‘night ‘night
sight: circles, bubbles, rings
taste: hot, slightly sweet, milky, cocoa
feel: warm cup, comfort, drowsy
hear: sleep tight!
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by Marja-Leena by Marja-Leena snow patterns
lingering leftovers from this morning’s fall of wet snow
by Marja-Leena autumnal rain
Mesmerized by the sound of rain,
by the sight of patterns of raindrops and wood grain,
by bright reflections of grey sky and dark railings on wet,
painting another pattern…
by Marja-Leena patterns
thinking about patterns and textures as fragments,
as possibilities for layering with other objects,
…. still a work in progress
by Marja-Leena twine(d)
More treasures from the bottom of my ‘textures for collagraphs’ bag…
Coarser and stiffer than jute, is it sisal?
Fascinating how these recent scans of twine have brought forth many comments and questions about the fibres, and sent me on a learning journey. Meanwhile, my head and body feel a bit entwined by some kind of mild flu bug, so have been a little quiet lately.
by Marja-Leena more jute
I am really enjoying revisiting this wonderful fibre! I’m surprised and pleased at all the comments the first jute post received.
Meanwhile some of the jute imagery has gone into a new print I’m currently working on so wish me luck on that one, it’s looking good so far. Here are a few pieces from long ago that also incorporated rope or jute: Paths XI and Paths XIII, and one I’d almost forgotten, a Head Dress!
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by Marja-Leena my red diary
I’m not a diarist except when traveling and this has been my favourite travel diary. I love the texture, colour and pattern of the cover, and that it was a gift from a dear friend. Though it is last year’s, it still resides on my desk. I note that only the pages in May and June have entries about a trip to the westcoast of Vancouver Island and a trip to Montreal. Both were highlights of that year though we did do some other little trips here in BC. This blog is my diary.
by Marja-Leena revisiting macro photowork
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I fell in love with macro photography about a year and a half ago, going through a long learning process and taking lots of photos for many months.
It’s been an embarrassingly long time now since I took any new macro photos. It’s partly laziness in getting the bigger DSLR camera, the lenses and the extension tube out, especially if I have to change them after husband has used it with other lenses. When it comes to the technical side of photography, my memory does not retain the information for long without regular use. One gets too spoiled with today’s point and shoot cameras but ours does not have a great macro feature. Anyway, I’ve had a strong urge recently to take it up again and relearn it.
Here are some of my first little efforts. Having shot these indoors on a cloudy day, they came out very dark, but with iPhoto and PhotoShop I was thrilled to tease out some exciting-to-me results. The imperfections that I find in this kind of photography actually satisfy the artistic and creative side in me, sort of like the “happy accidents” I like to cultivate in etching and other printmaking processes.
Because I know you will ask what the subjects in these images are, I shall tell you they are small shells in a plant pot on the windowsill next to my computer desk in our home in a city on the west coast of Canada. Enjoy!
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