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This is an online journal of my artistic investigations and a way to communicate about my work, ideas, quandries and queries! I welcome comments and conversation and do hope you enjoy these musings. My artwork is available in my shop MissouriBendStudio on Etsy.com or on my website.

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Friday, July 20, 2012

The Lost Week

I lost a week....maybe you've been wondering where I've been. Mostly on the couch. I came down with some icky flu-like bug over the weekend....it started with a sore throat that developed steadily during my work day on Saturday. After several days the flu bug did improve and I went back to work but by the next day I was sick again. I've finally gone to the doctor and have a sinus infection, so am on antibiotics. I was beginning the think I'd never get well, since I felt worse each day....but I definitely should be on the upswing now. Meanwhile, there were no trips to the studio....the days went by, but there were no drawings made to commemorate their passing. It was a lost week, but I'll begin again with tomorrow's drawing and will look forward to getting back into the rhythm. Now, if I could just quit coughing!!

I don't want to leave you without anything to see, so this is a fairly new finished piece that will make it to my website when I have the energy. It's a new series I'm playing with....the delicate handmade paper is folded into separate sections before drawing on it. It's also been dipped in beeswax and then stitched to another sheet of backing paper for a little more support. I have made another in the series, but it's not quite finished, as I still have to stitch it to another support paper.  Hope you like this one....I kind of fancy it myself.

Lives of the Ancestors

Have a great weekend! See you soon...

14 comments:

  1. Glad to hear you're on the mend! Take care.
    I fancy your Lives of the Ancestors as well.

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    1. Thanks for your good wishes Carol....still coughing, but improving bit by bit! Glad you fancy the piece too! Take care!

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  2. Hi Patti, sorry to hear about the lost week of misery, I hope you are on the up and up now. This is a pretty special piece, I like the way the folds have almost created separate segments for the work. It looks stunning and feels like a field journal/diary page...

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    1. Hi Fiona....yes, I'm quite up and about now, although still getting over the pesky illness! I like the way the folds create little places for individual drawings too...I do love your idea of the field journal page....it's got my wheels turning! Thank you!

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  3. summmer is a lousy time to be sick. i really like this piece.

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    1. Hi Velma....well, being sick in the summer when it's over 100 degrees outside isn't much different, I suppose, than being sick in the winter....don't want to be outside much anyway! Glad you like the drawing! Great to hear from you!

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  4. Hope you are fully well soon. Beautiful work:)

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    1. Thank you on both counts Annamaria! Hope your summer is going well!

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  5. what a lovely piece! so delicate and evocative! wishing you speedy recovery! hope time will show you his generous friendly side next.

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    1. Hi Anca...thanks for your encouragement on the piece....more will be in the works, I'm sure. Still getting better, but not yet at my best...thanks for your good wishes!

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  6. Glad you are beginning to feel human again. Intrigued by your new series. Lives of the Ancestors is lovely!

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    1. Robyn...thanks for your encouragement....we'll see where this series takes me. Having the different areas to work in gives me lots of room to play! Best to you!

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  7. Oh I definitely love this one!!! Hope you're feeling much better each day!

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    1. Penny...wonderful to hear that! I am still getting better...seems to be a slow process! So glad for the encouragement here on this drawing....more to come! Thank you for the comment...have a great day!

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