Good grief! It's August already!

 July was another busy month and here we are in August already!  It's been a month of monsoon storms, some bad flooding around us, our periodic river has resumed... no pix of it yet, but it was robust enough to need sand bags around the back and side of the garage!

Meanwhile, I've been very industrious, working on adding to my inventory and preparing for Prelude Exhibit at Arts Connection and our upcoming annual Flagstaff Open Studios tour Aug. 27 & 28.

Friday was the Opening reception for the Prelude Exhibit, and I got a few pix:

Shot from the entrance to Arts Connection, Aug. 5 Opening reception.

My display - tie-dye dress, coiled rope bowl and freestanding Spirit doll.

The artists who will be at location # 14: Phil Goldblatt, photography; Cinde Dalhover, bead artist and our host for the event;  Moi, in my fave tie-dye shirt; Amy Sheets, painter; Mike Russel, Iphoneographer.

As always, if you happen to be in the Flagstaff area, we would love to have you stop by either at Arts Connection during August, or at the Open Studios event!  Brochures are available at Arts Connection so that you can decide which studios to visit.

Other activities during July: lots of incline ice dyes!

This shirt is suspended over a sawhorse which sits in a bid.  I applied the dye powders to a shirt soaked in soda ash, then added ice cubes on top.  Several hours later, the ice had melted and the dyes slowly migrated towards the sides of the shirt.

A freestanding Spirit Doll in progress.  Awhile ago, I created the fabric I'm using here for the tunic, but had no idea what to do with it.  It languished on my cutting table for quite awhile before I looked at it one day and knew what to use it for!  I still need to do some embellishing, but she will be ready for Open Studios tour.

My latest bowl - a great representation of what it's like to live in our area - folks out here in the "boonies" frequently post pix of our local fauna, and I fell in love with this scene, had to use it for one of my bowls.  This shot shows that the bowl can be hung as wall decor in addition to being used for normal bowl uses, and I will be utilizing this method of displaying soon in my booth at Sedona Artists' Market. 

On another note, our monsoon season blesses us frequently with amazing cloud formations!  I captured this shot several years ago, and it represents the amazing skies we enjoy here this time of year!

I hope you all have a great August, and I'll post an update after Open Studios Tour, so stay tuned!