feathering the nest – Page 5

pieces of precious

3 Aug

WEEK THIRTY – (july 26 – august 2 ) Laminex….. I spent months drawing on these little ‘pieces of precious’, then I put them away to work slowly on another feathering thought-line which finally resulted in a finished piece. Because ... Read more »

chasing warmth

27 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-NINE – (july 20-26) The first half of the week was spent finishing the first FEATHERING piece. Firstly, I needed to pin down the feathers needing hand stitch to hold them in securely in place. The feathers are three ... Read more »

it’s love/hate time

20 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-EIGHT – (july 13-19) This week I have spent a lovely amount of time downstairs – much spent making and then arranging the smallest central feathers into their final positions – ultimately eliminating all other options except the best ... Read more »

pragmatic

13 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-SEVEN – (july 6-12) I love checking my Horoscope. I prefer the weekly ones and generally read them, try to make positive sense of them, then quickly forget them. If I like what they say I may tear them ... Read more »

OZQUILT & little feather quilts

30 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-FIVE – ( june 22-28) As mentioned in the previous post, this year I have taken on things that have kept me chained to the computer over the past months – just when I saw myself being able to ... Read more »

background trials

19 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-THREE – (june 8-14) I’ve stopped short of my plan to finish more feathers than I need. Another full day would have nailed this task but too much time was spent on other projects and preparation for a trip ... Read more »

my feathers, pelican feathers

8 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-TWO – ( june 1-7) In between other commitments this week I managed to print out more Weldon photos and to make a pile, nay, a beautiful array of feathers. Starting with the biggest size that I anticipate I’ll ... Read more »

the photo in my head

2 Jun

Jan Mullen 1

WEEK TWENTY-ONE – ( may 25 -31) It fascinates me that on a new work there is a disconnect between what is in my head – that is, what I actually see like it has been photographed already – to ... Read more »

the wonder of weldon’s

25 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY– (may 18-24) Decision made….sort of. At the start of the week I decided upon two new art works to enter in exhibitions in a few months. By the end of the week a few lovely impositions on my ... Read more »

hilarity and materiality

11 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK EIGHTEEN – (may 4 – 10) I’m continually tweaking or re-inventing systems to help keep me on track. I am a list maker, a filing tweaker, a time-tabler, a shelf re-organiser, an anytime spring cleaner and, I suppose this ... Read more »