Giggly Mama

Shannon has long been a friend of this blog.  I’ve written about her before, but she deserves a little more praise than I’ve been giving her.  Shannon is an amazing person.  She kind and smart and creative.  She’s sweet and it’s not saccharine.  She’s just plain adorable.  I’m really lucky to have her as a [...]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, originally uploaded by alexcateye. Here is my self portrait. Some yarns are hand spun and dyed. The rest are commercial crewel wool. It also contains hand spun buffalo down in the hair. (I collected it from tree trunks while camping in Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.) The bottom half is [...]

Another One

I hate this part.  I hate looking at what I’ve made and feeling like a failure.  I hate feeling like I’ve made a mess that I should hide from everyone.  I hate looking at that brown clump on the right side and wondering if David is right, that it looks wrong, that it’s too much [...]

Beefranck on Sylvia Plath

, originally uploaded by beefranck. If you love embroidery, you probably know Beefranck. She shares a blog (http://www.mrxstitch.com/) with some of fiber art’s most influential people. Here is what she had to say about this piece: “I’ve had this idea floating around in my head for awhile. It seems fitting that I finished it this [...]

Ode to a Spoon

Ode to a Spoon, originally uploaded by alexcateye. “Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.” Zen Proverb My life is full of simple tasks that bring me joy. I make art. I keep house. Thread needles Start washer Wipe tables Read stories Brew coffee Pour soymilk Scrub toilets Cook dinner [...]

Mapping my life.

Since I finished my Promise of Pills series, I’ve been a bit lost.  I decided to make a map.  So much of my identity has been tied to illness and depression for the last 20 years.  How can I find the person underneath? I’ve decided to start celebrated the unique markings of my physical self.  [...]

The Outside Looking In–Exploration of Perceptions

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my perceptions of my body. I still plan on doing a lot of knitting, but I’m going to be working a lot of stuff out in my head with embroidery for a while. I’m thinking beyond “body image” to the mental pictures I carry with me of my [...]

Thinky Thoughts

I’ve been bitten by the Embroidery Bug. Actually, I think it’s more of a needlestick injury, something I’m familiar with…something impossible to forget. (Now I want a complete social history on Embroidery. Where has she been and who has she been doing it with?) I’m not sure what to do with the brain. I just [...]