Monday, July 5, 2010

endearing collaboration

My successful endeavor with textiles and fiber art came to be thanks to my mother. When I was young she taught my how to sew doll clothes, how to knit, and make my own clothes. Much later she was the co-conspirator in the creation of inleaf. She knew I wanted my life to take a more artistic path, and during one of her visits we explored leaf printing for the first time. She has ben my most loyal supporter ever since, always encouraging, inspiring, and pushing me along.

She is still an amazing fiber artist in her own right, and when she was here earlier this summer she suggested a mother-daughter collaboration. She brought a bag filled with my fabric scraps back to Sweden, with the idea of using them for a traditional quilt pattern. Here is the initial result. I love her color selections and how she mixed pieces from my collection with ones from her own stacks. One of the hexagons even feature a paw print from my late cat, who accidentally walked across my printing table at the time...

We don't know what final shape this project will take. It will evolve over time, and we will work on it together when we next meet up. Thank you mamma, for the wisdom and creative inspiration you continue to provide.

10 comments:

  1. What a truly beautiful thing to do with your mum.
    I'm off to teach my daughter to sew...

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  2. such respect and love in your collaboration. it's very very elemental, teaching someone to sew and how right for a mother to teach her daughter.

    my children and i are working on images for a book.

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  3. Beautiful...and the colours are greatly mixed...
    I am still learning from mum.

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  4. I am so excited for you both. What a wonderful project. So far it looks really beautiful. I love the color selections.

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  5. Lotta, it's been far too long since I've visited your space and what a beautiful first post to set my eyes on here. What an amazing gift the mother-daughter relationship can be!

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  6. such a lovely project with your mom and wonderful how supportive she has been of your endeavors. the direction it's taking looks like it will be very special, especially with the very thoughtful touches found in paw prints and the like.

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  7. This is gorgeous Lotta! I love the patterns and colors.

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  8. Sublime. I love the colors and your story.

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  9. What an amazing collaboration...the sentiment of sharing it with your mother and the product itself. I'm so looking forward to seeing this take shape in the future. It certainly seems to be off to a beautiful start! (and can I say I love that there is a paw print of your beloved cat included!)

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  10. How very special, Lotta. Beautiful.

    xo,
    -me

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