First 100 Women of 2012... Thursday

Well... here we have our first man in the group. I'm taking inspiration from the quattrocento of the Italian Renaissance. Just couldn't resist Massiacio's profile of this man... hope I can do it justice in the carving.

Rough drawing from a sculpture depicting the lamentation of the dead Christ.... soon to be tweaked, transferred and carved.

There are many more lighthouses at flickr (well there will be, I can't get onto their site right now!) This particular light is out on the Makah Reservation... quite on the very edge of Washington state. It's beautifully wild and untouched out there.

On a craftier note, I'm hand quilting my quilt I've been working on with colored floss threads. Hope to share some this weekend. Anna Maria Horner is coming to Spokane's The Top Stitch quilt shop next month. I SO want to go meet her and maybe take her class. Happy early Friday :)

The Light Project

Lately, I've been consumed by the simple combo of India ink and a very fine pen nib. It's heaven, I tell you. Why did I not think of this before. The flowing ink on the lovely, thick Stonehenge paper... stark black on white, it's very seductive :)

So, in honor of my land-locked-mermaid-itis... the subject of lighthouses was the perfect choice. I've done several so far and am just getting started. These are small - a bit larger than atc size. Hopefully, a zine will come out of this project.

I'm a bit behind on the drawings for First 100 faces, so those will be postponed until Thursday next! Have a great LONG weekend :) The kids don't return to school 'til Wednesday, wow.