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ali
Sacramento, CA and New Hampshire
a blog about handmade fiber crafts and arts, especially traditional and contemporary fiber arts; "monkey hands," describes my hands and work, which are in many ways like monkey mind: "unsettled; restless; capricious; whimsical; fanciful; inconstant; confused; indecisive; uncontrollable." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_monkey).
Interests: Traditional and Contemporary Fiber Arts,Teaching, Social Justice, Travel
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Fast, fused improv with Women's Wisdom ART
Posted Jun 21, 2018 at monkey hands
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Jude, hello! Yes, it's been a long time...strange trip of sorts. But you, too! I read your every post. Hope your back feels better soon--i have great empathy. Yikes.
Commented Jul 19, 2016 on Empowerment: Collaborative Art Quilt at monkey hands
Empowerment: Collaborative Art Quilt
These gorgeous panels were created by artists at Women's Wisdom ART in a weekly fiber arts class I taught this past spring. This project was inspired by the art and wisdom of artist Susan Shie http://www.turtlemoon.com This quilt and another will be on display at the Crocker Museum http://ww...
Itchiku Kubota Art Museum
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Posted Jul 19, 2016 at monkey hands
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Mt. Fuji
Posted Jul 19, 2016 at monkey hands
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all things great and small--you love them all! I've missed you, dear Grace.
Commented Jul 19, 2016 on how it goes at windthread
how it goes
they have created a Third Room. the Flag to their Third Room. They wanted me to take a picture. Earlier, when Destiny was in time out and Julian was doing something, Tay and i were just Out. My Brain saw something it wasn't able to identify as part of everything here...by the gate......
Empowerment: Collaborative Art Quilt
Posted Jul 19, 2016 at monkey hands
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hello dear grace, your sketch has such power and movement--I have missed tuning in, but here I am now remembering how deeply your work and your musings touch me, from ali of beijing and new hampshire, and just now as of late sacramento, ca--sending love
Commented May 12, 2016 on not quite going at windthread
not quite going
i don't know where this piece of commercial cloth came from, but sometimes it's Perfect. How it will be perfect here, i don't really know yet but i think it will. So a large part of the day i moved scraps. late morning, near noon i heard something. Nogal had trashed t...
quiet wait, yes, and love back to you, dear grace. much love
Commented May 22, 2013 on 81 an Away Day at windthread
81 an Away Day
but...in this space, before i set out. About that huge dead Russian Olive out back. people say they don't understand why i don't cut it down. it's been dead for maybe i don't know, maybe 8 years? for a while, new shoots came up from the bottom but the Goats took care of that. but i was sitt...
home
Commented May 22, 2013 on 81 an Away Day at windthread
81 an Away Day
but...in this space, before i set out. About that huge dead Russian Olive out back. people say they don't understand why i don't cut it down. it's been dead for maybe i don't know, maybe 8 years? for a while, new shoots came up from the bottom but the Goats took care of that. but i was sitt...
Dawn
Posted May 21, 2013 at monkey hands
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Mud
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at monkey hands
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Thanks, Etty! They are sure to bring hope as well as warmth.
Commented Mar 7, 2013 on Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight! at monkey hands
Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight!
Quilts one, two and three were delivered long ago. Quilts four and five are on their way! Quilt six is back from Quilter's Pantry and ready for binding, and quilt seven is assembled and on its way to talented, generous Phyllis for longarm quilting (contact info link at end of post and in side ...
Your work is lovely, and the miracle, I think, is in the new connections and communities formed in the context of all this generous giving. (And now I will correct the spelling of your name--sorry about that!)
Commented Mar 7, 2013 on Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight! at monkey hands
Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight!
Quilts one, two and three were delivered long ago. Quilts four and five are on their way! Quilt six is back from Quilter's Pantry and ready for binding, and quilt seven is assembled and on its way to talented, generous Phyllis for longarm quilting (contact info link at end of post and in side ...
It's been a labor, but of caring and love from around the globe.
Commented Mar 7, 2013 on Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight! at monkey hands
Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight!
Quilts one, two and three were delivered long ago. Quilts four and five are on their way! Quilt six is back from Quilter's Pantry and ready for binding, and quilt seven is assembled and on its way to talented, generous Phyllis for longarm quilting (contact info link at end of post and in side ...
I am transfixed--it seems to embody depth of feeling, of spirit...
Commented Mar 3, 2013 on Ode to place at Spirit Cloth
Ode to place
An earth valentine ...with the needle still in it. As I stand back this morning, and look at this as a composition, I see it differently. I feel more clearly how place is simply dividing space. Measuring your relationship to it. I will be home in a couple of days. Maybe it will be like...
this is so creatively cool--what a project!
Commented Mar 3, 2013 on february at handstories
february
Going along, wishing for a Leap Day. There is a mathmatical logical explanation, I know, but I find it fascinating that February is only the outer two-ish rings.
oh Grace, I have been off-line for quite a while, but I'm back and eager to catch up now. I love your little wonderbird
Commented Mar 3, 2013 on "Living is wierd....." Saskia Van Herwaarden at windthread
"Living is wierd....." Saskia Van Herwaarden
it's been coming on for quite a while. but Saskia's comment on yesterday's post somehow set it in motion, gave it enough form to begin. I am going to devote this year to Science. Big Science, like Laurie Anderson knows. DEVOTE this year...these up and coming 362 give or take days (its alrea...
Sandy Relief Quilts: Finish Line in Sight!
Posted Mar 3, 2013 at monkey hands
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Seeing Hearts
Posted Feb 14, 2013 at monkey hands
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Everywoman loved herself away, fading to opaque, until she understood that for all her loving, one person had not been loved, or not nearly enough; she vowed to love more.
Commented Feb 14, 2013 on I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in... at Spirit Cloth
I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in...
I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in 30 words or less. The snow passed by, the sun is out, and there is Dancing in the streets. (And a little sale in the shop for those who couldn't decide between 101 and Whispering Hearts.)
read 30 as 50
Commented Feb 14, 2013 on I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in... at Spirit Cloth
I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in...
I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in 30 words or less. The snow passed by, the sun is out, and there is Dancing in the streets. (And a little sale in the shop for those who couldn't decide between 101 and Whispering Hearts.)
Everywoman loved the world, tending siblings, friends, lovers, children, community… She loved herself away, fading into opaqueness, becoming invisible to others, until finally she understood that for all her loving, there was still one person she had not loved, or not nearly enough, and she vowed to love more.
Commented Feb 14, 2013 on I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in... at Spirit Cloth
I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in...
I'm giving this one away. Write me a love story in 30 words or less. The snow passed by, the sun is out, and there is Dancing in the streets. (And a little sale in the shop for those who couldn't decide between 101 and Whispering Hearts.)
High tide Saturday morning, I think, and a new moon, all coming along with the storm, fierce winds, from you to me and all around us
Commented Feb 8, 2013 on Again at Spirit Cloth
Again
A winter storm watch they say. Maybe I will continue with this eye of the storm cloth. A place to hide, anticipate and record with thread and needle. This one has been through many a storm. A tran-seasonal storm cloth. It is all one storm anyway. Life is just weathering it. ...
that branch is a beauty all right! your rich dyed colors are luscious -- I eagerly await the unforeseen...
Commented Feb 8, 2013 on looking long enough at windthread
looking long enough
this has been on the wall for years. since Jude's Cloth 2 Cloth. i've looked long enough. it's going to be taken apart. how much? i don't know. what will happen next? i don't know. see the little box stitched there? i'll miss that. but..... ~ went out to feed Goats and my gaze was ca...
everything is a story in some way, I think
Commented Feb 8, 2013 on wings from a broken heart at monkey hands
wings from a broken heart
I just noticed, while playing with scraps and shapes, that a broken heart can become wings to fly some kantha stitching for ground under their feet, and to help hold the cloth together both with a nod to Jude Hill at Spirit Cloth
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