this beautiful heart just arrived in the post from Barry Smith and Fiona Dempster of Deckled Edge Press!
Fiona has recently revamped their three websites with her trademark elegance and their shops work perfectly!
Deckled Edge Press Shop
Barry Smith Art Shop
Fiona Dempster Shop
a heart to hold onto in my hand
It's Crow Time 
Beautiful heart, beautiful hand❤
(((Jude))) our hearts and hands work so hard for us all our lives, it’s good to thank them and give them a little love every day!
Yes…
Half a lifetime ago when I finished art school I started working full time as a gardener at the Sydney Botanic Gardens. Within the first week Old Man Crow made sure I wore gloves to save my hands and I thank him for that! I did a lot of damage in my youth working bare handed with glass, wire, lead, cement, stone, wood and earth… working with threads and cloth these days is such a gentle way of making & watching you stitch your way through life’s thicks and thins over at Spirit Cloth has helped me realize I can be gentle with the materials and myself!
A beautiful heart for a beautiful heart………………
(((Martine))) Barry and Fiona pour so much love and hope for peace out of their hands & hearts into our beautiful broken world
I imagine you giving it a slight toss upwards. Hearing it slap back into your palm.
(((Dee))) I just did exactly that what a lovely thing to catch!
Ah the work of Barry and Fiona, filled with heart! For some reason (very likely my computer) I could not get the links to open 😦 I treasure the two International Day of Peace pieces created by Barry and Fiona, the love spread via Liz. True heart, true art.
I wondered of the material this heart is made of? The color is stunning and for me speaks so well to ‘these days’ of 2021. To see their heart in your hand is to feel the connection. Beautiful.
(((Nancy))) Here’s a link to Barry & Fiona experimenting with casting cement forms in February over on his rustnstuff blog, you may be able to access the blog first and go to their website links from there!
http://rustnstuff.blogspot.com/2021/02/experimenting-with-cement.html
Thanks for your kindness Mo – I love that photo of the heart in your hand…It feels lovely doesn’t it? Hearts and hands together, little by little we shall make our way to peace…go well.
(((Fiona))) you and Barry truly make our world a gentler place!
A strong looking heart. 🙂
and tough, it will weather well!