Happy Friday! It’s my blog day! Well, I’ve been off schedule lately so thanks for staying with me! I’ll probably have more to share with you than is fitting for one post a week for awhile, so you never know when extras are coming. I’ve been a laggard, despite my extra posts, in sharing my […]
Author: turtlemoonimpressions
As a native plant gardener, the natural world is phenomenal and so much of the man-made world - our architecture, our cities - are stunning accomplishments. They exist hand in hand in both beautiful expressions and sometimes disastrous manifestations.
Our entire existence with the natural and the invented is intertwined – each dependent on the other, even as my art evolves, each breathing in the wake of the other.
As a mixed media artist - textile, paper, printmaker - various substrates and mediums - surface design is one aspect of the process that I love. I thoroughly enjoy the play with color, value and construct, particularly the improvisation which starts with one thing, an idea, a glimpse of a vision, perhaps something that captures my eye for a moment in time and it grows organically. I become focused on whatever piece I'm working on and follow my muse to find my way.
The Art of Foraging – Learning Our Plants
Foraging for leaves and flowers to use in natural dying and printing is an art in itself. At home I place them all in vases filled with water to keep them for a few days or so as I use them. At this time of year, I also start to dry and begin to store […]
Elusive Time-Part 3
Update: Sorry, I was again in so much of a hurry, I neglected to put the pics of the iron blanket in! Sorry! Here they are: And while I’m at it, here’s the full pic of #2. This print is on a cotton that I suspected was some kind of blend because it has a […]
Turtlemoon Impressions 