tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57329581147802224362024-03-12T21:57:31.575-04:00Carmen Rose Prose------ C A R M E N - R O S E - P R O S E ------Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-13633558161543879572012-11-06T11:31:00.000-05:002012-11-06T11:31:44.060-05:00Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
I have a job, several of them actually.
I have everything I need, and then some. I've learned to be
gratefully content with very little. This has made far more
difference in my life than an elected official ever could.
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I'm still going to vote today, and I am
grateful I can. I'm thankful for women like Alice Stokes Paul, who
was a suffragist and an American hero. And as a woman, I'd like the
government to stay out of my decisions regarding my body. When the
Presidency, House and Congress were all controlled by the "pro-life"
party, and they had the chance to make whatever pro-life law they
wanted... the issue of abortion didn't even come up. Our values
become abundantly clear when one looks at our historic acts of
commission <i><b>and omission</b></i>.
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There are other reasons I'll vote
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<b>Act Justly</b></div>
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Presidents Washington and Lincoln
believed it was not enough to win a war, they had to win in a way
consistent with the values of their society and the principles of
their cause. They insisted that prisoners be treated with the same
rights they were fighting for. It is shameful that recent
administrations have embraced a doctrine of preemptive war, torture
techniques including water boarding, extraordinary rendition,
classifying prisoners-of-war as "enemy combatants",
breaking the Geneva Convention, and the concentration camps in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I mourn the loss of over 162,000 civilians and
combatants in Iraq and Afghanistan. I am sad that the historic peace
churches were largely silent in the face of these moral atrocities.
I am grateful that the current administration repudiated the Bybee
Torture Memos in 2009. Let's choose leaders who can stand with
Washington, and Lincoln, and Churchill, after all, they lived in
equally perilous times.</div>
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<b>Love Mercy</b></div>
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Helping the poor has always been the
Church's foremost responsibility. Sadly, the American church has
been far more preoccupied with the prosperity doctrine than with
ministries of compassion and mercy. Therefore, the government has
been called upon to care for the least of these. However, when an
administration faces the choice of feeding poor children or fighting
wars to control the world's resources, the voice of the poor goes
unheard. And if the church lacks compassion or mercy, from what
source will a civilized society find it? And so we see the
vilification of the poor, making it socially acceptable to ignore and
abandon them, and this quickly becomes an issue of life and death.
So how "Pro-life" are we when our people starve, and die
from preventable diseases?
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<b>Walk Humbly</b></div>
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As a person of faith, I gain nothing
when my friends and neighbors are denied basic civil liberties
because of their sexual orientation. I could not cast a vote for any
candidate, knowing he would deny basic human decency to my friends
and neighbors.</div>
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America is fast becoming a place where
the gap between rich and poor is more remarkable than ever. Our
politicians are beholden to special interests, neither Democrat nor
Republican are above reproach. The wealthy, especially corporations, influence politics to
protect their interests, while the poor have only their vote, and
increasingly, that basic human right is denied them.
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<i><b>Increasingly, we create exactly
the kind of country our ancestors fled.</b></i></div>
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Please vote today.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-10843294519723079472011-06-07T22:23:00.000-04:002011-06-07T22:23:10.729-04:00Experiment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvIgcj1Jy_4/Te7ckj3odVI/AAAAAAAAEKY/HqamvvPo36M/s1600/100_8183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HvIgcj1Jy_4/Te7ckj3odVI/AAAAAAAAEKY/HqamvvPo36M/s640/100_8183.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This was an experiment I tried in the kiln yesterday. They were finally cool enough to take from the kiln this morning and this one was already broken before it came from the mold, but I think it's an interesting idea anyway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-19365110764205725822011-05-23T22:19:00.000-04:002011-05-23T22:19:04.565-04:00Photos from the exhibit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/YvmMFc2G0d4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">This little clip gives the background for the art installation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fcarmenrose%2Fsets%2F72157626666660689%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fcarmenrose%2Fsets%2F72157626666660689%2F&set_id=72157626666660689&jump_to="></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fcarmenrose%2Fsets%2F72157626666660689%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fcarmenrose%2Fsets%2F72157626666660689%2F&set_id=72157626666660689&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photos from hanging the "Whole" exhibit and the display in the front window of the gallery. The show runs through the end of June, drop by if you can.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-76221198737327738182011-05-17T15:28:00.000-04:002011-05-17T15:28:29.691-04:00WOW!This is the coolest thing! My kickstarter.com project has just passed 50% funding and there are 25 hours to go! A HUGE thank you going out to:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Kim Scales</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vonda Burke</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clayton</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bekki Fahrer</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tony LaFienza</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dawn Wampler</div><div style="text-align: center;">Joel Wasinger</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jackie Kunkel</div><div style="text-align: center;">Angela Newcomb</div><div style="text-align: center;">& Sara</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Op8D4dkDvl4/TdLKSfIJC4I/AAAAAAAAEJo/BSsbAz6Y76s/s1600/0515111955a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Op8D4dkDvl4/TdLKSfIJC4I/AAAAAAAAEJo/BSsbAz6Y76s/s640/0515111955a.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These dream makers have touched my heart by supporting this project and I have been SO touched by their generous hearts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And look at this beautiful pair of rainbows from the storm on the 15th. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I sure had fun taking a break from my work to enjoy these! I took LOTS of photos that evening! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RhcqpNlrxw4/TdLJmj1sj8I/AAAAAAAAEJk/baD_UdImjqk/s1600/100_7922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RhcqpNlrxw4/TdLJmj1sj8I/AAAAAAAAEJk/baD_UdImjqk/s640/100_7922.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Have you seen my project yet? Please surf on over and watch the video.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pG6-tbK_7rs/TdLKtQ351kI/AAAAAAAAEJs/_Lga9nsm1dE/s1600/100_7916.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pG6-tbK_7rs/TdLKtQ351kI/AAAAAAAAEJs/_Lga9nsm1dE/s640/100_7916.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I first saw it the rainbow was complete from side to side, then the second rainbow started to shine and the other end of it vanished. Here's the last photo before it vanished altogether:<br />
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And thanks so much!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Light and Beauty to each of you, </div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2084225763"><br />
</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Kickstarter.com Project entitled: "Whole, a broken heart, a vibrant hope."</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z2nyFCZ3mos/TdBY95m9K1I/AAAAAAAAEJc/9j_YMhS4W3U/s1600/display+window+WHOLE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z2nyFCZ3mos/TdBY95m9K1I/AAAAAAAAEJc/9j_YMhS4W3U/s640/display+window+WHOLE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>This display window for the show went up Saturday afternoon. Here are four of my 12x12 art quilts with some art glass. The top one is "Buttoned" the second is "Set Aside." The third is "In Pieces" and the forth is one of my personal favorites. I titled it "Neglect." <br />
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It's really fun to have my work in the window, but since these works are so personally expressive it does make me feel a tad vulnerable.<br />
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Lower in the window the sign on the ped reads:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><u>C A R M E N R O S E </u></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Whole</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">"An exhibit of art quilts, washed, framed and embelished.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Hand glazed art glass, found, glazed and fired.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">An exhibit with a broken heart and a vibrant hope."</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope this brings people in the gallery to have a closer look!<br />
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">My Kickstarter.com project where this exhibit was born. </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Still dreaming big dreams,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-43012131708398874372011-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:38:20.608-04:00Thank you!<div style="text-align: center;">I'm up to ten backers on my kickstarter.com project! Only six more days to go to make this dream a reality! Today I'd like to thank those who have backed the project so far:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you_will_succeed</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dawn Wampler</div><div style="text-align: center;">William Martin</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anthony Vilgiate </div><div style="text-align: center;">Xaver Wilhelmy </div><div style="text-align: center;">Sara Homeyer</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kim Scales</div><div style="text-align: center;">Melissa Chonka </div><div style="text-align: center;">Dawn </div><div style="text-align: center;">Wendi Dunlap </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You all are my ANGELS!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UzZW3zXUNY8/TcwDYXxz8II/AAAAAAAAEJI/_IRjOnwHkG0/s1600/door+7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UzZW3zXUNY8/TcwDYXxz8II/AAAAAAAAEJI/_IRjOnwHkG0/s640/door+7.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm working on quilting this one today. I don't know what it will look like when I'm finished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XzOKcBBafK0/TcwDu_WtumI/AAAAAAAAEJM/i9qCQFRkWsU/s1600/door+8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XzOKcBBafK0/TcwDu_WtumI/AAAAAAAAEJM/i9qCQFRkWsU/s320/door+8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> These two before I quilted them...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LMO49HE5j2A/TcwD6ekguuI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/IvqqZwwil4k/s1600/door+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LMO49HE5j2A/TcwD6ekguuI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/IvqqZwwil4k/s320/door+5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Became: "Set Aside" and...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pyzTgOQA8SU/TcwEAE6tuCI/AAAAAAAAEJU/rROlmbkgsy4/s1600/100_7757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pyzTgOQA8SU/TcwEAE6tuCI/AAAAAAAAEJU/rROlmbkgsy4/s640/100_7757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Buttoned. It really makes a difference when I've finished the quilting... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qe-o7q0IPbk/TcwEDvkHcfI/AAAAAAAAEJY/ypAxO0mitzc/s1600/100_7760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qe-o7q0IPbk/TcwEDvkHcfI/AAAAAAAAEJY/ypAxO0mitzc/s640/100_7760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...put them through the laundry and them framed and embellished them. </div><div style="text-align: center;">As you might imagine, sometimes it's tough just to choose which side is up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't tell you how much I love what I do, and to have others partner with me</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the process is a genuine privilege and honor!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks to those who have pledged to the project!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you like to get in on the fun?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">My Kickstarter.com Project is here</a>, go check out the video </div><div style="text-align: center;">that explains the whole thing and then choose what you'd like from the cool pledge options! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you so much!</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-34200479983941412582011-05-11T16:08:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:38:25.135-04:00Sock Monkey Give Away ~ Tell your friends!<div style="text-align: center;">Have you seen my Kickstarter.com project yet? Only seven days left to pledge.</div><div style="text-align: center;">**You don't pay if the project isn't funded** </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Please visit and check out my project! Help me finish the exhibit the way I planned. Thank You!!!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * * * * * * * *</div><div style="text-align: center;">My little sock monkey needs a new home, so it's time to find the lil bugga a family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcUuMMYKfqQ/TcrtAc6xg8I/AAAAAAAAEJE/AEW3mY31WRw/s1600/100_7871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcUuMMYKfqQ/TcrtAc6xg8I/AAAAAAAAEJE/AEW3mY31WRw/s640/100_7871.JPG" width="572" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made him ages ago from socks and haven't found the right place for him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinkin you can help me with this though... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J9FIT37hbH4/Tcrs_6ZBKGI/AAAAAAAAEJA/a3TWNHe99EU/s1600/100_7870.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J9FIT37hbH4/Tcrs_6ZBKGI/AAAAAAAAEJA/a3TWNHe99EU/s640/100_7870.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are three ways to enter to win this adorable rainbow sock monkey. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 - "like" <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Staunton-VA/Carmen-Rose/108252252554947#%21/pages/Staunton-VA/Carmen-Rose/108252252554947">my facebook page</a> and comment on my sock monkey announcement. </div><div style="text-align: center;">2 - make a pledge on my <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose?ref=live">kickstarter.com project</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(You pay nothing if the project isn't fully funded.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 - leave a comment on this post with an email address so I can contact you if you win.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Of course if you do all three your name goes in the hat three times! YAY!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yqnknhd6RYI/Tcrs-wzDJJI/AAAAAAAAEI8/WtM4tDWlZuI/s1600/100_7869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yqnknhd6RYI/Tcrs-wzDJJI/AAAAAAAAEI8/WtM4tDWlZuI/s640/100_7869.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will draw the winning name from a hat on Wednesday, May 18th at 6:00 pm. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll drop you a note and you can provide me with an address so I can mail out the sock monkey to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please tell your friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-1354399190537613192011-05-08T00:46:00.002-04:002011-05-08T10:59:25.937-04:00The OpeningWe had the opening reception Friday evening for the start of the "Whole" exhibit. It will be up May and June and will continue to evolve.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vHUSzf1pDao/TcYbUMJPmaI/AAAAAAAAEIo/1FFtZqph4YM/s1600/100_7849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vHUSzf1pDao/TcYbUMJPmaI/AAAAAAAAEIo/1FFtZqph4YM/s640/100_7849.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, it's not complete (see my sketch) but I do like the way it looks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-525VxrWze3Y/TcYcmdR3nFI/AAAAAAAAEI0/pkv65E-6bkc/s1600/whole.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-525VxrWze3Y/TcYcmdR3nFI/AAAAAAAAEI0/pkv65E-6bkc/s400/whole.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>My artist friends and I put together a colorful table of goodies. I was so pleased with how it turned out! I made cupcakes and a lime mint punch.<br />
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The exhibit is up two months, I still have a chance to complete the vision I set out with. If you'd like to help me reach that goal, please pledge today at <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Kickstarter.com</a>. Just go to the kickstarter.com website and enter "whole" and my sketch should pop right up. I've heard from one person that their pledge didn't go through. So if you pledged but didn't enter your information on Amazon to pay, and if your name is not on the "backers" tab, then your pledge didn't go through. There are only these last 10 days left. Please join with others around the country to make this dream a reality and take home a piece of the whole. And thank you. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here's to music, candles, flowers and.... COLOR! (of course!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whole, a broken heart, a vibrant hope. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-89758303204699626272011-05-03T23:42:00.001-04:002011-05-03T23:42:51.882-04:00Hurry Up!The previous display in the gallery came down ahead of schedule and I was scrambling to get SOMETHING up. So... the "Whole" exhibit will begin with just these pieces.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wk_aq71FHm4/TcDIVRYFZPI/AAAAAAAAEIc/s2s5wtso0x0/s1600/100_7810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wk_aq71FHm4/TcDIVRYFZPI/AAAAAAAAEIc/s2s5wtso0x0/s640/100_7810.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>And plus, my lovely camera doesn't always open it's eye all the way and so my friend snapped this cool shot. I love it!<br />
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The display isn't at all what I planned, but this part of the exhibit is in place for now until I can get the rest finished. And it's a good thing because it looks so different in a sketch than it does in person. I think I will need to spread it all out a bit more, it is a lot of color in a space that feels smaller than I remember... even though I had the measurements. So I suppose I'll tweak the plan to fit the space a bit better.<br />
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In the mean time... there is lots of work to do and I feel like I'm coming down with the plague. So... a bit of rest and hopefully I can get back at it tomorrow.<br />
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Only 14 days to go, are you the sort of person who helps make miracles happen? If so, <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose?ref=live">check out my kickstarter.com project</a>. Your pledge would be greatly appreciated. <br />
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Happy Creating<br />
-Carmen RoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-16634658572338216502011-05-02T02:03:00.003-04:002011-05-15T13:58:54.525-04:00Pieces of the "Whole" ExhibitOnce more I have been too busy to blog, so tonight (this morning) I'm playing catch up. I heard the news online and looked around until I found streaming video online so that I could hear President Obama's address. The top news story tonight is that Osama Bin Laden has been killed. And while the story played out I sewed the final details on this collection. Then I photographed this series of 17 canvases. I take no pleasure in this man's death, life is sacred. Death and life, revenge, forgiveness... all are fitting themes tonight as I look forward to putting this art exhibit together.<br />
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Each canvas represents a piece of my journey of the last year. Each one is created with hand dyed fabrics, commercial batiks and in some cases hand marbled fabric and hand dyed white on whites. I used a variety of methods in getting the color into the fiber. All pieces are machine pieced and machine quilted. I then put them through the laundry for the crinkly texture. Then I frame them on canvas stretchers and embellish them with found objects. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h8NeoFF5gHM/Tb49ps263JI/AAAAAAAAEHY/fNzi0z2ob-8/s1600/100_7753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h8NeoFF5gHM/Tb49ps263JI/AAAAAAAAEHY/fNzi0z2ob-8/s640/100_7753.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Discarded 3"</div><div style="text-align: center;">A gasket I found in the parking lot, a washer from the junk yard and a new washer from Lowe's.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8bou2scjReE/Tb49qGb8yLI/AAAAAAAAEHc/NGoI8AZ_GBo/s1600/100_7754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8bou2scjReE/Tb49qGb8yLI/AAAAAAAAEHc/NGoI8AZ_GBo/s640/100_7754.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Potential"</div><div style="text-align: center;">An antique skeleton key.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DlamPDpQjvI/Tb49qneOEwI/AAAAAAAAEHg/ggc-qKE5Bj4/s1600/100_7755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DlamPDpQjvI/Tb49qneOEwI/AAAAAAAAEHg/ggc-qKE5Bj4/s640/100_7755.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Faith in Fire"</div><div style="text-align: center;">An old key, I added enamels to it and fired it in the kiln. I love how it turned out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oo7HIdqIe3I/Tb49rO81EDI/AAAAAAAAEHk/7U3_xP4Jc0Y/s1600/100_7756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oo7HIdqIe3I/Tb49rO81EDI/AAAAAAAAEHk/7U3_xP4Jc0Y/s640/100_7756.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Neglect"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Scrabble Tiles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> * * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2dN5NfI_Fk/Tb49rrV0DXI/AAAAAAAAEHo/_hp-TKhF7G0/s1600/100_7757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O2dN5NfI_Fk/Tb49rrV0DXI/AAAAAAAAEHo/_hp-TKhF7G0/s640/100_7757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Set Aside" </div><div style="text-align: center;"> These are little circles of felt with a layer of leather on top. They are about 1/2 inch thick, give or take. Pieces like this are used inside pipe organs, these just happened not to fit and were set aside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fg2AzanWnMg/Tb49sLdxGpI/AAAAAAAAEHs/I193HXh4mYk/s1600/100_7758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fg2AzanWnMg/Tb49sLdxGpI/AAAAAAAAEHs/I193HXh4mYk/s640/100_7758.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Storm Tossed 1"</div><div style="text-align: center;">This old weathered shell has really been through it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the swirls of color that result from a strange wear pattern.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ItAN1rXcmk/Tb49snQMfqI/AAAAAAAAEHw/Zc_Kn5AYvhQ/s1600/100_7759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ItAN1rXcmk/Tb49snQMfqI/AAAAAAAAEHw/Zc_Kn5AYvhQ/s640/100_7759.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Hope"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another antique key, a personal symbol of possibility, hope and opportunity. </div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-It4Dk_sel7E/Tb49tZkfJKI/AAAAAAAAEH0/gfWyo49ou8M/s1600/100_7760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="632" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-It4Dk_sel7E/Tb49tZkfJKI/AAAAAAAAEH0/gfWyo49ou8M/s640/100_7760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Buttoned"</div><div style="text-align: center;">A button. Nope, it's not old or anything, it's just a button that came with the rest of a package of buttons that I have around here. Leftovers from some project.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xlOWYJ34ePY/Tb49t75uakI/AAAAAAAAEH4/Ln37lNhb7yQ/s1600/100_7761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xlOWYJ34ePY/Tb49t75uakI/AAAAAAAAEH4/Ln37lNhb7yQ/s640/100_7761.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Broken"</div><div style="text-align: center;">A bit of broken china I found on a walk in the woods. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was intrigued with it and brought it home.<br />
<b>SOLD </b></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_ZEyG4lWb0/Tb49uUXGXaI/AAAAAAAAEH8/RSJpCgREoQU/s1600/100_7762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v_ZEyG4lWb0/Tb49uUXGXaI/AAAAAAAAEH8/RSJpCgREoQU/s640/100_7762.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Pieces"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Puzzle pieces. </div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ax5UZ1eSWNc/Tb49u6qr0SI/AAAAAAAAEIA/y0TKDuaqNgs/s1600/100_7763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ax5UZ1eSWNc/Tb49u6qr0SI/AAAAAAAAEIA/y0TKDuaqNgs/s640/100_7763.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Solitary"</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love this old sea shell, it's shaped a bit like an artist's palette. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ek4oauuaMDg/Tb49vJFZMhI/AAAAAAAAEIE/wnLsXAYVjjU/s1600/100_7764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ek4oauuaMDg/Tb49vJFZMhI/AAAAAAAAEIE/wnLsXAYVjjU/s640/100_7764.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Thoughtful"</div><div style="text-align: center;">These lovely little shells were a thoughtful gift from a friend who came home from an exotic </div><div style="text-align: center;">place and brought me these tiny treasures. </div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KccUStsofpo/Tb49vq3k0JI/AAAAAAAAEII/HJj5v_vDito/s1600/100_7765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KccUStsofpo/Tb49vq3k0JI/AAAAAAAAEII/HJj5v_vDito/s640/100_7765.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Lost"</div><div style="text-align: center;">An unknown bit that was at one point useful. I found it in the junk yard.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fup9pRzmv0Y/Tb49wBfBTGI/AAAAAAAAEIM/rBf_gcV-wgc/s1600/100_7766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fup9pRzmv0Y/Tb49wBfBTGI/AAAAAAAAEIM/rBf_gcV-wgc/s640/100_7766.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Possibility"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another kiln fired key, this one is green. Love it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w46u-x_AoZA/Tb49wjwaShI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/ZV74ccMTzKE/s1600/100_7767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w46u-x_AoZA/Tb49wjwaShI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/ZV74ccMTzKE/s640/100_7767.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Forgotten"</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Lower left) This is an earring that I just discovered in my jewelry box. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had forgotten I had them. </div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVpjrsoMCuc/Tb49xf9e9cI/AAAAAAAAEIU/YEXlFEr88BA/s1600/100_7768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVpjrsoMCuc/Tb49xf9e9cI/AAAAAAAAEIU/YEXlFEr88BA/s640/100_7768.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Storm Tossed 5"</div><div style="text-align: center;">More sea shells from a trip to the beach.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPG6651QwUQ/Tb49xyxORwI/AAAAAAAAEIY/bT4vHBA-YQ0/s1600/100_7769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KPG6651QwUQ/Tb49xyxORwI/AAAAAAAAEIY/bT4vHBA-YQ0/s640/100_7769.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Discarded 2"</div><div style="text-align: center;">A rusty old ring and a washer from the junk yard or somewhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br />
These are some of the 12x12's in the exhibit coming up. </div><div style="text-align: center;">More photos coming up as I continue to prepare for this exhibit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm really looking forward to seeing my broken and discarded pieces come together in this exhibit. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe the "Whole" will be beautiful. </div><div style="text-align: center;">* * * </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Help me put this exhibit together?</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">They are $100 each, shipping included.</div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *<br />
Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-17877172807446527482011-04-29T10:45:00.000-04:002011-04-29T10:45:07.422-04:00More pieces of the Whole<div style="text-align: center;">Here's a fun one, I haven't finished the quilting on this one yet but I like it so far.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SosyrPixvU/Tbow2iKBrKI/AAAAAAAAEGs/RaYyNvewIuI/s1600/12+lime.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SosyrPixvU/Tbow2iKBrKI/AAAAAAAAEGs/RaYyNvewIuI/s640/12+lime.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And what about this one? Another cheerful little confection!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nm2Byg2PqJc/TboxCBMuz5I/AAAAAAAAEGw/K7aHUrib_Rk/s1600/100_7690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nm2Byg2PqJc/TboxCBMuz5I/AAAAAAAAEGw/K7aHUrib_Rk/s640/100_7690.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here are some of them on the design wall together:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2gQdiv5pdfw/TboxT08cgBI/AAAAAAAAEHE/vkWYMHauP7M/s1600/100_7648.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2gQdiv5pdfw/TboxT08cgBI/AAAAAAAAEHE/vkWYMHauP7M/s640/100_7648.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've finished up a pair of purple 12x12's. This pair has hand dyed white on whites, hand marbled fabric, and some commercial batiks. Machine pieced, machine quilted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oxD_uZugsJ4/TboxO_QdAnI/AAAAAAAAEG0/EjDp_jgdj4I/s1600/12+purple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oxD_uZugsJ4/TboxO_QdAnI/AAAAAAAAEG0/EjDp_jgdj4I/s640/12+purple.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And after they go through the laundry they are nicely crinkled up, then framed on 12x12 canvas stretchers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fhKusOiO1N8/TboxPEpdNLI/AAAAAAAAEG4/--KE0QLImjo/s1600/12+purple+a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fhKusOiO1N8/TboxPEpdNLI/AAAAAAAAEG4/--KE0QLImjo/s640/12+purple+a.JPG" width="638" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the second one in the pair:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4cNTpvq-OuY/TboxQSUB8sI/AAAAAAAAEHA/QUKbK8WQHPo/s1600/12+purple+marble.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4cNTpvq-OuY/TboxQSUB8sI/AAAAAAAAEHA/QUKbK8WQHPo/s640/12+purple+marble.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I added some storm tossed pieces to these, the purple in the shells seems to go nicely with the purples in the pair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emVohZdir3g/Tboxc2tMDvI/AAAAAAAAEHI/dxB5kebyZJs/s1600/100_7710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emVohZdir3g/Tboxc2tMDvI/AAAAAAAAEHI/dxB5kebyZJs/s640/100_7710.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A particularly interesting shell for this one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PdJLEHawEkk/TboxffzKbuI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/gKTH5Ewqy4w/s1600/100_7712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PdJLEHawEkk/TboxffzKbuI/AAAAAAAAEHQ/gKTH5Ewqy4w/s640/100_7712.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And a row of five shells for this one:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TPqHW3ro0HA/TboxgwFo0-I/AAAAAAAAEHU/sl6Q0fNoIR4/s1600/100_7713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TPqHW3ro0HA/TboxgwFo0-I/AAAAAAAAEHU/sl6Q0fNoIR4/s640/100_7713.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's all about the details in this series. I am having so much fun making these, does it show?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-20394090005229601752011-04-28T15:52:00.000-04:002011-04-28T15:52:48.380-04:00DragonflyI wanted to post another of the series before I go and bury myself in the studio again this afternoon. This one is a 9x9 piece in pink, purple and a sagey green. The main square is hand marbled fabric and the rest are hand dyed white on white, hand dyeds or commercial batik. The color is a little off on this first image.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPtnoo1joXQ/Tbjh09Bw9uI/AAAAAAAAEGo/FdnKi2sPbKc/s1600/9+dragonfly.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPtnoo1joXQ/Tbjh09Bw9uI/AAAAAAAAEGo/FdnKi2sPbKc/s640/9+dragonfly.JPG" width="618" /></a></div>My heart goes out to those in storm flattened areas. I was there after Katrina, I remember what that was like. Then to see such amazing damage again, it simply blows my mind. My love to all of you in the South East today, I hope you and yours are safe and sound.<br />
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I'm working on this series of quilts for an exhibit called "Whole." Each quilt has a found object piece included representing different aspects of my life in the last year. Some pieces have included items from the junk yard, puzzle pieces, scrabble tiles, broken china and now a forgotten dragonfly from my jewelry box. These bits and pieces are a little unexpected in my work but express my broken and discarded condition as my divorce nears completion. <br />
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I was shaken by images of the storm torn parts of my homeland, as we all are. Here the power went off and on a few times during the night and a tree nearby was down this morning. We had no tornadoes in this area, just high winds. The images of great loss that I saw this morning on the news reverberated with my own losses of the last year. My home on the golf course, my dogs, my sense of security, my losses were by my own choice, theirs were not. So as I continue to incorporate broken and discarded images into my work, I'll do so with a prayer for those who lost everything in the storm last night. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">I just updated the Kickstarter.com project with this note</a></div><br />
"Dear friends, in light of the brokenness caused by the storms last night, I will be donating 10% of the project total to a disaster relief charity at the successful close of this project. Please pray with me for peace, protection and provision for our friends in the South-East United States today. Thank you, -Carmen Rose"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-35759982405364066222011-04-27T17:21:00.000-04:002011-04-27T17:21:35.810-04:00Another piece of the "Whole" exhibit.I was going to try to spread these out some over the next few days, but I couldn't resist showing more photos today!<br />
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Here is one of the 9x9's of the exhibit. It started with a very drippy piece of hand dyed fabric from ages ago. I'm really dipping into the stash these days, never know what you'll find in there!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KMv_s-gBFUs/TbiHIDdI07I/AAAAAAAAEGc/RKrP7AdAj3g/s1600/9+peachy+key.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KMv_s-gBFUs/TbiHIDdI07I/AAAAAAAAEGc/RKrP7AdAj3g/s640/9+peachy+key.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>These silly little elements of this exhibit are SO FUN TO MAKE! For some reason it looks downright edible to me, I think I'm hungry for Popsicles and cupcakes now! <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-81870199980227764402011-04-27T16:42:00.000-04:002011-04-27T16:42:45.944-04:00Update on the piecesI've been in the studio creating all kinds of fun stuff, having the time of my life! I have REALLY been neglecting my blog, I struggle to find the time between my three jobs and trying to get ready for my featured artist exhibit. However, I do love sharing the joy in the journey with you folks, so here goes. I can't wait to show you some of the pieces coming out! Here is one of the first sets I created:<br />
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This shows the pieces just after they were pieced: First this one, <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3hGR0Vw1BM/Tbh7RriZJ-I/AAAAAAAAEF8/7VBmCeqj_oA/s1600/12+green.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f3hGR0Vw1BM/Tbh7RriZJ-I/AAAAAAAAEF8/7VBmCeqj_oA/s640/12+green.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> And then the matching one. This one has some of my favorite hand marbled fabric in it that I created ages ago. It was so fun, I need to do that again! These pieces include some hand dyed commercial white on white, hand dyed fabrics and batiks. And the hand marbled fabrics as well.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JI-l5QBUjME/Tbh7Syv-5LI/AAAAAAAAEGI/kScrOs-3cbE/s1600/12+green+marble+b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JI-l5QBUjME/Tbh7Syv-5LI/AAAAAAAAEGI/kScrOs-3cbE/s640/12+green+marble+b.JPG" width="638" /></a></div>I added some details, this one has a pair of rings. One says "316" on it, so I've titled it "316."<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m0JSpG3scQA/Tbh7V275edI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/DI0xo66ZCfY/s1600/junk+yard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m0JSpG3scQA/Tbh7V275edI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/DI0xo66ZCfY/s640/junk+yard.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This one has a gasket that I found in the parking lot, a washer from a trip to the junk yard and a lovely new washer from a trip to the hardware store. These little details please me very much!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-30B0MLo8AOo/Tbh7XY4aLjI/AAAAAAAAEGU/6QkKim9JifM/s1600/washers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-30B0MLo8AOo/Tbh7XY4aLjI/AAAAAAAAEGU/6QkKim9JifM/s640/washers.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>And finally, here they are, the pair of them! I can't tell you how much I love my job!<br />
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My kickstarter project was stuck at 21% funding for a few days. Today it bumped up to 22% and that made me very happy! <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Learn the story behind the series and give me a good SWIFT KICK</a>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Very Happy Creating to you and yours,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ICupSlpiACs/TbXpGFc2TLI/AAAAAAAAEF0/AkZ4zRdyI6M/s1600/6+green.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ICupSlpiACs/TbXpGFc2TLI/AAAAAAAAEF0/AkZ4zRdyI6M/s640/6+green.JPG" width="622" /></a></div>Then after I've quilted them and run them through the laundry to get that cool laundered texture, then framed them up on canvas stretchers. This one is on a 6x6 canvas stretcher.<br />
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I sure think so.<br />
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I've been really struggling with my sewing machines. The Necchi acts like it's clutch is slipping, I just took it BACK to the repair shop to try and see if they can get it fixed this time.<br />
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The Singer drops stitches like a drunk co-ed even though I got it back from the repair shop on Friday. However, the problem is very erratic. I never know when it is going to happen but I can't use it for quilting when I can't get a happy seam out of it.<br />
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I just got my third machine back from the repair guy today and this one works. I hesitate to even mention that it works because it may decide to quit on me also. We shall see.<br />
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So far I've spent more $$$ on repairing sewing machines than I had budgeted for fabric for this project. I do hope that at least one of the four will stay working long enough for me to finish up this project in time for the art opening.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose">Have you seen my project at Kickstarter.com?</a> I really love the whole concept of kickstarter and have my eye on a few projects that are happening there. A friend of mine is an inventor and I hope to bring one of his projects to Kickstarter.com. I also know of an artist killed in Iraq who documented the people and war in Iraq through his photography while serving in a medical mission there. His voice, his vision... is one that should be seen even though he is no longer with us. I hope to host a kickstarter project to see an exhibit of his work come together as well. So many ideas, so little time. I hope you'll check out my project and consider buying one or more of my quilted textile and found object pieces like the one in this blog post. Or perhaps one of my cool enameled keys, those are just SO COOL!<br />
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Happy Creating,<br />
-Carmen RoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-89942527107257190202011-04-24T16:57:00.000-04:002011-04-24T16:57:21.933-04:00ShineThis is the first one of the "Whole" series, a small one (though the small ones take as much fabric as the big ones because of how deep they are.)<br />
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Want it? <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose?ref=live">Pledge here to support the "Whole" project</a> and become part of my creative process.<br />
Happy Creating,<br />
-Carmen RoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-84650163069373018272011-04-22T10:55:00.000-04:002011-04-22T10:55:17.746-04:00First One<div style="text-align: center;">This is the first in the "Whole" series, plus the press release went out today for my exhibit and opening. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0f31_VJhxz0/TbEC9LG4R_I/AAAAAAAAEFo/0f27bUyHpMs/s1600/12+yellow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0f31_VJhxz0/TbEC9LG4R_I/AAAAAAAAEFo/0f27bUyHpMs/s640/12+yellow.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll keep working at it and see if I can get a head start. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you seen the video I made yet?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose?ref=live">Check this out</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating!</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-8046184460509345072011-04-20T18:16:00.000-04:002011-04-20T18:16:44.277-04:00Kickstarting a new project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7ChnezygWvw/Ta9bNdU6-4I/AAAAAAAAEFk/HdxTiHPvLOU/s1600/whole.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7ChnezygWvw/Ta9bNdU6-4I/AAAAAAAAEFk/HdxTiHPvLOU/s640/whole.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I'm very pleased to announce my<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carmenrose/whole-an-art-exhibit-by-carmen-rose"> brand new "Kickstarter.com" project</a>. If you haven't heard of Kickstarter.com yet, check it out, it's an excellent way to fund and follow creativity. I am pleased with how the video turned out, even with an audio malfunction on my little flip cam. Surf on over to see my project and watch the video with me in it. If you like the project, please share the information with your friends. Thanks!<br />
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Happy Creating!<br />
-Carmen RoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-52918039408318365842011-04-20T16:40:00.000-04:002011-04-20T16:40:30.391-04:00Tease!Oh, alright....<br />
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Here is another teaser:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QSsKTSiRCvI/Ta9Elv0FrOI/AAAAAAAAEFg/2FfaQl_a80Q/s1600/whole.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QSsKTSiRCvI/Ta9Elv0FrOI/AAAAAAAAEFg/2FfaQl_a80Q/s640/whole.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-16837185551600519542011-04-20T16:34:00.000-04:002011-04-20T16:34:59.237-04:00This should be fun.<div style="text-align: center;">My project has been approved by Kickstarter.com and I'll be going live as soon as possible. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some teasers:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bOxuhGLOGk/Ta9CLhVvVtI/AAAAAAAAEFU/02yT3s-Uvk8/s1600/100_7621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2bOxuhGLOGk/Ta9CLhVvVtI/AAAAAAAAEFU/02yT3s-Uvk8/s640/100_7621.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love old skeleton keys. These are the ones I keep by my front door in case I ever lose my keyring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XNyodadIVRE/Ta9COHynz7I/AAAAAAAAEFY/whSvKsQrLCI/s1600/100_7601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XNyodadIVRE/Ta9COHynz7I/AAAAAAAAEFY/whSvKsQrLCI/s640/100_7601.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I put these marvelous old keys in the kiln with enamel powder just to see what would happen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love how they turned out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjTcRVyyI9k/Ta9CSLBa_8I/AAAAAAAAEFc/DcjjUbHutRI/s1600/100_7615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjTcRVyyI9k/Ta9CSLBa_8I/AAAAAAAAEFc/DcjjUbHutRI/s640/100_7615.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just a photo of three canvas sizes. 6x6, 9x9 and 12x12. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check back for more information in the coming days!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and wish me luck!) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-6554968867925662742011-04-18T21:01:00.000-04:002011-04-18T21:01:51.775-04:00Once around the block in Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WATN8Nb2YOA/TazeIUhJ-mI/AAAAAAAAEEA/fs-KLJEG_VE/s1600/190_7396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WATN8Nb2YOA/TazeIUhJ-mI/AAAAAAAAEEA/fs-KLJEG_VE/s320/190_7396.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Once around the block in Spring"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qtkQvnyuRQA/TazeSAQP70I/AAAAAAAAEEE/-c_GQKu_pR4/s1600/190_7388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qtkQvnyuRQA/TazeSAQP70I/AAAAAAAAEEE/-c_GQKu_pR4/s400/190_7388.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hand dyed cottons, machine pieced and quilted, washed for texture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N486sgfySFU/TazeTmqzMhI/AAAAAAAAEEI/NXQ5H8JPn_w/s1600/190_7389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N486sgfySFU/TazeTmqzMhI/AAAAAAAAEEI/NXQ5H8JPn_w/s640/190_7389.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stretched on a 12x12 frame. $75</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:carmenrose@comcast.net">email me</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-17751106484993338422011-04-18T20:55:00.000-04:002011-04-18T20:55:53.143-04:00For lo, the winter is past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SXW7ias7gc/TazcSzjKHnI/AAAAAAAAED0/oJthTXa4cfM/s1600/190_7384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SXW7ias7gc/TazcSzjKHnI/AAAAAAAAED0/oJthTXa4cfM/s640/190_7384.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "For lo, the winter is past"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XHwLjmgbh5c/TazcTUdQNfI/AAAAAAAAED4/QgHF6ouLbAM/s1600/190_7385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XHwLjmgbh5c/TazcTUdQNfI/AAAAAAAAED4/QgHF6ouLbAM/s640/190_7385.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> hand dyed cottons & batiks, prairie points, machine quilting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--mEDcJYz1Jw/Tazcehh-u3I/AAAAAAAAED8/Dn8YHA6tA2g/s1600/190_7397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--mEDcJYz1Jw/Tazcehh-u3I/AAAAAAAAED8/Dn8YHA6tA2g/s640/190_7397.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">12 x 12 canvas frame, ready to hang. </div><div style="text-align: center;">SOLD</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-80286574030175192202011-04-18T20:45:00.001-04:002011-04-18T20:46:56.995-04:00Gone Daffy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eqRR9ujBEpE/TazafiBWsuI/AAAAAAAAEDo/yXzTExauTN0/s1600/190_7404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eqRR9ujBEpE/TazafiBWsuI/AAAAAAAAEDo/yXzTExauTN0/s640/190_7404.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Machine pieced and quilted, embellished by hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L40J15rsLR8/Tazag-7IaNI/AAAAAAAAEDs/-DC1l-8eiDo/s1600/190_7405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L40J15rsLR8/Tazag-7IaNI/AAAAAAAAEDs/-DC1l-8eiDo/s320/190_7405.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> 12x12 on canvas frame.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WgS3dfXUKTU/TazaiBJ0Y-I/AAAAAAAAEDw/Y0sXmIiPQTc/s1600/190_7406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WgS3dfXUKTU/TazaiBJ0Y-I/AAAAAAAAEDw/Y0sXmIiPQTc/s320/190_7406.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">$75 </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:carmenrose@comcast.net">email me</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-60845674260791774542011-04-01T13:05:00.000-04:002011-04-01T13:05:28.163-04:00Art in the ParkHere are a few photos I'm sending in with an application for an art show this summer. I'd love to send more but they only want four per media... and since I'm a multi-media type woman... or perhaps a little ADD... it looks like a lot of photos. Quite a few of my friends are at this show, so I believe it will be a lot of fun!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7OytVnTcIeY/TZYEOuvehdI/AAAAAAAAEDU/-q2FjvRTXDc/s1600/Stripes+by+Carmen+Rose.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7OytVnTcIeY/TZYEOuvehdI/AAAAAAAAEDU/-q2FjvRTXDc/s400/Stripes+by+Carmen+Rose.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zlo9S7rEB8/TZYEQP1l9RI/AAAAAAAAEDY/pHq2_pMC7_M/s1600/Winter%2527s+tears%252C+Springs%2527+hope+by+Carmen+Rose.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zlo9S7rEB8/TZYEQP1l9RI/AAAAAAAAEDY/pHq2_pMC7_M/s640/Winter%2527s+tears%252C+Springs%2527+hope+by+Carmen+Rose.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Sorry, they are completely in random order, I'm on my way out the door here shortly to see what I can do about this monster "to do list."<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(And for heaven's sake put a little color in it!!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732958114780222436.post-52928211835283733082011-03-29T22:09:00.000-04:002011-03-29T22:09:13.616-04:00YAY! Studio time!!Finally a little studio time today! YAY!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lQuH987XZcc/TZKN7nkW8wI/AAAAAAAAECc/8Qinhz1fauU/s1600/190_7449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lQuH987XZcc/TZKN7nkW8wI/AAAAAAAAECc/8Qinhz1fauU/s640/190_7449.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The first layer of sage green glaze is on these for a commissioned set of wine glasses plus some vases.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HraQgIM8Icw/TZKN9Uk806I/AAAAAAAAECg/yEbThOaD_Qw/s1600/190_7448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HraQgIM8Icw/TZKN9Uk806I/AAAAAAAAECg/yEbThOaD_Qw/s640/190_7448.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Plus all my usual favorite colors are in the works! The first round of glaze is on these, more tomorrow if I get the chance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wy1deg63-4U/TZKODQcsA3I/AAAAAAAAECk/3K0xGWVrsJg/s1600/190_7451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wy1deg63-4U/TZKODQcsA3I/AAAAAAAAECk/3K0xGWVrsJg/s400/190_7451.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Dinner was zucchini, yellow squash, yellow and purple fingerling potatoes, onions, mushrooms, garlic, and chicken with herbs and pepper. Then I added Parmesan and sea salt just at the end when it came out of the oven. Delicious! And perfect for these last days of March that have started with ice on my windshield each morning. Spring is coming, really it is! <br />
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Now, how many days will it take a single woman to eat all that? LOL!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Creating,</div><div style="text-align: center;">-Carmen Rose </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0