Sunday, June 21, 2015

Words of peace

We have had quite a few days of wall to wall mist over the past week or so, with rain and mizzle and every other form of moisture possible on a mountain I think. The past three days have been sunny tho and it is so good for the spirit - even if they feel a bit chilly.

When it gets moist for days on end, I feel sad for my paper.  It gets moist and I can't go near it with ink - it just bleeds and runs and doesn't hold a line at all. So, I have to do something else.

We run dehumidifiers which are in fact a real life saver and keep things dry and any mould at bay; but nonetheless, I didn't want to be doing inky things during the week just in case, so I played with the pencils - much less chance they'll run!

I have been working on a series of seven hanging, each of three long thin rusted pages.  The pages are dark, but the words are light - hoping for peace to emerge from darkness.

Here are a couple of completed ones (the first 6 photos) then the others are fragments of other pages.




Another completed set...



And then some close up sod other pages...





It has also been a time of tidying.  I had honestly reached the stage of no surface anywhere to put anything onto or to work on, so it was a good chance to get myself sorted. As a result I was much more productive today!

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  1. Makes a difference when you have a clear space!

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    1. 'Tis good for the soul and spirit isn't it Penny? I feel lighter and less frazzled as a result. Go well.

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  2. peace is my wish too! your pages are lovely. I have been enjoying your work silently for a long time but thought today I should say good day! thank you for sharing your work with us. tell me why it is easier to make war than peace!!!

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    1. Thank you Lyle - it's so nice that you'e popped out of the quiet place to comment! I'm sop leased you enjoy looking through my ponderings and my work - and my wish for you as well is peace...

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  3. beautiful colours and textures, deceptively simple looking

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    1. Thanks Jac - I like it when people know that simple is not always easy! The textures and marks are really interesting on these and they look good hanging together. Go well.

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  4. Absolutely beautiful! That goes for the letters, the background and the sentiment.

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    1. Thank you Candy - it's nice when the the whole lot comes together and works like these have. Go well.

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  5. It's all so beautiful - the paper, the words, the sentiment and the typeface too.

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    1. Thanks Lesley - I really enjoyed playing with these letters and having them dance along the page a bit. They have come together well and are hanging nicely.

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  6. love how your quiet strong spirit shines with these words for Peace

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    1. Thank you Mo - as ever, we need as many quiet and strong spirits shining for peace wherever we can. Go well.

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  7. hi Fiona, love the colours you have used, and those white letters are just stunning, would love to see a photo of them all hanging together........cheers

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    1. If only I could find enough wall space to hang them Kate! I have been looking around wondering where on earth I can test them out...will keep looking and hope to be able to photograph them soon.

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  8. today, looking over here, i read and SAW these. we are hurting here in the u.s., mad gunners, escaped murderers down the road, blah blah. your words settled me. thank you, fiona.

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    1. Glad the gentle words of peace reached you over the waves Velma - hold tight to them and to beauty.

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