the Queen of Deep

THe KeY

Are you the type of person who can chit chat and small talk? Can you also go deep? Can you share yourself with someone? Do you open yourself, make yourself vulnerable in order to love, and care about someone deeply? Can you laugh at yourself? Can you strive to evolve? Can you admit when you are wrong? Can you love a child? Can you see their perfect core? Their unaffected start in life, and how we shape and mold them. How we can consciously teach them, or not, our strengths and weaknesses. This is what life is about.

It is the challenge of life. To love, and to go deep. Deep into ourselves, find the jewels, hold them up high to shine the light for all we touch.

The photos in this post are from a stitchery piece I did, an exploration of love, of memories, of relating love, of exploring fibers, beads, and stitching, both by hand and on the sewing machine. The scene is about my memory of an event in my childhood with a boy with whom I had a rare friendship. I called the piece The Key. The image of the key itself is made from rolled cigarette foils in gold and silver. No I didn't smoke the cigarettes. Blach! (although i have smoked-so i'm not that perfect!) I bought a REALLY tacky pillow from a thrift store that someone had painstakingly made, with looped fringe all around the edge made from the cigarette foils. I was very affected at the time by a deep love, and my stage performance of the Vagina Monologues. It was a huge turning point in my life. My heart broke, but like the phoenix, rose from the ashes to continue to open.

Love, love, love to you.

Ms. iN tHe PiNk

This funky purse has some bead work, & applique as features. Once again it Incorporated recycled leather, and satin. I really enjoyed making this piece, and I had so many great ideas for a number of pieces arising out of its inception. These purses were a breakthrough for me as well as a breakdown. It was a strange time. A confusing time. Nonetheless it was a time full of love, and learning.

Tam modelled the purse in a garden fashion show at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Tam and I met at the Port Moody Wearable Art Competition. She does amazing metal art. She displayed a piece of her work in the Vagina Monologue's concurrent Art Show that I curated, and Ken Flett hung for me. He transformed that space amazingly!

Before I sewed the appliqued panel into the purse, I made a rubbing of it. It was sooooo cool!! I loved that part almost more than the whole making of the purse. I have so many good ideas about what to do with the rubbings. : )

I also did some bead work inside on the lining. The beads are couched onto the fabric.
A big heart went into this purse!

Ms. in the Port Moody Wearable Art show.

Let love in, and out (!), of your heart all you can.

Peace, man.