tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post1945398746311392980..comments2023-12-08T01:52:54.286-05:00Comments on Artful Dreamer: a tale of an obsession gone wildAnne Marie - Torontohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15841030304464450073noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-56484264951180123952013-08-09T07:22:06.431-04:002013-08-09T07:22:06.431-04:00Robin, welcome back and thanks for your comments. ...Robin, welcome back and thanks for your comments. I like the littlest ones te best too and plan to focus on them a little more in the future. Of course I don't mind you playing with them!!! I got the idea from my paper swap partner, Ines in Germany, who makes the lovliest creme coloured ones I then passed the obsession on to my friend Kaite in Australia. Now you!! I wonder how many other people we will be able to infect? LOL!!! Anne Marie - Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841030304464450073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-86150105671434564372013-08-09T04:29:53.811-04:002013-08-09T04:29:53.811-04:00Hi AM! After a too long blog holiday, I come to yo...Hi AM! After a too long blog holiday, I come to yours first, finding much delight in your new passion, especially the wee little bowls, the ones that remind me of sparrow or humming bird nests. It's a great idea to use wallpaper paste in the construction process. Paint is a great addition too. I have so much collage materials, things I've saved forever, postage stamps, old music, drawings from old books, even piles of cut ends of threads from quilting. This tempts me. Would you be upset if I gave it a try?Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700778413231259614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-54594686033493033152013-08-07T20:11:56.810-04:002013-08-07T20:11:56.810-04:00Kaite, i'm starting to stack my bowls as well...Kaite, i'm starting to stack my bowls as well. It gives them another type of dimension. As for the Bower Birds, now I really do need to either find or make some green eggs.<br /><br />The fibrous stuff worked quite well and makes some interesting shapes when you tear it apart. I really do need to find more.Anne Marie - Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841030304464450073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-16115172944574130942013-08-07T03:51:21.613-04:002013-08-07T03:51:21.613-04:00I just noticed as i enlarged them, you've used...I just noticed as i enlarged them, you've used some of the blue fibrous stuff i sent. Obviously it worked ok?kaiteMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299002622308267375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-74381793661408689992013-08-07T03:47:40.743-04:002013-08-07T03:47:40.743-04:00Me too, i'm running out of room for the larger...Me too, i'm running out of room for the larger bowls, in fact i have them stacked up. The little ones are a delight. Bower birds collect things that are a matching colour to themselves, so green bower birds collect green things such as emeralds and green pegs. They have green'ish eggs. kaiteMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299002622308267375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-13966237703377396602013-08-06T19:01:26.028-04:002013-08-06T19:01:26.028-04:00Kaite, thanks once again for your lovely comments....Kaite, thanks once again for your lovely comments. The little nests are no harder for me to make than the larger ones. I like working in a small format so if anything, they're actually better for me. Also, I'm rapidly running out of room for large bowls, so the small ones are actually more practical right now. As for the yarn and other collage material, I just can't help complicating the bowls. Think back to my bead journals and you'll understand. If simple is good, complicated is much better for me. LOL!<br /><br />I don't know about bower birds, but I'd certainly like to get my hands on some pale green eggs!!<br /><br />Yes, the purple bowl is the same one. The bowl was very thin and the needle pierced it like butter. A little awkward to stitch, but not hard on the hands at all. This one was made from the crepe paper/wallpaper paste mix. Additional coats of acrylic and gel paints were added and I finished off the outside with the Hard Modge Podge. Quite the mixture, but it seemed to have worked! Anne Marie - Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841030304464450073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-86879571288433530952013-08-06T18:38:45.689-04:002013-08-06T18:38:45.689-04:00Your little nests are so sweet, very complex i th...Your little nests are so sweet, very complex i think and i know how tricky they are to make. I love how you wrap thread/yarns around them and the teeny bits of collage material inside makes them very special.<br /><br />The green one looks like a bower bird with a predilection for green has built itself a special nest. I expect to see pale green eggs inside any day now.<br /><br />Is the purple stitched bowl the same one i saw previously unstitched? How was the stitching - easy to pierce or thumb gouging. Anyhoo it looks regal, made for the new Prince George i think! kaiteMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299002622308267375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-2803296047802324702013-08-05T17:51:29.156-04:002013-08-05T17:51:29.156-04:00Thanks MA! Stay tuned!Thanks MA! Stay tuned!Anne Marie - Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841030304464450073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354055207141253864.post-87069473204784801672013-08-05T17:43:06.194-04:002013-08-05T17:43:06.194-04:00If you're obsessed - it's in a good way! ...If you're obsessed - it's in a good way! Your bowls are fascinating. Magpie's Mumblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852241848575954128noreply@blogger.com