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Itty Bitty.

8/19/2018

 
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Tangles: Punzel and Molygon. Drawn on a Black 3-Z tile with a White Gellyroll 08 pen. Some coloring with a blue colored pencil (not much) and a bit of highlighting using a General's White Chalk Pencil.
This is what happens when there is no time to tangle, but you gotta tangle anyway no matter what.  I'd been wondering what would happen if I put the tangles Punzel and Molygon together.  But there was no time to try it today. 

I thought I'd just try "refreshing my memory" on Punzel using a pencil and scrap paper for 5 minutes, and then I saw this tiny 3-Z tile and my White Gellyroll pen sitting there and couldn't contain myself.  Good thing the tile was itty-bitty.
Picture Same photo but altered by the iPhone mirror app.


And if that wasn't enough, I played with the original on my iPhone mirror app, and got this, which is kind of fun.  I prefer the original though.

Ok, I'm now way overdue with prepping for a meeting this evening...but feeling somewhat less crowded by all the tasks ahead.  Ahhhhhhhhh...

Why I Like My Neighborhood

8/15/2018

 
As I drove out of my street yesterday I passed our mailboxes and nearly drove off the road when I spotted this:
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ALOHA!
Her mysterious arrival cracked me up.  I was out all day but when I drove home at dusk, there she was to greet me.  She had survived a couple of torrential downpours and looked fine.

Two of my neighbors were sitting on their porches and a quick survey revealed that while everyone has noticed her, no one would take responsibility for putting her there.

I love it.

We're all wondering how long she will last, as we have heavy bicycle, scooter, dog-walking, running, and leisure strolling that goes past this mailbox every day.

Some mysteries are just fun, and don't need to be solved.
UPDATE, posted on August 20th:
Alas, this morning the Hula Girl (aka "loose woman" as a friend referred to her) has disappeared.  And just when I was planning on glue-ing her to the top of the mailboxes so that she would be a permanent resident.  Darn, I missed my chance and she's now gone.  Curses!  "Easy come, easy go," I guess.  I will miss her.

UPDATE, posted on August 26th:
My tangling buddy Susie Ng in Thailand just sent me the following message, which has solved all questions about Hula Girl's disappearance: 
"I know you are not going to believe this, but I saw your loose woman. Have you seen the trucker movie Joyride 3? She appears about 10 min into the film and only for 2-3 seconds, when the front credits start. I am not kidding. Straw skirt and a guitar or whatever that is.
Anyway, now we know where she is (or has been) and that she once had a Hollywood engagement."


Really, you cannot go anywhere these days without being spotted and identified online.  And from the other side of the planet!  Priceless.

Just an Oldie.

8/9/2018

 
PictureOne of my mandalas which I altered by using an app on my iPhone so that it's no longer round. Micron 01 black pen, Prismacolor Pencils, and the app. Done in August 2015.
Ayup.  Did the mandala (from which this photo was created) three years ago today.  This particular photo was created by manipulating the original mandala in one of my iPhone apps.  [The app has changed over the last 3 years and now isn't anywhere near as much fun.  Phooey.]

I always did love this one.

Three long-distance friends are in town from today thru mid-week next week, so I'm not sure how much tangle time I will have.  Thus I'm just posting an oldie for today and we'll see what the next several days bring.

Last night around midnight we had a ferocious thunder-and-lightning storm with heavy rains.  So much for peaceful sleep...yawning...

The Secret Project

8/3/2018

 
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, I bought three t-shirts, each with a different design I absolutely adored.   Each one was like a mandala to me.

[Ok, so it was actually only 2 1/2 hours' drive from here and only about 20 years ago.  But I do love these t-shirts.]

Slowly but surely they are all starting to wear out. I got the idea to use the designs for a series of 3 punchneedle embroidery pieces (see the other two designs below), and have just completed the last of the trio.  The designer, Rob McLellan, gave his t-shirt designs titles, and the title of this one is "Elksong."  Many thanks to the folks at University Silkscreen for giving me permission to interpret these designs in my needlework.  I'm really happy to finally be able to share what I've been working on all summer.
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ELKSONG, The original t-shirt (no longer for sale). Design by Rob McLellan; the rights to the design are owned by and © 2018 to University Silkscreen in Norman, OK--all rights reserved.
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ELKSONG, My version of the t-shirt design. Punchneedle embroidery using wool, silk, and alpaca threads and some bead embroidery. Note that the design is ©2018 to University Silkscreen, Norman, OK, all rights reserved. Please respect copyright!
Below are the two previous works in my series, Midnight Pony and Redwing Blackbird.  Rob McClellan was an artist who lived in Ohio in the late 20th century. He died in a car accident around 2005.  A fascinating man, he was adopted by the Cheyenne Tribe and much of his art reflects that.
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MIDNIGHT PONY, the original t-shirt (no longer for sale). Design is © 2018 to University Silkscreen, Norman, OK.
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REDWING BLACKBIRD, the original t-shirt (no longer for sale). Design is © 2018 to University Silkscreen, Norman, OK.
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MIDNIGHT PONY. Design is ©2018 to University Silkscreen, Norman, OK, all rights reserved. Punched with wool and cotton threads, 2018.
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REDWING BLACKBIRD, my version done in punchneedle embroidery. Design is ©2018 to University Silkscreen, Norman, OK, all rights reserved. Punched with both wool and cotton threads, 2018.

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