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TEXTILLIAN JOURNEYS WINTER of 2019/2020

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31 Dec

TEXTILLIAN JOURNEYS WINTER of 2019/2020 As this remarkable year draws to a close, I find that I am in the "Reflection Mode"....and looking back on all that transpired in the course of 2019....not only with my family and I, but with our country and our world.....Things feel as if they are ... Read More about TEXTILLIAN JOURNEYS WINTER of 2019/2020

TEXTILLIAN JOURNEYS,…CREATING SPACE,… USING WHAT I HAVE,… AND “LETTING GO” IN THE SUMMER of 2019

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10 Jul

Well..... Time travels so fast, Life becomes so engrossing, and ever evolving, day by day. Here we are over a year later in early July 2019, and having gone through a myriad of life experiences and incredible creative endeavors, I find I continue to travel on the textillian journey, thirsting for ... Read More about TEXTILLIAN JOURNEYS,…CREATING SPACE,… USING WHAT I HAVE,… AND “LETTING GO” IN THE SUMMER of 2019

Textillian Journeys, Dreamtime Atelier, Art Cloth Bundles and Life in General

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18 Apr

It is Springtime here in the Bitterroot Mountains, that time of re-newal, re-birth, and for me, "re-imagining" what comes next.....At our "small-cabin-in-the-woods-ranch," things are beginning to green up, we are having rain, wind, and "gropple"...(a new-to-me word meaning snow that looks like ... Read More about Textillian Journeys, Dreamtime Atelier, Art Cloth Bundles and Life in General

INDIGO

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8 Dec

What a remarkable 2 day workshop (November 16th and 17th 2013) this was...it was fascinating to me to be able to compare the 2 indigo vats....we did  zinc/lime vats and now I realize why Yoshiko Wada in the 5 day workshop I took from her in 1992, used synthetic Indigo....and indeed it seemed that ... Read More about INDIGO

Whirlwindy Times Part 2

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21 Nov

I taught 2 workshops in the month of October, in 2 different states other than my own....hence the name for these blogs.... Pacific Northwest Art School  "Alternate Approach to Nuno Felting" October 23-26th 2013 The day before my class started I took a walk on my favorite little beach ... Read More about Whirlwindy Times Part 2

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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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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
New explorations afoot…rust (iron oxide) and tan New explorations afoot…rust (iron oxide) and tannins (from tea and “failed” botanicals) on Korean Hanji paper …compelled to move forward with grace 
#wip #wabisabi #paperjourneys #magicalmoments
Hello everyone, I’ve been working on a month lon Hello everyone, I’ve been working on a month long card project as a way to bring my unseen imagery to life. The images are from my botanical prints on silk paper and wool, as well as my collage work on canvas. The images are printed on a beautiful Japanese Kozo paper that brings them to life. The cards are now up on my website under “shop the gallery” at www.melissaarnoldtextiles.com it’s been a lovely journey of discovery as each card is hand made. Putting as much beauty out into the world as I can, feels like an important thing to do in these wild and chaotic times…..Thank you for looking.
#livingcolorjourney #magicalmoments #wabisabilife #movingforwardwithgrace #gratitude #textillianjourneys
I am so Honored to announce that my piece “Medit I am so Honored to announce that my piece “Meditation Bowl with Ball” has been accepted into the Morgan Paper Conservatory’s @morganpaper 10th Annual Juried Show opening in Cleveland next Friday 3-25-22 at 5:00 pm. The show runs through May 6th and is open to the public as well as being on line. I’m so pleased and speechless at the same time….
#@morganpaper #morganpaperconservatory #Introspection/Retrospection #juriedshow #gratitude
“Illumination” the sun is coming through my fr “Illumination” the sun is coming through my front window because Spring is almost here…paper prayer bowl with bone fragment in the center, on top of stone Buddha head in the early morning sunlight…..so many metaphors here….

#loveandlight #beauty #onedayatatime #knomadicjourneys #prayerbowls #meditations #thoughtfulobservation
I hung this paper up on the painting on my wall in I hung this paper up on the painting on my wall in my studio so I could observe it from my chair and delighted to see that the painting had a similar show…I traded some of my textile work for this painting called “the silk trader” by Mary Ann Lowe in the early 2000’s…I still love it…#studioart #looking #privatespaces #sewingroom #nomadicjourneys #dreamtimeatelier #thingsthatbringjoy
Playing with Patterns on Paper #tanninsandiron #wa Playing with Patterns on Paper
#tanninsandiron #wabisabijourney #thoughtfulmoments #lookingand touching #paperjourneys #dreamtimeatelier
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