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Redux, Redux
Saturday, August 21, 2010
A friend is considering stitching a rug. "Do it!" I proclaim,
"Stitching is so soothing." Like a rosary, the repetitive motion is
thoughtless; it steadies the mind, allowing it to take liberties.
Rhythmic and reassuring, the threading of the needle causing pause and
concentration, then the rasp of the wool against the canvas. In and
out, over and over. And if your reverie is disturbed by the slo-mo of
the replay or the recount of the trivia of the day, it matters not. Not
like losing the place on your page, the interruption of critical
dialogue or the bother of the counting, purling, or casting off. If you
are good, or practiced at least, you can look up over the edge of your
glasses and offer a meaningful, "Mmmm-hmmmm," or, "Wow, that is really
something," without so much as a hesitation. Even if you are not, if
this is a new endeavor, you can just stop, needle half in this stitch,
half in that, while you confirm that, yes, of course you are watching,
listening, before you travel on your way to the resolution of the day's
tangled threads.
The image, above, is of the late Russell Lynes, a writer, who, at the time of its publication (HG, January 2003) was the president of the MacDowell Colony.
The piece was a reprint of an article from July, 1972. Of his passion
for needlepointing Lynes said, "As we grow up we become more and more
confined by patterns of socially acceptable behavior. But how we spend
our leisure does not need to conform to patterns. What I stitch into a
canvas is what I feel like putting there." He also noted, "Needlepoint
nearly took over my house." This is something I can completely
understand.
by Patricia Shackelford, aka. Mrs. Blandings
www.mrsblandings.blogspot.com
The colorful world of Jeanette Kuvin Oren
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Welcome Jeanette Kuvin Oren to our growing family of artists!
Jeanette Kuvin Oren is known internationally for her elegant Judaic Art
for Torah mantles, Ark curtains, stained glass and Wall Hangings and
more for families and organizations throughout the world for more than
twenty five years. 
Arise above would make a wonderful tallit bag or larger as a needlepoint wall hanging.
The Seasons above is spectacular in silk threads!
Animal Talent - Watch Elephants Paint on National Geographic!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
National Geographic Channel features the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project
We are excited to announce that one of the elephant artists the AEACP
works with, Hong, will be featured in an upcoming episode of a new
National Geographic channel show called, ‘Nat Geo’s Amazing’. Hong
resides at the Maetamann Elephant Camp in Northern Thailand. Also
making an appearance in the segment is the director of the AEACP, our
very own David Ferris.
The ‘Nat Geo’s Amazing’ series showcases inspiring and provocative stories from around the world. The Elephant Art episode will be airing this Friday, July 23rd at 7:00pm EST on the National Geographic Channel. Be sure to tune-in on Friday night or set that DVR!
Consider a needlepoint of art created by elephants or make a donation to www.elephantart.com
Wool in Bloom
Friday, July 09, 2010
Here's an Organic
chair!
Making Wool Bloom in the current Aug/ Sept issue of Organic Gardening magazine highlights the extreme talents of plantswoman Joanna Reed.
The base of the seat shows garlic and onions and other activity under the soil, while the seat and back of the chair is an explosion of gorgeous flowers.
"Her skill at accurately depicting the garden's flowers and plants was just incredible, says Judy Jeroy, a certified teacher of crewelwork for EGA (Embroiders Guild of America) ... a consummate artist, I felt.
That level of skill might be difficult for most of us to achieve, but the ability to interpret favorite plants in wool is accessible to any gardener."
Introduce someone to needlepoint - teach a neighbor, child, grandchild or friend!
When you expand our needle art community you help keep the art form alive and we'll reward you!
Call us for details on our Newbie Promotion.
Who knows - maybe there's another budding Joanna Reed waiting to unleash her stitching talent!.
Talent Creates a Lasting Gift
Sunday, July 04, 2010
We wanted to share some of the details of a very special needlepoint.
The talented stitcher is the aunt of the young woman getting married.
She and her sister have
designed the Chuppah (wedding canopy) that the couple will stand beneath.
In the middle
of this long and beautiful Chuppah is this fabulously stitched
needlepoint!
The background is rich with different textures - the colors pop and the love apparent.
A Chuppah is a canopy or covering which symbolizes the home that the couple will build together.
If the home they build together is anything like their Chuppah it will be a glorious, richly colored and happy home.
Talent
Saturday, June 26, 2010
We all have talent. Some of us cook well, care for others very well, sew or knit or needlepoint well. Perhaps you paint or draw or play an instrument divinely.
Michael Jackson's music and dance style may or may not appeal to you, but you cannot watch a video of him (or if you were lucky enough to see him in person) and walk away without knowing his talent. Your body captured both his voice and his rhythm.
He left too soon.
Remembering Michael Jackson
Raphael: Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Don't Miss THIS Tapestry Exhibit!
8 September - 17 October 2010 Room 48a
Free admission by timed ticket
Advanced booking strongly recommended
Your needlepoint can help wildlife and a way of life
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The government released new figures Tuesday showing that far more oil is
flowing from the seafloor than believed as recently as last week. The
Flow Rate Technical Group said as much as 60,000 barrels (2.5 million
gallons) of oil a day is escaping from the damaged well, a 50 percent
increase from the last estimate.(Washington Post)
All profit from every Audubon and canvas with an animal or landscape during the months of June, July and August will go to several charities in the Gulf region, as well as Audubon, Oceans Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund.
Hôtel Recamier, Paris and its Needlepoint Walls!
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Hôtel Recamier, Paris
We found this lovely post on Cool Hunting.com. " The newly renovated Hôtel Recamier, located at the core of Paris' Left
Bank on Place St. Sulpice, offers guests a low-key retreat from the
bustle of the City of Light. Designed by Jean-Louis Denoit, the tastefully appointed hotel is
classically French with modern undertones."
"Among other things, we were enamored with the seamless needlepoint
lining the elevator walls (pictured above and below)."
Worth a trip if only to see the needlepoint walls in the elevators. Well appointed indeed!
A tastefully appointed, low-key retreat in the City of Light
More Art That's Fit to See!
Saturday, June 05, 2010
- If you live in, work near or are traveling to London you don't want to miss Picasso - The Mediterranean Years at the Gagosian Gallery in London June 4 - August 28, 2010
- Old Meets New at the Virginia MFA in Richmond has reopened. They've commissioned New York based artist Ryan McGinness (born in Virgina beach) for a 40 foot panel ... A lovely way to spend an afternoon or if you are lucky - all day!
- Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody MA - has a wonderful new exhibit Painting
the Modern in India On view April 10, 2010 to January
1, 2012
- The Artist is Present - Marina Abramovic Live performance at MOMA, NYC
- The Private Collection of Henry Darger is at the American Folk Art Museum NYC through September 18, 2010
Redux, Redux
Saturday, August 21, 2010
A friend is considering stitching a rug. "Do it!" I proclaim, "Stitching is so soothing." Like a rosary, the repetitive motion is thoughtless; it steadies the mind, allowing it to take liberties. Rhythmic and reassuring, the threading of the needle causing pause and concentration, then the rasp of the wool against the canvas. In and out, over and over. And if your reverie is disturbed by the slo-mo of the replay or the recount of the trivia of the day, it matters not. Not like losing the place on your page, the interruption of critical dialogue or the bother of the counting, purling, or casting off. If you are good, or practiced at least, you can look up over the edge of your glasses and offer a meaningful, "Mmmm-hmmmm," or, "Wow, that is really something," without so much as a hesitation. Even if you are not, if this is a new endeavor, you can just stop, needle half in this stitch, half in that, while you confirm that, yes, of course you are watching, listening, before you travel on your way to the resolution of the day's tangled threads.
The image, above, is of the late Russell Lynes, a writer, who, at the time of its publication (HG, January 2003) was the president of the MacDowell Colony.
The piece was a reprint of an article from July, 1972. Of his passion
for needlepointing Lynes said, "As we grow up we become more and more
confined by patterns of socially acceptable behavior. But how we spend
our leisure does not need to conform to patterns. What I stitch into a
canvas is what I feel like putting there." He also noted, "Needlepoint
nearly took over my house." This is something I can completely
understand.
by Patricia Shackelford, aka. Mrs. Blandings
www.mrsblandings.blogspot.com
by Patricia Shackelford, aka. Mrs. Blandings
www.mrsblandings.blogspot.com
The colorful world of Jeanette Kuvin Oren
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Welcome Jeanette Kuvin Oren to our growing family of artists!
Jeanette Kuvin Oren is known internationally for her elegant Judaic Art
for Torah mantles, Ark curtains, stained glass and Wall Hangings and
more for families and organizations throughout the world for more than
twenty five years. Arise above would make a wonderful tallit bag or larger as a needlepoint wall hanging.
The Seasons above is spectacular in silk threads!
Animal Talent - Watch Elephants Paint on National Geographic!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
National Geographic Channel features the Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project
We are excited to announce that one of the elephant artists the AEACP
works with, Hong, will be featured in an upcoming episode of a new
National Geographic channel show called, ‘Nat Geo’s Amazing’. Hong
resides at the Maetamann Elephant Camp in Northern Thailand. Also
making an appearance in the segment is the director of the AEACP, our
very own David Ferris.
The ‘Nat Geo’s Amazing’ series showcases inspiring and provocative stories from around the world. The Elephant Art episode will be airing this Friday, July 23rd at 7:00pm EST on the National Geographic Channel. Be sure to tune-in on Friday night or set that DVR!
Consider a needlepoint of art created by elephants or make a donation to www.elephantart.com
Wool in Bloom
Friday, July 09, 2010
Here's an Organic chair!
Making Wool Bloom in the current Aug/ Sept issue of Organic Gardening magazine highlights the extreme talents of plantswoman Joanna Reed.
The base of the seat shows garlic and onions and other activity under the soil, while the seat and back of the chair is an explosion of gorgeous flowers.
"Her skill at accurately depicting the garden's flowers and plants was just incredible, says Judy Jeroy, a certified teacher of crewelwork for EGA (Embroiders Guild of America) ... a consummate artist, I felt.
That level of skill might be difficult for most of us to achieve, but the ability to interpret favorite plants in wool is accessible to any gardener."
Introduce someone to needlepoint - teach a neighbor, child, grandchild or friend!
When you expand our needle art community you help keep the art form alive and we'll reward you!
Call us for details on our Newbie Promotion.
Who knows - maybe there's another budding Joanna Reed waiting to unleash her stitching talent!.
Talent Creates a Lasting Gift
Sunday, July 04, 2010
We wanted to share some of the details of a very special needlepoint.
The talented stitcher is the aunt of the young woman getting married.
She and her sister have designed the Chuppah (wedding canopy) that the couple will stand beneath.
In the middle of this long and beautiful Chuppah is this fabulously stitched needlepoint!
The background is rich with different textures - the colors pop and the love apparent.
A Chuppah is a canopy or covering which symbolizes the home that the couple will build together.
If the home they build together is anything like their Chuppah it will be a glorious, richly colored and happy home.
The talented stitcher is the aunt of the young woman getting married.
She and her sister have designed the Chuppah (wedding canopy) that the couple will stand beneath.
In the middle of this long and beautiful Chuppah is this fabulously stitched needlepoint!
The background is rich with different textures - the colors pop and the love apparent.
A Chuppah is a canopy or covering which symbolizes the home that the couple will build together.
If the home they build together is anything like their Chuppah it will be a glorious, richly colored and happy home.
Talent
Saturday, June 26, 2010
We all have talent. Some of us cook well, care for others very well, sew or knit or needlepoint well. Perhaps you paint or draw or play an instrument divinely.
Michael Jackson's music and dance style may or may not appeal to you, but you cannot watch a video of him (or if you were lucky enough to see him in person) and walk away without knowing his talent. Your body captured both his voice and his rhythm.
He left too soon.
Remembering Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's music and dance style may or may not appeal to you, but you cannot watch a video of him (or if you were lucky enough to see him in person) and walk away without knowing his talent. Your body captured both his voice and his rhythm.
He left too soon.
Remembering Michael Jackson
Raphael: Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Don't Miss THIS Tapestry Exhibit!
8 September - 17 October 2010 Room 48a
Free admission by timed ticket
Advanced booking strongly recommended
Your needlepoint can help wildlife and a way of life
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The government released new figures Tuesday showing that far more oil is flowing from the seafloor than believed as recently as last week. The Flow Rate Technical Group said as much as 60,000 barrels (2.5 million gallons) of oil a day is escaping from the damaged well, a 50 percent increase from the last estimate.(Washington Post)
All profit from every Audubon and canvas with an animal or landscape during the months of June, July and August will go to several charities in the Gulf region, as well as Audubon, Oceans Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund.
Hôtel Recamier, Paris and its Needlepoint Walls!
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Hôtel Recamier, Paris
We found this lovely post on Cool Hunting.com. " The newly renovated Hôtel Recamier, located at the core of Paris' Left Bank on Place St. Sulpice, offers guests a low-key retreat from the bustle of the City of Light. Designed by Jean-Louis Denoit, the tastefully appointed hotel is classically French with modern undertones."
"Among other things, we were enamored with the seamless needlepoint lining the elevator walls (pictured above and below)."
Worth a trip if only to see the needlepoint walls in the elevators. Well appointed indeed!
A tastefully appointed, low-key retreat in the City of Light
More Art That's Fit to See!
Saturday, June 05, 2010
- If you live in, work near or are traveling to London you don't want to miss Picasso - The Mediterranean Years at the Gagosian Gallery in London June 4 - August 28, 2010
- Old Meets New at the Virginia MFA in Richmond has reopened. They've commissioned New York based artist Ryan McGinness (born in Virgina beach) for a 40 foot panel ... A lovely way to spend an afternoon or if you are lucky - all day!
- Peabody Essex Museum, Peabody MA - has a wonderful new exhibit Painting the Modern in India On view April 10, 2010 to January 1, 2012
- The Artist is Present - Marina Abramovic Live performance at MOMA, NYC
- The Private Collection of Henry Darger is at the American Folk Art Museum NYC through September 18, 2010
- Redux, Redux
- The colorful world of Jeanette Kuvin Oren
- Animal Talent - Watch Elephants Paint on National Geographic!
- Wool in Bloom
- Talent Creates a Lasting Gift
- Talent
- Raphael: Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel
- Your needlepoint can help wildlife and a way of life
- Hôtel Recamier, Paris and its Needlepoint Walls!
- More Art That's Fit to See!
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