If you build it, they will come.

[haha_on_me]

there's nothing here

 

[delpdJune]

AWESOME!!! {{{haha}}} Can't decide on a favorite.... maybe the shirt you made for your son... I know with my own works... each piece holds/has a special meaning and place in my heart...

The stonework.. wow!! incredible amount of time that is going into that... Promise never to pick on you .. for not being online again lmao!!!

Thank you so much for sharing!!

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Impressive work in a very wide range of media. I was really struck by your genesis pictures, and the thought of hands holding the world in different ways, different concepts of how the divine interacts with the mundane.

Well done.

 

[cloudy]

At the last minute, I decided that I should enter a project in the County Fair's Open Class for adults. I saw that Stenciling was a class, and thought.....hum, I can surely stencil. I painted this frame canvas half white and half black. I cut out a stencil in the shape of the bison you see, and a stencil of a small dust cloud. You see the results.
The idea for this is rather prophetic in nature. The White Bison is sacred. The title for this piece is Hetchetu Aloh, which is Lakota Sioux for "It is so."

I really like this.

(I'm going to show my heritage now ) Do you belong to a nation? I'm Choctaw, and my SO is Ojibway. We currently live on an Ojibway reserve. Which clan do you belong to?

you know how it goes...we have to figure out if we're related so that the parameters for conversation can be set.

 

[cloudy]

Thank you. I'm always thrilled when a person of "original heritage" enjoys my works. It means quite alot to me.
Show your heritage! Yes, by all means.
Unfortunately, if I were to show the larger portion of my heritage, you'd see shamrocks and bagpipes. I've always been told (like most of us have) that we have a small portion of Cherokee or Shawnee blood. I've yet to track it down.....but I feel it none-the-less. My wife is Cherokee/Irish. Though small in blood, it is a huge part of my life, and has been for a very long time. As I stated earlier in a post, art is a spiritual thing for me, and it's even more so when working in the traditional crafts of the People. I brain-tan my own deer hide, and use only real sinew.
You should also look at ManyFeathers' work. He is of the Blue Sky People.

I hope you visit here often.

Oh, he and I are good friends, going back several years. He's Shoshone, and we've compared notes on language, since both his and mine are Aztec-derived vs. Algonquin-derived that I hear every day.

I'm belong to the Deer Clan...the fast runners. My great-grandmother was on the trail of tears, and somehow survived it, even though she was just a small girl.

An older lady here on the rez in Ontario taught me how to make porcupine quill baskets. It was quite an honor for her to teach me, since the art is normally passed down from mother to daughter only. We have quite a few artisans living there, in fact, my SO is an artist - a painter. He was recently named Artist in Residence for the local museum. Living on the reservation is an experience - I wasn't raised on the reserve, so it's been very new to me, but very comforting to be surrounded by those like me.

I've read the book, too, and have passed it on to others who might be interested in what really happened. We can always use supporters. I'm the liason for the state of Alabama....or I was until I moved. Interesting but useless fact: when Leonard Peltier hid in Canada (before he was illegally extradited), he was hiding on the reserve where I live now.

It breaks my heart every letter I get with yet more setbacks and another appeal denied. Meanwhile, he's nearly blind in one eye now due to diabetes, and has had a stroke in the last year or so. He's been moved, too, and was kept in solitary for over six weeks with no access to a doctor, no letters, etc., because it was "for his own safety."

It's hard not to be bitter, really.

 

[cloudy]

I'm going to get smacked in the head one of these days by confusing Shoshone with Cheyenne.
Oh what a treat it would be to learn from an elder! So much has been lost.

Indianapolis Eiteljorge Museum (A Native American museum) holds an anual Indian Art Market in August. It draws huge crowds, and many works of art are sold. It seems that the artist market is doing very well.

I'm always shamed at the way Leonard has been treated.

I don't know if you live near any reservation or not, but most elders are glad to pass on what they know if they are asked respectfully, and brought some tobacco.

I was lucky. For some reason Lorraine just took to me. She told my SO (in Ojibway, before I knew any of it), that I had the right spirit, so she decided to teach me. They're so beautiful, and so time-consuming, but a small one, maybe just three inches oval, will sell for close to $60 at the powwows because so few people know how to make them anymore, and porcupines are getting harder and harder to find.

eta: here's a pic of one. It's not one I made, but I make them very similar to this. They're made from quills and birch bark:

http://www.tribalexpressions.com/weaving/images/sjqblrg.jpg

 

[cloudy]

Ah yes, the gift of tobacco. I leave gifts of tobacco for the spirits when I arrowhead hunt in a field near me.

There are no reservations near me. I believe the nearest is something like 300 miles. The Cherokee Reservation.

I bought a whole bunch of porcupine quills a few years back, and attempted a Medicine Wheel. After getting stuff about a zillion times, I set it aside. I can't believe they keep them in their mouths to keep them moist! I'm afraid I'd swallow them.
The bowl is beautiful. Simply stunning. It impresses me of the patience it takes. You'll have to show your works.

you don't have to keep the quills in your mouth - you can soak them in a bowl - it's just much handier to have them within reach that way.

 

[cloudy]

Here's one of my SO's paintings that he did several years ago (thought you might like to see it - it's WAY bigger than this):

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n124/phyde1987/wolfspainting.jpg

 

[Kcar]

Impressive work in a very wide range of media. I was really struck by your genesis pictures, and the thought of hands holding the world in different ways, different concepts of how the divine interacts with the mundane.

Well done.

I couldn't have said it better, SH. The drawings are my favorite, but all of these things are wonderfully made. You're very talented!

 

[Kcar]

I don't know if you live near any reservation or not, but most elders are glad to pass on what they know if they are asked respectfully, and brought some tobacco.

I was lucky. For some reason Lorraine just took to me. She told my SO (in Ojibway, before I knew any of it), that I had the right spirit, so she decided to teach me. They're so beautiful, and so time-consuming, but a small one, maybe just three inches oval, will sell for close to $60 at the powwows because so few people know how to make them anymore, and porcupines are getting harder and harder to find.

eta: here's a pic of one. It's not one I made, but I make them very similar to this. They're made from quills and birch bark:

http://www.tribalexpressions.com/weaving/images/sjqblrg.jpg

Oh that's lovely, cloudy!

 

[cloudy]

Oh that's lovely, cloudy!

thank you.

They're very time-consuming to make, but I love the handing down of traditions and the handwork (plus, I get to sit around and gossip with other women while we work ).

 

[RudeNastyAssBitch]

About Time You Showed Us Your Work!

S'not Usually My Thing, But It's Your Stuff, So I'm Digging It

I Love The Buffalo!

I'm So Happy This Thread Has Taught Me That Those Dotty Drawings Are Called Pointilsm

You Draw Thumbs Like Penises, I Think I Really Love That

 

[LittleJade]

You're SO gifted!

The pointalism stuff rocked my world.

 

[kimbalee]

Have to say that your wit and intellect have already impresed me, but I now see that your artist side is equally so. Really enjoyed the pointilism, is one of my fave styles. I once had to do a hook rug in an art class and chose pointilism and did a replica of the Gorges Seurat painting called "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," which is a fave of mine.

My fave thing I ever did is a window in the HS art room that is leaded stained glass and the subject is a tree branch with peaches in a close up. Of course now they would not be allowed to work with the lead in class, but 19 years ago... lol could get away with it.

Thank you for sharing this with us and also including the link in your sig.

 

[GentleSub_Ivy]

Your work is absolutely beautiful. While I loved all of the media you worked with, I have to say one of my favorites is the limestone. You truly bring your artistic eye to your landscape work.

 

[kimbalee]

Are you flirting with me? hahahahaha. Flattery WILL get you everywhere. hahaha. But seriously, thank you for the comments. I enjoy working with most mediums. I'm supposed to restore an old stained glass window that 3'X5' and has beautiful blues for the sky.
Do you have photos of your work?

Sure I am... just like usual, and I thought as much...

No, I don't have a pic, and actually it has disappeared with the recent remodel of the school. I haven't done anything for so long. Mostly just a quick sketch on the board for students or a sketch doodling on the phone while on hold. Drew some mini carnations on college ruled paper yesterday. lol not really post worthy.

 

[kimbalee]

Just saw this... shithead. lol. I'll try to find something. dammit. now I have to get off the computer.

 

[kimbalee]

word...

still lookin for something to show you.








(just love to give you shit.... lol )

 

[HBicuriousWife]

These photos are of a leather briefcase I tooled.

Nicely done! You've got some talent there!

 

[Avery_Chisholm]

 

[MissBri]

 

[MissBri]

 

[neci]

At the last minute, I decided that I should enter a project in the County Fair's Open Class for adults. I saw that Stenciling was a class, and thought.....hum, I can surely stencil. I painted this frame canvas half white and half black. I cut out a stencil in the shape of the bison you see, and a stencil of a small dust cloud. You see the results.
The idea for this is rather prophetic in nature. The White Bison is sacred. The title for this piece is Hetchetu Aloh, which is Lakota Sioux for "It is so."

beautiful.

thank you for sharing your work.

 

[Sunndance07]

"if you build it they will come"

thats why St. Louis has two airports and the new one is empty!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Pigeons live everywhere. Maybe we should eat more of them.