More from Melbourne

One from the Elite Taiwanese Quilt Collection caught my eye last week. I've featured a rose in a quilt that I developed into a paper-pieced pattern -- "In the Garden". This one is titled "The Wind Lifts Water, Petals Flutter" by YinPing Tuan. It's a good style between absolute realism and abstraction. 

 

Rembering

The weather made a walk around the block easy, and I visited the weeping cherry planted in the nearby church yard landscape in honor of my mother-in-law. The identification tag is gone, and the reason for being planted is fading from memory as well. How life cycles, remembers, then forgets.
 

Sources

Surface Designers develop patterns for applied design on various things from wallpaper to stationery to upholstery and beyond. I have found patterns in source books equally in my photographs. This one is a take on the flower motif. I'll show you how I've used it tomorrow. 

 

New Forms New Forms

I'll be leaning on my images from the garden this week to set a few new motifs to print next week. The strong forms, the odd bend of the stalk, and the mix of leaves is a wonderful start for cutting new shapes to print.
 

Murals for a Sun State

I'm not a fan of murals. They are frequently too serious for my taste, grim, or hyper real. This application was just fun, bright, and the right scale. Seen on my drive around town today, another treat to add to my collection of "what world is this?".