Friday, April 14, 2006

I Surrender...


Life by Chocolate
Artist: Mark La Polla Greenville Arms Inn, New York

Chocolate Ganache sandwiched between Chocolate Crispy Disks filled with Mascapone and topped with Whipped Cream and Fresh Berries in a Spun Sugar Basket
O Yeah, Baby!
And now back to the fabric art.
We (not the imperial we) are working in neutrals. Stacey has made a grouping of low contrast strip fused fabrics and just placed them on the wall to get them off her table. Her artistic sensibilites are so great that they appear to be naturally occuring complete compositions.




I think these are elegant sophisticated designs, but I have yet to convince Stacey. I promised her that overnight it would all become clear to her and she would see them in a new light this morning.




Joanie continues to crank out wonderful pieces. These three are all hers.


Elfie made this fantastic leaf piece early in the week and is working on more great things, TBA.



She even got in some hand stitchery.


Laura has an elegant line and a scrumptious color sense. Can one eat fabric?

She made this small piece (about 8x10") and it is just what I think of as a trigger for a really whamo series. I plan to steal it right from under her nose. I'll call it an homage or inspired by, but we all know it is highway robbery of the artistic kind.

(those of you really worried about copying---I KID!)

I have my OWN SERIES GOING.

I began this late Wednesday afternoon and finished it Thursday morning. It's about 30 x 40". This detail shows the block element that I chose as my constant. The strange colors excited me.

I felt satisfied that I had cracked the nut. I have used colors that are totally foreign to me and thought I arrived at series nirvana. So I cleaned up all my scraps, rolled up my fabric and cleared my table. Sigh. Then I decided to work in nuetrals.

Apparently I need to read the definition again.

14 comments:

  1. Melody, I've enjoyed your post from thie retreat beyond measure! I know I gained weight from looking at the Life of Chocolate!

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  2. Anonymous8:40 AM

    You need to change the definition to neutral to suit YOU!!! Ot all looks fabulous, I wish I was there...
    Natalya
    PS tell Stacey that her stuff is really amazing, I love the colors!

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  3. Anonymous9:38 AM

    It's ALL amazing. Oh, and Mel, we will now call those "Melody Neutrals."

    What a wonderful time. A friend of mine, Barbara Stroup, will be attending a workshop there in the very near future. I am so VERY jealous. The consolation is....she will have to work very hard to work off all that delicious food before we meet at Ferry Beach!!

    teri

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  4. Anonymous9:39 AM

    Oh, and the question came up....when are YOU returning to teach there?? I guarentee a mad rush to enroll.....

    teri

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  5. Anonymous9:51 AM

    Orange lightning coming from clouds? What am I missing? I thought those were trees.

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  6. Melody,

    Your series' central block element reminds me of Sonji's bundles!

    Sherrie (http://my-life-goes-on.blogspot.com/

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  7. I love that piece that is not your normal color pallette and that is just what I thought as I scrolled down to it, it would be mine!

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  8. What a fabulous retreat! the pieces from class are gorgeous, playing with color is so fun. It looks like everyone is getting a lot out of it, And the food .... ahhh heaven. If only all teaching gigs could be this wonderful.

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  9. Anonymous4:51 PM

    OHHH these are wonderous! I LOVE Lauras black and turquoise work.. Envy abounds and will send me scampering to my studio to work out my green eyed monster!! LOL. Thank you so much, Melody, for posting so many helpful joyful and delicous blogs.

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  10. I wish you had taught this class at WQI back in January...

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  11. Those are all fabulous. Tell the group how wonderful I think they all. Get a grip they are to die for. and I love the blacks they are absolutely eat them up with a spoon. This is the first chance in a week I have had to look at the blog. I am blown away. I am going to bed now.
    love
    me

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  12. I cannot even believe the talent in your class. You must be in hog heaven (not to mention the food)!!! Did I mention that I lost 2 lbs? It is probably not the right time to bring this up, eh?

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