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WINTER SOLSTICE 2022

By melissa

6 Dec

Hello to All and HAPPY SOLSTICE AND RETURN OF THE LIGHT! Well, here we are at the beginning of the end of 2022, a sort of oddball even-numbered year…if I say so myself…. I am on day 358 of my 69th journey around the sun… very nearly done, and I have some reflections to share: First and ... Read More about WINTER SOLSTICE 2022

WINTER AND SPRING 2022

By melissa

26 Jan

Hello and Happy New Year to Everyone, It’s January 24th and I’m still deep into the “Wintering” mode. Lots of reflection and looking inward and thinking about how to go forward in 2022. I’m on Day 44 of my 69th Journey around the Sun, and that in and of itself feels pretty sobering. Not wanting ... Read More about WINTER AND SPRING 2022

SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2021

By melissa

30 Apr

Hello and Happy Spring to All!   Springtime in the Rockies reminds you to expect the unexpected…to bask in the sun one day and be grateful for its new warmth…only to marvel at the whirling snow storm and the high winds the next…take nothing for granted, live in the moment, and be grateful ... Read More about SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2021

FALL EQUINOX AND WINTER OF 2020

By melissa

12 Oct

My Dear Friends! We have Arrived at the last 3 months of what has been the most Astounding, Remarkable, Chaotic, Mystifying, and Grace filled year of our entire lives…...I am choosing the word “Grace” because of the many people who “Rose to the Top” like Cream to help people in need. My Heart has ... Read More about FALL EQUINOX AND WINTER OF 2020

SOLSTICE AND SUMMER OF 2020

By melissa

16 Jun

Hello Everyone! It’s so hard to find the words to express the abundant emotions swirling around the entire GLOBE! I truly believe we are experiencing a long-awaited Paradigm Shift on every level relating to our Human Existence on the Planet. We have a lot of Work and Healing to do to move forward ... Read More about SOLSTICE AND SUMMER OF 2020

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Melissa Arnold

I have been wandering through the field of textiles, and related creative fields for well over 40 years.

In 1990 my husband and I moved to Hawaii, while there, I learned Traditional Japanese Shibori techniques and indigo dyeing from Temari, a center for Asian Arts in Honolulu. I also worked at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Culture and Natural History in Honolulu in the field of Art Conservation for 10 years.

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So pleased with my recent explorations with iron o So pleased with my recent explorations with iron oxides and different tannins… the first photo is a rayon/silk jacquard next to a Japanese lace paper… I’ve been experimenting with different papers and even an old rayon/silk obi (last photo)…I like the idea of creating a language through random mark making….
#ironandtannin
#wabisabiexperiments #magicalmoments #whathappensif #dreamtimeatelier
I’m in so much gratitude for this gift of papers I’m in so much gratitude for this gift of papers 19 years ago when I was working with an incredible paper conservator whose specialty was Japanese 6 panel folding screens…these papers were found inside the screen as it was dismounted…I loved them then as I do now and feel so fortunate to be able to use them in my new work…I believe they are from the early 1900’s…..
#oldcalligraphypracticepapers #beautifulpapers #gift #magicalmoments #dreamtimeatelier #thoughtfulwork
The grey area between black and white…the place The grey area between black and white…the place where dreams and visions begin 

#inspiration #slowmagic #visionkeepers #dreamtimeatelier
I have grown the most beautiful mold in the course I have grown the most beautiful mold in the course of the winter months in my dye studio this lovely agate like growth is on top of acorns that I boiled last November…. Wish I could save it some how…..any suggestions @mmmordere ? Maybe I’ll print the image for one of my cards….
#mold #fungus? #colorsoftheearth #magicalmoments
Playing around with black canvases, botanical prin Playing around with black canvases, botanical prints, my disc cutter, and lots of dots…spirals and circles seem to be informing my current creative journey…hanging out in the nebula….
#dreamtimeatelier, #lostinspace #earthcolors #botanicals #experimentation #meditation
Trying to find balance in chaotic times, rock pile Trying to find balance in chaotic times, rock piles, tannin and oxides on Korean Hanji, a prayer bowl for a dear friend, Shibori over a mono print on heavy silk crepe, kintsugi scapula bones worn away by time and ocean to the shapes of a heart…small, slow, and thoughtful day by day…a Wabi Sabi life….
#amakerslife #markmaking #thebeautyofthingsimperfect #slowandthoughtful #observing #dreamtimeatelier
New landscapes emerging through destruction/creati New landscapes emerging through destruction/creation ….slowly and thoughtfully….squares for stability/foundation caught in a web of light….
fragments/reimagined ….
trust/faith….grace
#journeys #knomads #landofkno #visionkeeping #wabisabilife
I guess this just about sums everything up …..th I guess this just about sums everything up …..the beauty of impermanence, of the imperfect, the ragged edge of grace….off we go into May….one beautifully imperfect day at a time…as balanced as we can be…
#wabisabilife #leonardkoren #onedayatatime #balance #beautyofthingsimperfect
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