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New Painted Canvases and Stitch Club!!

>> March 11, 2019 – art, collections, fiber art, needleart, needlepoint, needlepoint kit, new designs, new items, new needlepoint, orna willis

I'm thrilled to be working with Ruth Schmuff of Bedecked and Beadazzled on my new bird series, "Flight", canvases designed, painted and stitched by me. Take a look at this great stitch club offer:
http://bedeckedandbeadazzled.com/product/flight/

I hope you decide to join the club! Contact me or Ruth for any questions!

💗

Orna

"Saudade", melancholy.

>> April 15, 2018 – art, artists process, fiber art, needleart, thoughts

There are times when you should not say a word. Just let the artist speak:

Joana Choumali writes:

The pictures were shot with my iphone, 3 weeks after the terrorrist attacks I chose to use my iphone instead of my DSLR camera to capture people discreetly. They don' t know that they are photographed, so their attitude is natural. I took the pictures as if i was doing a scan of the city.
It took me one month to embroider the pictures as i was sick with malaria and also "sick of all this nonsense"..
This series is a way to cope with my own sadness and a way to witness the (denied) traumatism of people living there.
Bassam is my refuge, the place i go to unwind and to be by myself. At one hour drive from Abidjan, Bassam is a place full of history, a quiet and peaceful little town. Bassam reminds me of insouciance, my wedding family lunch, all these childhood sunday afternoons i used to spend with my loved ones on this same beach where the attacks took place.. To me, Bassam was a synonym of happiness, until that day.
3 weeks after the attacks, the atmosphere of the little town changed.. The sadness is everywhere. A "saudade", some kind of melancholy invaded the town.
Most of the pictures show empty places, and people by themselves, walking in the streets or just standing, sitting alone, lost in their thoughts. "ça va aller" means "it will be ok" . This typical ivorian expression is used for everything, even for situations that are not going to be ok.
This work is a way to address the way ivorian people deal with psychological suffering.
In Côte d ' Ivoire, people do not discuss their psychological issues, or feelings. A post-traumatic choc is often considered as weakness or a mental disease. People hardly talk about their feelings, and each conversation is quickly shortened by a resigned " ça va aller".
The attacks re-opened the mental wounds left by the post electoral war of 2011.

Each stitch was a way to recover, to lie down the emotions, the loneliness, and mixed feelings i felt.

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Sometimes I can't get it right!

>> March 22, 2018 – art, artists process, needleart, needlepoint, new designs, new needlepoint

I've been playing with the colors of this photo and I just can't get them right. I finally decided that I would share it as is because I could have spent all that time stitching instead of messing around with the colors. So here is my progress, (except the colors aren't quite right)...

Dare Design - amazing needlepoint in watercolors!

>> March 7, 2018 – art, artists process, cyberworkshop, designs in progress, fiber art, needleart, new designs, online classes, student accomplishments

How do you teach needlepoint design? If you are me you take a road less travelled, some may even say strange.
In my new online workshop "Dare Design", I asked my students to paint triangles using watercolors. These triangles were to be filled with smaller shapes. Go wild with color and design, I said. They did. Next, taking their triangle creations, we tessellated, turned, flipped, and manipulated. The results are knock out!
All of this happened before we talked about any stitches, certainly before we touched the canvas or threaded a needle.
This is not for the faint of heart...

Let me share some creations with you.

Here is one of Lauren Bloch's triangles and two tessellations of it below:

Here is a triangle by Ann Moody, tessellated in two different ways:

Melita Glavin's triangle has a kaleidoscope look that is dazzling when tessellated!

Susan Heider's example is of the same triangle, painted in two different colorways, and then tessellated together:

Sally Bee's triangle is another example of same triangle, two different colorways:

Mary Frances Kelly-Poh is in Brazil but that hasn't stopped her from working on triangles! The effect here is very almost like a weave.

Kari Hofer's triangles have a bit of fantasy to them. Two colorways tessellated beautifully.

Lynn Decker gave her triangle two unique colorways and they make for a very interesting tessellation.

Patricia Mott Karpenko came up with two colorways that could not be more different! Look at what happened here!

I have only shown you a small collection of these amazing pieces of art!

There are many more to share. The work presented by this group of students is spectacular.

Come Dance With Me - New Design now available!

>> November 22, 2017 – needleart, needlepoint kit, new designs, new needlepoint, shopping

The product of my exciting design class

is now available for you!

A design which grew organically to become a unique interpretation of color, texture and interesting stitches. Using 23 unique threads you will be guided step by step to bringing this design to life!

The kit comes with all fibers and a 30 page instruction guide which includes laminated color Master Charts.

Design size: 9.5"x 9.5"

Stitched on 14" x 14" brown mono canvas

All threads and Instruction Guide - $135
HERE

NEW Design - a quick and smart stitch!!

>> July 9, 2017 – accessories, fashion, fiber art, jewelry, needleart, needlepoint, needlepoint kit, new designs, new items, new needlepoint, shopping

Are you a fan of the one night stitch? Do you like wearable art? Is needlepoint gift giving something you enjoy doing? Then this cuff is for you! The base material is a faux leather cuff (which can fool even the most discerning leather experts. It comes in three colors: white, blue, fuchsia. The cuff kit comes with a detailed instruction guide and 5 different fibers: a wool, a linen, two silks and a metallic braid. Depending on your color choice you will also receive different embellishment packs.

Check out the optional copper charm available for purchase to use on any of these cute cuffs!

Size: 8.5" x 1.5"

The cuff has 2 snap options for closure, at 7" and at 8"

A nice extra is a cross stitch pattern printed on the cuff package

Dani Ives, a needle genius.

>> June 6, 2017 – art, artists process, fiber art, needleart

I came across the work of Dani Ives, who paints and draws using the technique of needle felting. You can read about her here: https://www.daniives.com/
In the meantime take a look at her work! What blows my mind is how she takes wool felt and makes the eyes of the animals shine, it's incredible! Enjoy!