I’ve got more company so we went to Glacier National Park yesterday. I’m not getting much fiber work done but I got tons of inspirational photos of more stumps, bark and cool rock surfaces. Here’s a photo of Avalanche Creek. Happy weekend!

Here’s my last lesson for the studio journals class. It’s another collage made from stuff I picked up off the ground except for the words and the two photos. Sadly enough, the photos were taken in the woods just up behind my house. Even the background began life as a flyer. It had been run over and stepped on so much that it was worn through. But so cool looking I couldn’t resist picking it up and bringing it home. It made the perfect background for this collage. I volunteer two times a year to pick up garbage on two miles of highway south of Kalispell. I have to say it is quite disgusting what people throw along the side of the road. So this is my rant against littering.

This is the last week of the online course I’m taking. It was such fun and I really learned a lot. I hope I can keep up my work in my studio journal. We’re doing collages this week.

Here’s a closeup.

And another.

Here’s one of my ideas for a future piece with tree stumps.

I worked a few samples to see how I would like to do this piece. I don’t care for this one much.

This idea worked better for me – as usual I go back to felt and I always seem to like that better.

Here’s a close up. I think I’ll try some with lighter felt background as there isn’t enough contrast in this one. Plus all the stumps I’ve taken photos of are much more of a tan than a dark brown.

I did a backing for my July TIF “Halfway?”. I think it looks better – now I just need to get a frame for it. Have a great weekend! I was so happy today to be able to get back into my work room as our company is gone and my niece is no longer inhabiting the room. Such a wonderful day to be able to do whatever I wanted without worrying about company. Short reprieve though, we’ve got more company next week.

I’m working out a new project in my studio journal. These are some photos I took this evening in preparation. More later.