Petter Hellsing show at KHVC Galleri, Örebro here

last mist

Last Örebro photos for this time, still misty. Today at job, I managed to keep the deadline for the printer, stress stress stress is over. Tomorrow I will celebrate with studio work. Yes!

Only link for today, zeekomkommer, it can keep me busy enough. I don't understand a word, but there are so many intriguing and inspiring photos to see. I'm sure I found it via someone, but I can't remember who to say thank you to. Thank you!

Be sure not to miss the paired images, click on the blue face. And go for the visual links.

Happy Thanksgiving, those of you who celebrate. I will celebrate a little, and think of my blessings.

unpacking

More of yesterday's mystic mist, Örebro was frosted.

Heather asked how I feel, with show completed. What a good question!

More like a nice beginning than a sad end. I didn't solo show work ouside the studio for a while. Since the date was set I focused on my work but also had a good reason to do all the other things around, presenting myself, revamp the webpage and get a fresh start. Starting this blog was also part of it. It all brought a lot of self reflection and some clarity.



Don't get much studio work done these days, work piling up at office job. Today I took a couple of hours to unpack and get sorted. Usually I try to keep continuity from day to day in the studio. Even if only for an hour one day, it keeps me in touch with what is going on, inspiration, flow. Clay work needs to be checked on, not getting to dry, nor being to wet. So much time and energy can be wasted.

I'm lucky, have job and studio only five minutes walk apart. It works best if I divide my 50/50 work day with the lunch break. The different works needs two totally different mind sets and I need some time to switch, probably from left to right part of the brain, and back. I like being in both states of mind, but staying there at the same time only makes me confused. I have always envied Christina, I wrote about last week. She seems to spend so much time in her right half of the brain, with such flow, and get so much energy out from it.

Marian Bijlenga is new to me, textlie artist, love her work.
Images
Article in Fiber Arts
Written weed
Work she did at ekwc

misty drive

Been a long day, drove back and forth to Örebro, to close my exhibition there and transport back. Misty and just a short but fine glimpse of sun. Here are photos from breaks by the road, Swedish plains. Driving back was really tiring; black, foggy and lots of traffic.

Added to the list of blogs I read:
Paris Parfait I like for the entertaining dives into art history through antiques, collections and flea markets, and for rich photos.

Frida's Notebook is a blog I had to start reading from the beginning. Human rights lawyer from New Zeeland, working in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gives perspective, is engaging and also humorous. A lot to read but also wonderful photos from a place seldom seen.

Elsa Agelii blogs (in Swedish) from Rajastan desert, where she now started an embroidery project with village women.