We’ve been working on our latest commission and having lots of fun playing with blocks of color to create light, earth, and flora. Each of the four panels represents one of the family members. Bound to the California land, they nonetheless have individual interests, personalities, and desires. We’re trying to express all that in the panels. You can see Deb marking the interfacing that we fused the blocks of color to – 405 blocks to be exact!
The family members each picked ten words that were important to them, and we placed them into the waters of the Delta that flows through the land and their family. Our favorites: tomotoes, udon, family, dream catchers. They also have the word water in four languages (Japanese, Spanish, French, Arabic) that also reflect their varied experiences. Boy, if you think we can’t wait to finish this, you should ask the family! We don’t want to say how long it has taken to get our vision onto fabric!