River of Moons is moving along, after finishing the second moon this morning I cut into the river of cloth to weave the next two moons through
inspired by Jude Hill this morning when she cut into the edge of her moon to weave through a cloud over on Spirit Cloth
it’s a one step forward two steps back work flow as each new moon changes how the last one fits in,
the two moons on this new cloth are for the next blue moon in November for us here in Australia
finished the knotted thread rays on the second moon this morning
the first moon was a little too puffy so I stitched it through and it feels a lot more solid
there will be 13 moons in this meditation on time, flow and the effect of the moon on one woman’s mind
front cover of the Lunar Almanac by Rosemary Ellen Guiley 1991
with gratitude to Glennis Shibori Girl, Ulrike Bogdan and Jude Hill
for the materials and inspiration!
go with the flow
Posted: October 18, 2020 by Mo Crow in It's Crow TimeTags: Glennis Shibori Girl, Jude Hill, moon ladder, Once in a Blue Moon, River of Moons, Ulrike Bogdan
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It's Crow Time 
This ripples with movement, beckons but it is a softened energy, a pulling toward not a pushing away, like ebb and flow…
(((Marti))) stitching is such a comfort in these strange days, self soothing behaviour like a cat purring & I love the women dancing with their swishy skirts in that old woodcut, they remind me of you!
Your work is really intriguing. I like the way you’ve captured the flow of time. The colours, the stitch work are indeed soothing. I’m looking forward to seeing the unfolding of your concept.
(((Lana))) a year adrift in the flow of time by the light of the moon
love it Mo! gives Moon River a whole new context.
there’s so many moon songs with rivers running through them, here’s the playlist so far!
Take me to the River Talking Heads
Moon River Louis Armstrong
Blue Moon The Marcels
Moon Shadow Cat Stevens
Moondance Van Morrison
Ripple Grateful Dead
Time from Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
Mo, Grapefruit Moon by Tom Waits….Beautiful..ox
Your art as always is … Amazing!
(((Tina))) I always worry about stitching into Glennis’s moons, they are so perfect!
I love it when stitching integrates the layers. This is coming along beautifully.
(((Dee))) am hoping to loosen up along the way but that may be for next lifetime hehe!
Mo~ When I zoom in, I can get an even better sense of the amount of stitches and amazing work you’ve done! Beautiful! Love your playlist so far 🙂
(((Nancy))) it’s mostly couched threads at this stage
oh, MOON, sit on my head
(((Grace))) you make me smile, that old woodcut is magic!
Exquisite Mo…ox
(((Margaret))) it’s turning into water lace!
MC – amazingly intricate and thoughtful work. B
(((Barry))) having such beautiful materials to work with is a good starting point!
love the implied arc of the two moons …
(((Liz))) the 2 moon scrap of cloth is from Jude
I’ll be humming “Moon Shadow” all day now. 🙂
(((Deb))) such a gentle delight of a song from a more innocent or perhaps naive time for our world
Mo! For me, so often satisfied with running stitch, the intricacy and storytelling of your stitching is awe-inspiring. I can feel the self-soothing in the depth and layering of them; the focus needed and the attention to detail. And as the cloth draws you in and steps you back, I love too the beauty and movement of the fabric and the moons – it is going to be a marvel this work. It is already.
(((Fiona))) thanks for the encouraging words, it’s feeling bookish at this stage but may become something else by the time it goes full circle
(the river (and moons) come from Glennis ?)
(((Els))) the first two moons are from Glennis Shibori Girl, the two little moons resist dyed on blue cotton are from Jude, the river cloth is from Ulrike Bogdan. Indigo dyed silk threads are from Glennis &, indigo dyed linen and cotton threads from Ulrike, there’s lots of ultramarine Gütterman silk and uphohostery threads along with rough spun silk dyed ultramarine by Spiral Dyed here on Australia.
So a “moon-river” that runs around the world 😉
oh! the flow!
(((Jude))) watching you cut into the edge of your most recent moon helped me make the cuts in the river cloth to weave in that piece of two moons cotton cloth you sent a few years back
This is so powerful, Mo. Love it more and more.
(((Hazel))) it’s looking like we may well be here in Sydney for a good while yet as the rents are going up in the Blue Mountains and affordable houses are getting scarce as hens teeth, x fingers when these 13 moons have passed we will have moved!