Thursday, July 25, 2013

And then there was a tree.....

THINK that I shall never see 
A poem lovely as a tree. 
  
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest 
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; 
  
A tree that looks at God all day,         5
And lifts her leafy arms to pray; 
  
A tree that may in summer wear 
A nest of robins in her hair; 
  
Upon whose bosom snow has lain; 
Who intimately lives with rain.  10
  
Poems are made by fools like me, 
But only God can make a tree.
Joyce Kilmer
1886-1918

This poem kept running through my mind while I added a tree to the right side of my piece. It was, like much of this piece, a pain staking process.

  • Draft the tree on my tissue paper full-size sketch that I am using as a rough base for the scene.

  • Fuse the trunk and limbs to the background.

  • Create clusters leaves with my ice-dyed organza and add to the barren tree.


  • And, there you have it - a tree awaiting quilting!



to be continued.............

3 comments:

  1. I really like the ice-dyed organza for leaves. It is looking great.

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  2. It's coming...it's coming...it's lovely!

    (And I just realized Kilmer died at 32. What a gift was lost...)

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