tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29585347153223045782024-02-06T20:17:55.986-08:00Regina RiouxLadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-91354715648957133742014-03-28T14:32:00.000-07:002014-03-28T14:32:13.881-07:00Experimental GlassLately, I've been on a process kick: enhancing existing skill sets as well as learning new ones. Well, thanks to my friend Janet, a very talented glass artist, I am learning the ways of "the melt". Needless to say, working with glass is very different from my usual creative endeavors. You see I'm kind of a control freak, so whether I'm crocheting, weaving, painting or sewing I tend to spend hours laboring over minutiae. The only process I undertake on a regular basis that is not steeped in anal retention is spinning. And even spinning is not as free and intuitive as I have found glass to be (in the TWO times that I've explored the medium in Janet's studio/home). I'm not exactly an expert, but I am definitely on my way to becoming an enthusiast! Here are the results of my glassy tinkering so far (see below).<br />
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A few glass tiles (these are all approximately 2-2.5" square)...<br />
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The firings vary a bit as the two tiles above are more "melty" looking than the one's below.</div>
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The one below is my favorite tile yet. Janet is going to show me how to make a metal setting for this one. Yay!</div>
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I also made a few pendants...</div>
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Overall, I really like the immediacy of this process. I can throw together some simple compositions and watch them magically transform in the kiln. It's so gratifying! I also really love the depth of color in the glass itself. I have so many ideas dancing about my head for possible uses of glass in my textile work. Can you say glass buttons???</div>
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<br />LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-58488239810118943762014-02-12T10:28:00.001-08:002014-02-12T10:28:44.500-08:00Monstrous Flower BroochI was thinking about the little paintings I've been doing and how I they are really meant to be studies for future 3D explorations. As such, I pulled out my bin of felt and pair of shears and got crackin'...<br />
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Methinks there's some potential here. I added a bit of embroidery which served to add detail and keep the layers together.</div>
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Then, I sewed a brooch pin on the back of the flower for fun. All in all the flower took me a few hours to make from start to finish. Don't know that I will make loads of these, but the process was definitely a jumping off point for other experiments. Mission accomplished.</div>
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LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-75640453278479429862014-02-06T10:34:00.002-08:002014-02-06T10:34:26.198-08:00Small PaintingsI have begun painting again (by again I mean this is something I have endeavored to do periodically from the time I could hold a brush in hand and make marks). The pieces I'm working on currently are small (4x4"), painted sketches really. I use them to work out ideas, play with color and satisfy my need to make something and finish it in one evening (not a usual practice for one who is constantly enveloped in long and arduous projects).<div>
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These are my monstrous flowers. I was even thinking that it might be really cool to crochet a few of them in thread and show them side by side. Who knows how long this idea will remain viable in my mind's eye.</div>
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I figured I make these until I get sick of making them, as is my way. We will not discuss how many piles of dormant projects I have laying around the studio!</div>
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Happy Thursday, Kids! </div>
LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-85748034287219791662013-01-30T14:51:00.001-08:002013-01-30T14:51:34.357-08:00Playin' with Plastic!I've been playing with a new material. This one is not, however, fiber-related. It is, alternatively, a child-related polymer product. Oh yes, I have discovered the joy of <a href="http://www.eksuccessbrands.com/perlerbeads/" target="_blank">Perler Beads</a>! If I'd had these as a kid, I would have never left the house. Seriously, since I opened the packages containing my new toy, I have spent many, many hours at my work table putting beads to boards. Totally addictive. Totally. In fact, I may have ordered 30,000 more beads yesterday in a fit of panic when I noticed that I am running low on certain colors. Uh, yeah, that's the way I roll.<div>
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I've been making fantastic plastic jewelry! So much fun! The pic above shows a few other non-plastic related jewelry items as well. What can I say, when I entered the jump ring stage of the program, I just started affixing them to a few of my extra findings too.</div>
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Now, back to the plastic! I made a bunch of pendants: chevrons; circles; squares and squiggly doohickeys.</div>
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The squares are so 80's. I love them!</div>
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The lightening boats are growing on me, as is the ship's wheel. I put pin backs on all of these with the assistance of my trusty tube of <a href="http://www.eclecticproducts.com/e6000_retail.htm" target="_blank">E6000</a> (best adhesive around for this type of job). In addition to the plastic gems, I also affixed a few bugs charms, tin hearts and one of my crocheted feathers to ribbon necklaces. Finally, I fixed the chain on my beloved cloud necklace (which broke on my last road trip between Christmas and New Year's). </div>
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LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-62303380385414219092013-01-14T16:53:00.000-08:002013-01-14T16:53:03.359-08:00That 70's Shawl ReduxCheck it out on <a href="http://monstercrochet.blogspot.com/2013/01/that-70s-shawl-second-movement.html" target="_blank">Monster Crochet</a>!LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-73261889231902338962013-01-10T16:50:00.001-08:002013-01-10T16:50:32.515-08:00Small Works: Angeles CrestNow that I've decided to resurrect <a href="http://monstercrochet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Monster Crochet</a>, which for all intensive purposes is mostly yarn related, I think I will make my namesake blog all about my other creative pursuits (varied and vast...uh, because I have the attention span of a gnat). As such, lately, I've been putting brush to paper! Yes my friends, why let the expensive art education that I'll be paying for until death do us part go to waste? It's time to wipe the dust of those skills and get reacquainted.<br />
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I am a person who spends a lot of her life on the road (planes, the occasional train and automobiles) and when out and about I take tons of pics. Recently, I decided to make little mixed media works inspired by all the places/landscapes I've discovered. The little paintings above (each one is 3x5") make up the second triptych I've completed based upon my travels around my native SoCal (these happen to be from a motorcycle ride that Steve and I took along Angeles Crest Highway...one of our favorite jaunts). I used a variety of mediums on each piece: watercolor; oil pastel; calligraphy ink and graphite. I tend to work on several of these at once, a little bit here and a little bit there (very gnat-like). Eventually, after incessantly picking at the individual pieces, I come up with images that I feel are finished. It's a satisfying endeavor to be sure.LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-46091637213344961702013-01-09T17:12:00.000-08:002013-01-09T17:12:13.568-08:00That 70's Shawl: First MovementSo, although I've been silent lately, I have, nonetheless, been creating. In fact, I am working on two eBooks filled cover to cover with quirky crochet patterns, loads of one-off patterns as well as lots of paintings and drawings (revisiting my existence as a visual artist). Literally, I am having a personal creative renaissance as I haven't been this productive in years (and that's saying something because I'm generally pretty productive, even during life's darkest times). At any rate, I realized that while enveloped in my creative fervor, I have simultaneously been depriving the world of my nutty design sensibilities due to my state of quiet. However, I just felt like I needed to sequester myself away for awhile in order to allow myself the freedom to make lots of stuff far from the eyes and opinions of others. This "girl in the crocheted bubble" state of being has been very different from my traditional processes of making, as I was trained in art school where pretty much everyone saw everything I made everyday. So, holding up in my yarn cave felt a bit strange, but "right" by the same token. Anyway, I have pushed the skeins out of the way and I'm ready to show you all what I've been working on. As such, I bring you all the first version of what has now morphed into three versions of this delightful retro accessory I'm calling "That 70's Shawl":<br />
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Basically, I've turned those iconic 70's flower stickers we (we as in those of us alive and kicking in the 1970's) used to see plastered across the sides of VW buses into crocheted motifs.<br />
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While I'm not completely unhappy with the final result of the motifs and subsequent shawl, I don't LOVE it. Why, inquiring minds would like to know, do I not LOVE it? Okay, for starters I am not a fan of flower motifs that connect on four sides. Call me crazy, but I'm into hexagons, man (woman and child)! Give me six sides to connect away any day!<br />
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Uh, yeah, moving on. Second, the green leaf-like motifs are fine, but again, I'm not IN LOVE. Third, the edging bugs me. Just bugs me. So, in the end I blocked this puppy and threw it on my photography pile, knowing that I would take another stab at this effort another time (which I have completed). Stay tuned for the Second Movement of That 70's Shawl. I am blocking and photographing tonight...<br />
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LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-22961821701091996512012-10-25T13:54:00.004-07:002012-10-25T13:54:52.765-07:00Mas Avocados!Another new avocado item...<br />
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This one is special because it can be donned about the neck and on the lapel!<br />
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Want one? Head over <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MonsterCrochet" target="_blank">here </a>and pick one up!</div>
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This California grown (read = crocheted) creation looks quite fetching affixed to one's lapel. So much so that as it happens, I am wearing one of these green lovelies today. Let me just say that many a co-worker has commented on my big green crocheted jewel as I strut on by, "Nice avocado."</div>
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They're just jealous. But really, there's no need for them to feel so green, as I am listing a few of these fantabulous brooches in my formerly defunct Etsy store, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MonsterCrochet" target="_blank">Monster Crochet</a>. Yes, it's alive! Oh, I have lots of plans for my little corner of the interwebs. Don't you worry! This here avocado? It's just the beginning... </div>
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Definitely channeling jewel tones at the moment! The blues and greens are wool as is the bottom pink/purple colorway. The top pinkish hank is spun from recycled silk sari fiber.<br />
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Spinning recycled silk sari fibers is awesome. I love this stuff! The colors and textures of the silk sari "fluff" are just wonderful!<br />
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In addition, I have also been crocheting and weaving. I'm not knitting much as of late, but I'll pick it up again soon.<i> I always do. </i>However, check out my latest thready crocheted creation...<br />
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She's my version of a little matryoshka. I plan to back her in felt and make her into a pendant as she's only about 2 1/2" tall. My daughter (who is 19 now...can you believe it?) has claimed her already. Some things never change!<br />
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My etudes center upon the technical aspects of thread crochet. Those who know me, know that I have a penchant for skinny threads worked with teensy steel hooks. I have always found something very intriguing about how such an ordinary material, cotton thread, can be transformed into works of wonder such as lace, doilies (for which I also have a penchant) and images created from a simple series of blocks, my beloved filet crochet. At any rate, thread, experimentation and technique go hand in hand for me. Thus, I am in the midst of a thread-etude.<br />
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In addition to having fun making them, the thready flowers have become a way for me to explore motifs and how they fit together. Basically, I've become obsessed with motifs. We can blame this on my woven projects (i.e., the now ubiquitous and motif heavy diamond shawl) or we can just say that I have the creative attention span of a gnat as I am always searching for some unfamiliar technique to try and embrace. Whatever the characterization, I am completely cracked out on thread right now. In fact, I may need to place an order for some more DMC right away!LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-60447845597480004392012-07-25T12:12:00.002-07:002012-07-25T12:19:16.674-07:00Crocheted Feather PendantsI am in the midst of a personal creative renaissance and it feels so good! It's been some time since I've felt such an overwhelming urge to constantly create, experiment with a variety of processes and mediums and churn out work with abandon. I leave the cube farm at the end of each work day, primed to make stuff! As such, I've been immersed in my usual foray of fibrous activities: crocheting; knitting; weaving; spinning and playing around with the dye pot. In addition, I have also begun to dabble in photography as well as paint and make sculpture again (my art group is back together working on a large project and I'm loving the energy I have for the endeavor). At any rate, each evening I flit around my work space from project to project making progress on parts and pieces before heading to bed with a sense of satisfaction and last night was no exception. I bring you my latest little experiment...<br />
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I crocheted these lovely little feathers (about 3" in length) in a variety of size 8 perle cotton colorways (more in the works) and a US size 6 steel hook. After completion, I stiffened each feather with commercial fabric stiffener found at the local craft store (not sure that I love this stuff, but I am working on thinning it down so it's not so "Tacky Glue-y"). Any advice that you all may have regarding this type of product is definitely welcome! Finally, I attached jump rings to the tops of each feather and strung each one on a ready-made pendant. Voila! A pendant that I can create in a matter of hours!<br />
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These are so dramatic when worn. I just love that they are simple pendants that make a statement. Here's a larger view of the "sparrow" colored feather (thread procured from <a href="http://www.sarascolorwaveyarns.com/shop.html" target="_blank">Sarah's Colorwave Yarns</a>)...<br />
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I have always been obsessed with accessories. ALWAYS. Jewelry, hats, scarves and shawls are part of my daily donning. As you all know, I make many of the shawls and scarves I wear, but recently I thought I'd try my hand (and hook) at some jewelry too.<br />
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So, I crocheted a pineapple and attached it to this stylish ready-made pendant!<br />
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C'mon, you all know I like me some fruits and veggies! Although this one lacks the iconic eyeball, I still kinda like it!<br />
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I whipped this up in an evening using DMC perle cotton in size 8 and a size 6 steel hook. All I can say is thank the lord for my daylight lamp! At any rate, it was a very satisfying quick crochet.<br />
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Methinks I now need a Carmen Miranda inspired fascinator! Woo hoo!<br />
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Happy weekend everyone!LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-85290338757383333802012-06-29T14:14:00.001-07:002012-06-29T14:15:30.366-07:00WIP Report - Surf & Turf Diamond ShawlEven though I was not blogging last year, I was working on lots of new designs; spinning, weaving, crocheting and knitting with abandon. Throwing myself into fiber has always been my way of coping with life's conundrums. During my life sans blog, I also spent an enormous amount of time living out of a suitcase. Therefore, my creative regimen adapted to a life of anonymity on the road. Honestly, the last year of making while traveling was very freeing. I made what I wanted when I wanted and I didn't care if anyone saw (<em>or commented</em>) about anything I was working on. In addition, I also taught myself to scale down my work into manageable components that could travel easily. As a result, I began to work much more with motifs, piecework if you will, components of larger pieces than I ever had before. After all, small stuff is easy to throw into a carry on and work on while sitting in a seat in coach or the passenger seat of our xTerra. <br />
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As an example of this new way of working, I sought to scale down a work that has become commonplace in my pantheon of projects: the diamond shawl. Already technically weaving on a small scale via my lap looms, I intended to further reduce the scale of my woven modules for I loved the idea of throwing the pieces into a quart size plastic bag and working on them without covering my entire lap. As such, I ratcheted my working loom size downward from the <a href="http://www.hazelroselooms.com/loom_files/dia.html" target="_blank">14", 12" and 7" diamond looms</a> I usually worked with to a <a href="http://www.hazelroselooms.com/loom_files/dia.html" target="_blank">3.5" loom</a>. In addition to a smaller sizing, I sought direct inspiration from my ubiquitous travels. You see, I used to work conceptually rather than gathering direct inspiration. My older work was really derivative of words and complicated formulations of ideas. The last year or so, I've attempted to simply my creative process by working directly from a landscape, an image, a color, a feeling. In short, I am trying not to overthink the process. I just want to jump in and do.</div>
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So, I figured I share a WIP with you that is a direct result of these creative transformations: The Surf & Turf Diamond Shawl.</div>
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The diamonds are small and the colorway is a reflection of landscapes I've been basking in for the last year. For example, the blues, blue-greens of the ocean and sky set against the greens and browns of the earth on Santa Cruz Island (Channel Islands National Park).<br />
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The blue of the sky and the sand of Kelso Dunes at Mojave National Preserve.</div>
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And finally, a landscape framed by metal aged in the salt air on Alcatraz Island.</div>
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Can't wait to show you all this FO upon completion (hopefully this weekend)!</div>LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-32424919516800679262012-06-21T16:43:00.001-07:002012-06-21T16:43:48.904-07:00Travel WrapSince launching this blog a few days ago, I've received a few inquiries about my banner above. So, I figured it's time to show you more than just the detail. This Travel Wrap is my latest crocheted FO.<br />
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Oh, but it isn't merely crocheted. This cottony piece of goodness is really my first successful foray into Tunisian crochet! Most you know that I adore charts and Tunisian crochet seemed the apt method to tackle the color work.</div>
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I crocheted each square individually and then attached them together using plain old single crochet. Then I used sc again to create the red and blue "hopscotch" border around the edge. This is a wonderful project to tackle while traveling due to the fact that it's lots and lots of little squares (each one is 5" x 5"). It's even more wonderful to wear about my shoulders in flight with the AC blasting from the vents above my head!</div>
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Now, I believe I'll need a matching bag...<br />
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Anyway as you might expect, this type of on-the-go existence can be pretty exhausting. Conversely, it is also pretty amazing. I have the privilege of experiencing much of the world's wonders while I'm still relatively young and healthy. I'm lucky. However, as a result of this polemic state, my mind constantly sways from one end of the spectrum to another with regard to the subject of home, family, friends, as well as my creative mindset and workspace. I love being on the road. I love experiencing places foreign to me, locales that have become fairly familiar to me as a result of my travels and spending time with the friends acquired afar. I also love being at home, spending time with loved ones while easily slipping back into my LaLaLand lifestyle. I am a born and bred Angeleno after all. At any rate, when I'm on the road, eventually I really miss home. When I'm at home, eventually I begin to get the travel itch. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Homme" target="_blank">Josh Homme</a> calls this state "the bittersweet curse" and I couldn't agree with him more. I definitely suffer from it.<br />
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So, sitting here in my hometown, thinking about dinners with friends, plans for the weekend and a host of creative endeavors I am currently involved in, I still cannot help but think about my next trip. I'm trying to lessen the work-related travel for the summer as the mid-west and the east coast are generally steeped in a level of summer humidity I'd rather not subject myself to. However, this doesn't preclude me from hitting the road with my guy, doing a bit of camping and exploring closer to home. The love of my life, Steve, also suffers from a bit of wanderlust, so rarely do we end up at home weekends in a row. Nope, we're out and about searching for amazing locations from which to draw artistic inspiration. <br />
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Steve is an amazing photographer. Me? Well, many of you are all too familiar with my creations. Together we make a pretty good pair, hell-bent on exploration and discovery. Needless to say, our vehicle tends to be loaded down with his and hers camera equipment. Unlike Steve, who makes art with his camera, I use mine to record a visual record which informs my fiber-based creative exploits. Nature has become massively interesting to me over the years and I take lots and lots of pics lest I forget anything extraordinary I've seen on the road...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">All of these lovelies where taken with the camera on my trusty iPhone (my favorite camera, read Regina is lazy). Beginning at the top row - all four of pics were taken at Yellowstone National Park, WY (my most recent for-fun-only jaunt), second row from the top (left to right) - moon over Big Sur, CA, Death Valley National Park, CA, last two pics were taken in Mojave National Preserve, CA, second row from the bottom (left to right) - Mojave National Preserve, CA, Natural Bridges National Monument, UT, Monument Valley, UT, Death Valley National Park, CA, bottom row (left to right) - Yosemite National Park, CA, Crater Lake National Park, OR, Joshua Tree National Park, CA and Pinnacles National Monument, CA</span>.</span></div>
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Okay yes, my schedule is a bit schizophrenic, I have a tendency to walk around in a zombie-like state when ferrying myself from meeting to meeting about the cube farm and I generally have no idea what freakin' time zone I happen to be in, but despite this the discoveries Steve and I have made together have been so worth these drawbacks. I never arrive home from a trip without a billion ideas dancing about my gray matter, directly inspired by the landscapes, textures, colors, flora and fauna that I've experienced while traveling. I almost always run my spinning wheel into the ground after one of these journeys, trying to recreate some texture or suite of colors that I've observed along the way. It's just awesome. </div>LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958534715322304578.post-46042691760303885922012-06-19T15:10:00.003-07:002012-06-19T15:13:52.234-07:00Pleased to Meet You<a href="http://monstercrochet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Monster Crochet</a> has become a fond memory, a record of her past. Here now, a fresh start filled with creative endeavors, stories of a daughter stumbling about her newfound adulthood, a partner to cherish, a career that may force her into an early grave and travel hither, thither and beyond in a profusion of planes, trains and automobiles...<br />
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LadyLinoleum, meet Regina Rioux. She's you, only older and definitely wiser.LadyLinoleumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723972142875985218noreply@blogger.com13