Week in Review 2021 – 07/16

Process

thread drawn shells litter a beach with a portion a wave rolling in.
Shore’s Edge is currently hanging at the United States Embassy Belgrade

My posts, for the most part, focus on process. Why? Perhaps it is because, since I was a child I have been fascinated by how things transform. I was mesmerized by a babysitter who would entertain me by knitting doll blankets. Imagine a length of yarn magically becoming a beautiful blanket I could wrap my doll in before putting her to bed.

Transformation

Several Canada geese stand on a recently frozen lake which acts as a mirror
Reflection is based on a simplified version of a photograph, taken by my husband, from our previous home in Appleton, Wisconsin. It is in a private collection.

Now I am the one doing the transformation. Not with yarn, but with fabric and thread. Not beautiful blankets, but art to be hung in galleries, homes, and even a US embassy. A dear friend, follower my blog, who owns some of my art reminded me I tend not to share when a piece I created is accepted into an exhibit, hanging some place special or purchased.

Release

An abstracted image in dark blues and greens with streaks of brilliant white.
If you follow my posts, then you followed my process of creating Turbulence. It, along with Sunrise Over the Gulf River, was accepted into Setting Sail, a quilt exhibit at The Brush Art Gallery, in Lowell, MA. If Lowell, MA (also home to the New England Quilt Museum and the Whistler Gallery) is local to you, I plan on attending the Artist Reception. It runs from 2 – 4 pm on August 14, 2021. I’d love to see you there.

I have learned to say thank you when someone compliments my work. I know not to point out the flaws and share what I wish I had done better. However, I do struggle when it comes to posting about times when my art is on loan or purchased. So, dear friend, thanks for the reminder. Really, isn’t selling and exhibiting part of the process?

I am linking up with Nina Marie’s Off the Wall Fridays.

By Gwyned Trefethen

I am an artist who uses fabric, thread and miscellany to create designs gifted to me by my imagination.