lockdown blues…
waiting for the red lipstick
to arrive
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lockdown blues…
Tag Archives: haikufeltings
felted fire bowl
felted fire bowl
the innocence
of red lipstick
new felted case
not taking calls…
my mobile phone’s
new felted case
oily smudge
‘fleurs du mal’ haikufeltings 120
119 haikufeltings (illness and war)
118 haikufeltings (raised eyebrows)
raised eyebrows the wine taster chews the wine
‘salt-laden winds’ 117 Haikufelting
salt-laden winds
sand sedge spreading its roots
underground
‘mobile ringtone’ 116 #haikufeltings
mobile ringtone— suddenly the cherries a little too sharp
Feltabilia: of wool and words
I am slowly building a new blog about felted haiga, haikufeltings, & all about my adventures in felt, Filz & felting – please take a look & let me know what you would like to see included there.
Haikufeltings in MacQ
A new journal, a new hybrid, and a new year!
Honored and thrilled beyond measure to have the opportunity to describe my journey from “Hairballs to Haiga” in a “craft essay,” with four of my felting haiga “haikufeltings” in the debut issue of the Journal MacQueen’s Quinterly, MacQ for short (see URLs below). Grateful to Clare MacQueen for highlighting haikufeltings in her introduction to the issue, giving this hybrid work a home among such a superb collection of writings.
Check it out! And Happy New Year!
Essay
Felting haiga
Introduction to the issue (scroll down)
‘morning frost’ 104 #haikufeltings
morning frost
the headlong rush
to colour
‘stepping into’ 103 Haikufeltings
stepping into
the same puddle twice . . .
new pair of boots
‘distracted’ 102 #haikufeltings
distracted again
tall reeds
in the wind
.
Wet-felted beret drying!
‘snail shell’ #haikufeltings
empty snail shell—
swishing sound of
the garden broom
Wet-felted headband
‘felted fish’ 100/100 #haikufeltings
ripples
the felted fish enters
Groom Lake
‘face lines’ 99/100 #haikufeltings
history maps
the shape and depth
of face lines
‘catching the light’ 98/100 #haikufeltings
harvest moon—
on the windowsill a bowl
catching the light
‘selfies’ 97/100 #haikufeltings
ancient monument
so many tourists taking
selfies
‘shorn sheep’ 96/100 haikufeltings
slate-coloured dawn
the frolics of freshly shorn
sheep
‘thermal current’ 95/100 #haikufeltings
thermal current
a stork glides over
the meadow
’94/100′ #haikufeltings
94/100
how many heart beats
in a lifetime
‘failed star’ 93/100 #haikufeltings
who is to say
this flower is not it …
failed star
‘chaos and order’ 92/100 #haikufeltings
chaos and order …
the butterfly flaps
its wings
‘early dark’ 91/100 #haikufeltings
early dark
this need to explain
the meaning of life
‘distant train’ 90/100 #haikufeltings
distant train …
as if I had
the answer
‘felting class’ 89/100 #haikufeltings
felting class
we stop to smell
the roses
.
I made the purple and white flowers during a felting class by Beate Maxzin of Wolllust, “atelier fuer filzbegeisterte,” Augsburg. I am very pleased with the purple flower in particular! Wunderbar!
‘noon heat’ 88/100 #haikufeltings
noon heat ...
seeing what
isn’t there
‘chiaroscuro’ 87/100 #haikufeltings
chiaroscuro …
breathing through
the holes
‘worn smooth’ 86/100 #haikufeltings
worn smooth
by the sea
my sharp edges
Stella Pierides 