Like A Magnificent Museum

The internet - it’s like a magnificent museum with endless choices of viewing material. I can peruse folk art, learn about politics, visit foreign countries, see amazing landscapes, and on and on.

AN ORNAMENT I MADE FROM DRYER LINT

I MADE THIS TO HOLD SPECIAL THINGS

MY PURPLE ARGYLE TABLE RUG

A WEE JACKET I MADE FOR ADELINE

MY CROW MADE FROM OLD SWEATERS

My favorite pastime is to look at all the wonderful art, especially fiber art. OMG! I love it! But I'm not sure how much I want to look at it anymore. 

Lately, I find myself choosing NOT to look at art, especially my kind of art, online. 

So much of what’s out there in WebLand is wonderful, but looking at it has at least two negative effects:

I GAVE NICOLE POLKA DOT "STOCKINGS"

1) I feel overwhelmed by how wonderful everyone else is and then I lose faith in my own work.

2) My head gets so filled up with all those images that it is like a garden full of weeds that you have to get rid of in order to find the tomatoes ... my own vision gets lost, or smothered by all those other images.

MY QUIRKY, TWIRLY MAKE-DOs

And, I'll add 3) I really dislike it when I see something that I might make but once I see it from someone else, I worry that I'll seem like I am copying. So then I never pursue it myself.

Oh, and 4) Sometimes I see something that I know is a copy of something I've made and that's a tad annoying. 

 
 

Hookers find haven in Redding

It seems there is quite an active group of hookers in the area of Fairfield County (CT) where I live. Ha, ha, ha - not that kind of hooker. 

LAUGHTER, HOOKED BY JUNE MYLES OF REDDING, CT

I wonder how many lame hooker jokes this group of fiber loving artists has endured over the years. My apologies for adding to the inanity ... 'tis my juvenile sense of humor rearing it's oversized, infantile head.

CHRISTMAS IS NEVER FAR AWAY, HOOKED BY MELINDA WOLLCOTT OF WILTON, CT

Every year the hookers display their recent work at the beautiful Mark Twain Library. Yes, Mark Twain lived in Redding and he gave us our library, among other things.

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, HOOKED BY BEVERLY OSGOOD OF RIDGEFIELD, CT

It was just a lucky accident that I stopped in at the library yesterday. I didn't even realize that the rugs were up. I'm so glad I got to see them. They simultaneously soothe and stimulate this artist's soul. 

B IS FOR BIRD, HOOKED BY MELINDA WOLLCOTT OF WILTON, CT

"Fiber art refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic  and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labour on the part of the artist as part of the works' significance, and prioritizes aesthetic value over utility." (Wikipedia)

PAINTING WITH WOOL & PAINTBRUSH, HOOKED BY JUNE MYLES OF REDDING, CT

God is in the detail.