Monthly Archives: January 2015

Chicken Wire and The Flower of Life

Posted on January 29, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

This is what’s called, in quilting circles, the flower arrangement – six hexagonal petals and a seventh for the centre.

I’ve made this flower from a piece of eco-printed fabric. It’s from the first batch of bundles I ever printed. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Quilting, Science, spirituality, Stitch, Stitch | Tagged chicken wire, Eco Printing, Flower of Life, geometry, hexagon, hexagon quilting template, molecule, Monoprints, organic chemistry, Pythagoras, Quantum mechanics, quilting, sacred geometry | 3 Comments

Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Flash Fiction Story: Bloodtide Sunday

Posted on January 29, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Every Friday writers worldwide gather round the virtual fireside of Rochelle Wisoff and share stories of 100 words, prompted by a common photograph, and exchange constructive criticism. You don’t have to write to read. Click on the blue frog at … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Story Writing, Writing | Tagged Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Photo Prompt Fiction, Photo Prompt Poetry, poem, Poetry, Poetry Writing, Short Fiction, Short Fiction Writing, Short Story Writing, Ted Strutz. Thanks, Theme | 28 Comments

A Perambulation of the Corpus Striatum

Posted on January 28, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

An image is forming.

This is an eco print on cotton from a recent batch. The red lines are imprints of the red sari silk I used to tie up this little test bundle for steaming. It made me think veins and I saw how I could use this to develop my Below the Line project. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Research, spirituality, Stitch, Stitch | Tagged Botanical Dyeing, Botany, Eco Print, Monoprints, Sari Silk, striata, striatum, vein | 3 Comments

Holocaust – We Must Never Forget

Posted on January 27, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

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Rust Tea

Posted on January 27, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I’ve been exploring dyeing with rust. Here’s an assortment of cloths and fabrics that I rust-dyed a couple of weeks ago.

For the rust tea, I purloined some suitable ironmongery from the shed and soaked it outdoors in pail of vinegar for a few weeks. I allowed rain fell into the bucket, too. Continue reading →

Posted in Art | Tagged dyeing cloth with rust, dyeing paper with rust, Natural Dyeing, rust as art, rust dyeing, rust tea | 7 Comments

Art House Co-operative’s Sketchbook Tour 2015

Posted on January 25, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I decided a couple of months ago to take part again in the annual Arthouse Coop sketchbook challenge and tour and to use the sketchbook they sent me to complete for the 2015 challenge, to progress my Below the Line project. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Printmaking | Tagged Arthouse Coop, Eco Printing, Monoprints, Sketchbook Challenge 2015, the sketchbook | Leave a comment

A New Year: No Timetable

Posted on January 24, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I’ve been somewhat quiet on the blog over Christmas and New Year. That doesn’t mean I’ve been doing nothing. On the contrary. I spent the Christmas period looking at art. I looked and looked. I must have looked at hundreds even thousands of images, of all media. This was mainly through Pinterest. I met some new people, made fine new artistic connections. It was awe-inspiring, all the creativity going on, and to be able to link up with creative folks everywhere. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Encaustic Art, Printmaking | Tagged Below the Line, Christmas, Eco Print, encaustic, Etsy Shop, khadi paper, Natural Dyeing, new year resolutions, Timetables | 3 Comments

Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Short Story: The Tapestry

Posted on January 23, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

The boat had grounded in the half-shadows of a willow. The wild flapping of the flag on the mast had drawn his attention.
“I thought it a trapped bird. Strange flag.”
“A tapestry,” she said.
“A madwoman’s creation, Elaine.”
“Mad? Look, here is the moon’s reflection, shattered by the water. Here, the sun, sharded. Here, the stars, broken, all reflected in her mirror.” Continue reading →

Posted in Short Story Writing, Writing | Tagged Fiction, fiction writing, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Rochelle Wisoff, Short Fiction Writing, Short Story Writing, Writing | 22 Comments

Friday Fictioneers 100 Word Flash Fiction Story: Fish’n Chips

Posted on January 17, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Fish’n Chips

His parents didn’t come to the wedding; their gift a garish orange dinner service – cheap fairground prize won long ago.
“Carnival glass is collectable these days,” Adi had said, generously, adding,“they’ll come round. Patience.” Continue reading →

Posted in Short Story Writing, Writing | Tagged Constructive Criticism, Fish and Chips, Flash Fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Jan Wayne Fields, Rochelle Wisoff, Sephardic Judaism, Short Fiction Writing, short story, Short Story Writing, Theme, Writing | 33 Comments

2014 in review

Posted on January 13, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 8,100 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Continue reading →