The Liberal Media

Yes I consider this Blog part of the Liberal Medial. And No Mr. Obama is not getting a break today.

Washington DC and Maryland voted for Barack Obama in numbers larger than many other states. And then he calls us "wimps."


He did this even after many of us stood for HOURS on War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore the Saturday before the inauguration and froze our "tookus(s)" off. Literally my feet have never been so cold. Still more of us stood on the Mall in DC on innauguration day and again withstood the 7 degree temperatures.

Well, any way.

When it looks like this outside...
I do not drive. period.

My point is... in Chicago and in many other wintery places it gets cold and it stays cold. Here in Baltimore it snows and then melts to a minor degree and then it refreezes. It does this all winter. If you do not have this experience you will likely criticize those of us who have been here for a long time. We know that people fall and hurt themselves, cars slide, wreck and then insurance rates go up.

If I only had to go down stairs to work or let someone else drive me there I would have been in my office today. But I'm not. I decided to remain safe, at home and work on my quilt.

Day 24

Day 23

these are mutually unwinding spirals

Day 20

Watch the progress

Day 4

There was slow progress yesterday. I decided to add some shininess. Hand stitching is tedious but adds more specific detail. My conceptual plan for this is developing into something eventually heavily encrusted with many layers and textures.

I was also distracted with a month-old sketch and started cutting pieces. Apparently the future narrative quilt will be put off for a while. But the ideas for that are still churning.

Below is the sketch book image that has distracted me.

Day 3 2009

Nothing much to say today. i think i'll just let thr additonal work speak for itself.

Day 2 2009

This appears more blue than it actually is. The rectangular shapes are royal purple velvet.

Day One 2009

Day One

The new year brings new energy. And while I am working out the sketch book version of my new figurative/narrative art quilt I am working on this. This is a freeing exercise in color and texture. There is no plan other than I plan to approach this piece the in an additive way. This, the first step is a piece of muslin tacked to a sheet of plywood and "painted" with fabric dyes. using a thumb sized diameter paint brush.