Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jul 30, 2011, 6:06 pm
Well, it's been a busy summer so far. We married off a daughter. I taught a summer class. I've been working out - seriously, with a trainer in a gym. The garden is growing - but not too happy now since the summer heat has them all resting. A lot of activity - but none of it weaving. I've not even ha...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - May 22, 2011, 2:49 pm
Wow - with the Google conversion of sites, apps, accounts, etc., I've been kinda locked out of here! I think I got it all straightened out.. Whew! Technology! Fun, when it works.. Hummingbird SageAnyway - what with summer on its way, my sage has been working its way through its blooming stages as se...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jan 28, 2011, 1:51 pm
Nature continues to do her thing and the cycle of life continues! My hummingbird sage is blooming even though it's only recently been planted. I love the neutral (color) aspect of the stalk and leaves then the POP of color in the blooms... Contrast seems to be the name of the game here to get our at...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jan 21, 2011, 12:45 pm
Have you ever pondered the nature of TIME? I do quite often because I have a terrible sense of time passing. (That's obvious if you take a look at how often I post here!) Nature has its own sense of time as the earth relates to the sun and moon, creating our seasons, tides, and other rhythms... My ...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 24, 2010, 2:02 pm
While my yard is in 'progress' (soaking in all the rain that's been falling), I've been thinking a lot about color and culture. Different societies use color in very different ways although there is a lot of similarity, too. I came across this graph: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizati...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Sep 25, 2010, 12:45 pm
Do you know what it's like when you get so busy with mundane things that you feel like you're not doing anything? That makes me restless with respect to my fiber interests since I've not been successful at carving out enough time for them. In any case, the back yard project has been slowly evolving ...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jul 10, 2010, 12:33 pm
I've been intentionally 'off-grid' lately - that makes it hard on the blog thing but one must unplug periodically. We have a nice little backyard that is currently empty - I've been demo-ing what was there since it was time to clean it all out. There is a huge oak tree next door that shades part of ...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - May 30, 2010, 4:58 pm
Ancient cord skirts from the Bronze Age were used to accentuate women's movements, particularly in fertility rituals. These remind me of codpieces for men - they certainly accentuate and call attention to the same general body area as do cord skirts on women. As the use of codpieces disappeared, som...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - May 15, 2010, 8:05 pm
What happened to April?! As a teacher, the spring is my busiest time of year: papers to grade, reports to complete, hiring to do.. Not enough time for fiber, art, or nature! That said, I have been fiddling around with various things. Updating my father's genealogy has taken me into Viking and Englis...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Mar 14, 2010, 8:29 pm
Meet my little dragons! or Sea Horses! Birds?! or whatever they look like to you.. These are another result of my Simultaneous Contrast explorations.. I used the same green/blue for both, then used orange or red (the complement of the neighbor of green-blue) for my ply-splitting experiment.. I like ...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Mar 14, 2010, 8:29 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Feb 1, 2010, 8:19 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Feb 1, 2010, 8:19 pm
If you saw my earlier post about doing a project based on Simultaneous Contrast, you might have wondered what became of that? I did finally get some things done that I'm happy with.. Here's my study in yellow/green - with braids for each original color (Yellow, Yellow-Green, and Green) and then with...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jan 25, 2010, 9:50 pm
Egads, where does the time go? I've been offline far too long but I did get some things done! This is my "Spectral Contrast" project - one of my Simultaneous Contrast items... I've got monochromatic kumihimo braids woven into black silk - for each primary and secondary color - so that one can see wh...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jan 25, 2010, 9:50 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:22 pm
DSCN3349, originally uploaded by srraskoff. Blurry but that makes the colors blend in interesting ways.. in my opinion..
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:22 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:21 pm
DSCN3363, originally uploaded by srraskoff.
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:21 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:19 pm
DSCN3356, originally uploaded by srraskoff.
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:19 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:10 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Oct 30, 2009, 6:10 pm
Sunrise today inspired me. Inspired me to take pictures of it. Inspired me to think more about simultaneous contrast. Inspired me to notice how the oranges and blues reinforce each other. Inspired me to post these pictures so you could see them!
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Sep 3, 2009, 6:35 pm
"Simultaneous Contrast" is quite a phrase and quite a concept. I'm in a study group on this topic and I am in awe of how many ways there are to address the issues that it presents. A fella by the name of Chevreul was the first to present his "law" of simultaneous contrast (among other things). Basic...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Sep 3, 2009, 6:35 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Aug 28, 2009, 8:27 pm
Just a quick note on color - in my preparations for the semester to begin, I've been appreciating the way that nature puts things together. It is simply amazing. The oranges and greens of a poppy field, the blues, greens, and white of the ocean and sky... I'm in a study group on Simultaneous Contras...
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Aug 28, 2009, 8:27 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Aug 13, 2009, 8:53 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jul 28, 2009, 10:30 am
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like

Sally R. posted an article on Fiber Art Nature - Jul 14, 2009, 6:30 pm
// < ![CDATA[//
Comment - Like