Zile frumoase de toamna tarzie...

Dupa un septembrie foarte cald, primele zile din octombrie au fost foarte reci cu 8-10 grade in Bucuresti. Dupa acest soc, vremea s-a mai imblanzit. Pana acum cateva zile, copacii nu prea voiau sa-si scuture  frunzele....Se pare ca avem parte de o toamna blanda si tarzie...
Am facut cateva poze din balconul meu, ca sa-mi amintesc.

After September very hot first days of October were very cold by 8-10 degrees in Bucharest. After this shock, the weather was more heated. Until a few days ago, the trees do not really want to shake the leaves .... It seems that we have a mild autumn and late ...

I took some pictures from my balcony, to remember it.

Anul trecut, in aceasta zi, a inceput sa ninga....se vede din acest video
Last year, on this day, it started to snow ....can see here

 

Ceva pentru mine...

Mi-am facut acest etui sau portfard, sau cum se mai numeste, pentru ca de multe ori, cand am facut astfel de lucruri, le-am daruit. Acum mi-am facut si mie unul!
L-am realizat din fasii de diferite materiale textile, fixate pe un termocolant si cusute apoi pe un material textil cu cusaturi decorative. Cele doua fete sunt diferite, una in dungi verticale, cealalta in patratele...
Imi place tare mult cum a iesit!

I made this wallet or beauty bag, or as it is called. Often I did such things, but I have given them. Now I made one for myself!
I've done it in strips of different fabrics, glued to a interlining then sewn on a cloth with decorative stitching. The two sides are different, one in vertical stripes, the other in squares ...
I like very much as it did!

Acuarele....

A trecut ceva timp de cand am facut aceste background-uri cu acuarela, dar am uitat de ele...
Am incercat cateva tehnici.

1.Pe hartia pictata in acuarela, inca umeda, am presarat niste cristale de sare (NaCl) sa vad efectul lor.... Desi hartia era destul de umeda, efectul cristalelor a fost inexistent, probabil, din cauza pigmentilor acuarelei.

It has been a while since I made these backgrounds with watercolor, but I forgot about them ...
I tried some techniques.
 
1.On paper painted in watercolor, still wet, I sprinkled some salt crystals (NaCl) to see their effect .... Although the paper was quite wet, crystal effect was not found, probably because of watercolor pigments.

2. Am lucrat cu hartie foarte subtire, pe care am sifonat-o inainte de colorare.
Aici am aplicat acuarela pe hartie umeda.

2. Here, I worked with very thin paper, which I crumpled it before the coloring.
Here I applied watercolor on wet paper.

 Dupa uscare arata asa....imi place!
After drying .... I like!

Aici am aplicat acuarela pe hartia uscata...
Here I applied watercolor on dryed paper...
 

Dupa uscare efectele sunt foarte interesante.
After drying, the effects are very interesting.

Cu aceste background-uri voi realiza niste colaje.....aici am facut cateva incercari.
With these backgrounds, I will make some collages .....
I made several attempts here.

Masina de cusut cea noua...

Azi mi-am facut cadou o noua masina de cusut.
Masina mea electrica de cusut "Sanda", pe care o am din 1981, m-a servit suficient si inca merge destul de bine la "varsta" ei, dar mai are mici probleme tehnice. Asa ca am profitat de o oferta de la Lidl si mi-am cumparat, cu numai 359 lei, o masina electrica "SilverCrest" care face 33 cusaturi decorative, coase fermoare, nasturi, butoniere, cusaturi invizibile, tivuri, cusaturi pentru legarea bucatilor de material, surfilare, festonare, cusaturi cu ac dublu, broderie si altele. 

Cum am venit de la magazin, m-am grabit sa o pun in functiune si sa exesez toate cusaturile decorative.
Sunt foarte incantata si multumita de ea, coase foarte bine.
Iata ce cusaturi decorative face...

Amintiri de la Arieseni...

Imi amintesc cu drag de niste zile minunate, din vara anului 2009, petrecute la Arieseni, in inima Muntilor Apuseni. Dora a lansat o invitatie pentru ca sa lucram in aer liber si sa petrecem cateva zile minunate la cabana ei, aflata pe culmea unui deal de unde aveam o panorama minunata. Am fost acolo impreuna cu Betty si la sfarsit de saptamana a venit si Lucia...Au fost cu adevarat clipe de neuitat, am vopsit textile, am cusut, am schimbat experiente, ne-am plimbat...

I remember fondly some wonderful days, in the summer of 2009, spent in Arieseni, in the heart of the Apuseni Mountains. Dora has launched an invitation to work outdoors and spend some wonderful days at her cottage, located on a hilltop where we had a wonderful view. I was there with Betty and Lucia came at the weekend ... They were really unforgettable days, we painted textiles, we sewed, we exchange experiences, we walked ...

Those places are really wonderful ...
Locurile acelea sunt cu adevarat minunate...

Arieseni

In Arieseni, spre cabana

Am lucrat intens cateva zile...
We worked hard a couple of days ...

Dora and Betty

Lucia, Carmina, Betty

Carmina

Carmina

Betty and Carmina

Betty

Betty made a wonderful work...

Am facut o mica expozitie, cu cateva lucrari aduse de acasa sau facute la Arieseni...
We did a small exhibition with several works brought from home or made in Arieseni ...

Some textiles dyed in Arieseni

Expozitie cu lucrarile noastre

Multumesc Dora, pentru aceste zile minunate!

Thanks Dora, for these wonderful days!

Eco book, plastic fusing...

Zile trecute am continuat sa lucrez cu materiale plastice, folosind tehnica plastic fusing. Despre tehnica asta am mai scris in alte postari, aici. Pe masura ce lucrez, nu ma mai satur sa creez noi combinatii.

In the past days I continued to work with plastics, using the technique of fusing plastic. I wrote about this technique in other posts, here. As I work, I do not get enough to create new combinations. 

Cateva imagini...
Just some pictures....

Le-am lipit pe cartoane albe A4 si le-am legat intr-o carte tip armonica.
I glued them onto white cardboards A4 and I bound in an accordion book.

Si aici, cartea desfasurata. Dar, nu am putut s-o cuprind in totalitate in fotografie...
Here, the book unfolded. But I could not fully show in the photo ...

 
Aceasta carte-obiect a fost acceptata in proiecul international "West Meets East-a cultural book exchange, 2015" care se va concretiza cu expozitii itinerante. Ieri am primit confirmarea.
This book-object was accepted in the international project "West Meets East - a cultural book exchange, 2015". Yesterday I received confirmation. I will participate in exhibitions organized within this project.