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joe
Billings, MT
...where one man's explorations of the oft over-looked and neglected selvedges of creativity are mended into existence.
Interests: i think of my art as an intimate form of communication, a message to one’s self that one wears in their life – a talisman. a charm. a link to an inner world. an ephemeral garment of cloth woven from dreams. to this end, i like to use components that have personal significance to me, but are open to multiple interpretations – that leave the viewer free to interpret significance and symbolism for themselves. components that have a history. salvaged. reclaimed. upcycled. forgotten. discarded. - gather these various fragments together and mend them into existence. breathing new life into their tenuous souls...
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Commented Jun 14, 2016 on June Stray at Spirit Cloth
June Stray
Appearing as if from a dream, June's stray is nowhere close to knowing. Perhaps comforted in the idea of Nine Lives because it will probably take at least that long. Today's cloth beginning is pinned to a section of Big Sanity. A back drop for a lot of smaller questions. Which are my stepping s...
big sanity...or sometimes insanity...a perfect backdrop for smaller questions. larger questions. or simply ruminations... always finding a way through, aren't we?
Commented Jun 14, 2016 on June Stray at Spirit Cloth
June Stray
Appearing as if from a dream, June's stray is nowhere close to knowing. Perhaps comforted in the idea of Nine Lives because it will probably take at least that long. Today's cloth beginning is pinned to a section of Big Sanity. A back drop for a lot of smaller questions. Which are my stepping s...
for me, the best color charts are the world around me. taking the time to notice what colors are where. how they look. feel. smell. the old color charts i remember in art school were always cold and lifeless.
Commented Aug 14, 2013 on 1 Somewhere at Whispering Color
1 Somewhere
Welcome to Whispering Color. Where do I start? Color seems to come naturally to me. That is, I don't always consciously think about what I am doing. Usually not until someone asks me about it. PDF from Sun Moon stars I did talk about color in the Sun Moon Stars series, when considerin...
ha! love the pics you took of fiona! the links mo posted are different...and nice because they are videos! the one i sent you is longer and more detailed, but i think the vid might be enough. as you have no doubt notice (and i mentioned somewhere) she sticks a little cuz she needs more cleaning and a good oiling. once done, she will sing like soprano!
did you like the book i included as a gift? i thought it might be a fun springboard for fun ideas! i loved the ruffly panties on the cover (which is why i bought the book in the first place) but have no babies around to make them for. figured i must have bought the book for you without knowing it at the time! ha!
Commented Aug 14, 2013 on 166 ~LUST~ at windthread
166 ~LUST~
so... because of all the RAIN, i continue to see the changes with the rocks... Rain seeps into the porous parts, allowing the Beauty to shine. They are stunning. and i can squat next to one for so long, just admiring. that Tie Dye from the thrift shop. months ago. Sun faded. but...
a blog? there's really a bleedin' blog here?!? ha!...
a blog? there's really a bleedin' blog here?!? ha! my mind quivers at the complexities of typepad. shivers and shakes and hides in a quiet corner just out of view... but you can find it here: http://manhandledthreads.blogspot.com/ Continue reading
Posted Aug 6, 2013 at Joe Madl's blog
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Aug 6, 2013
welcome walnut woman...
oh dear, enough awful alliteration!
i love your walnut woman! the mix of paper and cloth is as tantalizing as her mysterious eyes! what delicious fun!
Commented Aug 7, 2013 on 158 Fecund at windthread
158 Fecund
it really IS August. everything is Thickening, juicing up in one way or another, and that can include going to seed, rotting, dying. all different kinds of juicing up. Always, to me...since a very very young child, maybe 4?, August is the time of Life and Death in their most Intense Forms....
silly psillids
sitting silently
slurping stems
Commented Aug 7, 2013 on 158 Fecund at windthread
158 Fecund
it really IS August. everything is Thickening, juicing up in one way or another, and that can include going to seed, rotting, dying. all different kinds of juicing up. Always, to me...since a very very young child, maybe 4?, August is the time of Life and Death in their most Intense Forms....
i've said it before, and i'll say it again...i'm so jealous of women. y'all get to have so much fun with clothing! wish we could travel 100 or so years back when men had more options!
Commented Aug 6, 2013 on Story clothing at Spirit Cloth
Story clothing
What we might wear has so much to do with the weather. And what's on hand. Who we are. Partly Cloudy. An early morning inspiration while testing the fermentation vat . Just right. Partly Cloudy and a Slight Breeze. This Breeze began during some musings on white over at at Diaries, and...
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