Thanksgiving morning I was cutting up some celery, and I noticed how lovely the root was after I had chopped the stalks from it. I couldn’t help myself; I stopped making the stuffing immediately, grabbed some fabric and some paint, and started stamping:
Here’s a close up of one of the celery “roses”:
I also had some really nice fibrous-paper, disposable washcloths I had brought home the hospital. I had previously painted a couple of those, so I grabbed them and stamped them as well. These are hard to photograph; because of the texture of the paper, the paint comes out very luminous:
Finally, here is last week’s 6x6” weekly square. Influences: Thanksgiving (what else?): “My cup(s) runneth over.”
14 comments:
These are really lovely! AND low calorie. ;) Thanks so much for sharing.
Lettuce and cabbage work well too ... and I might try brussels sprouts next.
I had the exact same reaction Thanksgiving morning but was not as motivated as you. They are so so pretty that I am sure they will turn up somewhere in my future work.
Can't wait to see what you do with them!
These are very cool! Thanks for making me smile this morning.
Love the celery. What a super idea. Thanks for posting it.
Pretty cool! who would have thought something so simple would be so lovely.
Very cool- Celery always makes me think to stamp but I never followed though. Good For YOU!
Veggie stamping is a hoot, isn't it? You got great results (but how'd the stuffing turn out?) and I love your weekly quilt. :D
I haven't been here in a while and I need to remedy that- your blog is going up to the top of my list so it won't get lost in the daily, "Oh lordy, I can't sit here and read blogs all day, I have to get to work!" routine, which makes me miss too many wonderful blogs like yours.
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This is the kind of thing that makes me proud to be an art quilter! How many people would abandon the half made dressing to go use the celery to do a little stamping? These are delightful and gave me a needed laugh this morning. Thanks.
These are great and they really do look like roses. I never wold have guessed. I also liked your "my cup runneth over" card, a favorite expression of mine.
How great to show us how to work in the moment. Great idea.
Michele -- I too had noticed how rose like the celery base is, but never thought about stamping with it. Way to go! Rachel
What a very cool idea and I love the fact that art called so strongly that you dropped everything for it. Hmmm, I have some brussel sprouts in the fridge! Results are wonderful.
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