Markings #2
Markings #2 ©2006 71"x 54"
Markings #2
The second piece in the Markings series now on display in Boulder, Colorado. I took the new series as an opportunity to explore some new color combinations I hadn’t yet used in my Structures series, which tends to be more earth-toney.
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Blog Feed Update
Today I made a small step in the process of updating my website. I’ve moved the feed for my blog. For those of you that are subscribed to my blog with a feed reader such as bloglines or google reader the feed URL has changed. The old URL will work but it will be a bit slow as it redirects to the new feedburner feed.
To speed things up you can delete the old feed and then resubscribe using the big orange button in my sidebar. Or by clicking this link here:
I made this change because I was always curious how many people were subscribed to my feed. And now this will tell me. At least I think that’s what it will do.
For those of you that have no idea what I’m talking about, this doesn’t effect you so you can ignore this section.
Posted by Lisa in: Abstract Contemporary Textile Art
Tagged: Blog Admin, Markings Series, Markings: Repetition and Pattern
Philippa said,
February 28, 2008 @ 2:28 am
Lisa - thanks for all the time you put into your blog and, more importantly, your art work. Its very inspirational and I’ve realy enjoyed reading about the way you approach it. I’m the friend of Marilyn’s in NZ who put her onto your blog. We often talk about your work - so thanks for all the inspiration. The work in the exhibition looks great - Markings 7 is breath taking. Well done!
Tina Mammoser said,
February 28, 2008 @ 2:35 am
I think Markings 2 is one of my favourites now!
Don’t worry, these are still earth toney. Perhaps just different earth tones than you’re used to. The rich deep warm reds, browns and ochres remind me fondly of the Highlands in the autumn. When the bracken is turning the hillsides are all deep rich red, it’s amazing. Strangely I’ve never seen the commonly associated purple of the heather turning (I always lived in the wrong place) so the autumn bracken to me are the iconic colour of Scotland.
Here’s what I’m talking about, top middle picture here is good: http://www.doughoughton.com/webpage/page/page107.html
You must be channelling Scotland without knowing it. :)
Jill said,
February 28, 2008 @ 7:13 am
Lisa, I think you have misunderstood how Feedburner works. It is simply an extra tool for massaging and reporting traffic statistics for your blog, so it does not affect the reader in any way. The Feedburner stats pick up your subscribers no matter how they are subscribed, whether it is through Feedblitz, Bloglines or any other service. They do not need to sign up for anything new, but can maintain their usual subscription methods. The difference is that you can see more detailed information about who is visiting your blog. The Feedburner stats are just an extra reporting method for your benefit.
Be forewarned: Feedburner stats are very addictive! The neatest part is seeing where the readers are from, particularly the foreign countries.
Lisa Call said,
February 28, 2008 @ 8:23 am
Hi Philippa - how cool you reconnected Marilyn to my blog (and me) - I loved meeting at her house when I lived in New Zealand. And thank you for the compliments.
Jill - Thanks for the comment, although I don’t think I misunderstood. When you burn your feed via feedburner the feed URL changes (if you email me I can explain this in more detail as to why that is and what a feed URL is in the first place - what I have stated above is correct but it’s probably more technical than what most people care about).
And yes - the old subscriptions will still work and will be included in my feedburner stats because I’ve installed a plugin to redirect the old feed URL to the new feed URL - I didn’t want to disrupt any current subscribers. I suggested the resubscribe to avoid the delay in redirecting via the plugin. But if none of this makes sense no worries - it will all still work as is.
I am working on checking my stats less and less often (I have very good stats already via my webhosting service plus there is technorati and google links, etc). I find checking stats to be one of the activities that I fall back on when I’m in need of external input to feel good about myself - ie when I’m feeling lonely or bored or [insert feeling here that makes me uncomfortable]. I’m working on just sitting with these feelings instead of distracting myself with meaningless numbers.
Deborah Fair said,
February 28, 2008 @ 9:27 am
Lisa: I really like the way you explored color in this piece.
I am wondering if you would be willing to share some of your construction techniques. Some questions I have are: Are the edges of the crosshatching pieces turned under? Are they bias or straight grain strips? How do you stop and start those wonderfully close quilting lines?
I’m not much of a machine quilter–I do most work by hand–so I’m really curious about the machine techniques.
Again, I am so enjoying seeing your work on your blog.
Lisa Call said,
February 28, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
Deborah - the work is pieced (attached with seams), not appliquéd (one piece layered on another - like collage). So the lines are cut and sewn in as you would sew any regular seam on a sewing machine.
The strips are cut free hand without a ruler - approximately on the straight grain.
Check out this post for some info about starting and stopping the stitching lines.
When I get my website reorganized I hope to get these more tactical type posts organized together.
Lisa Call said,
February 28, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
Tina - wow - those pictures are amazing! I’ve never been to Scotland but how I’ll have to go to see! Must have lived there in a past life :) Thanks for sharing that link!
I love the colors in the photo - second row, middle picture. Wow!
Sheila said,
March 3, 2008 @ 8:24 pm
Markings 2 - now THAT’s dynamic!