[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crafty mothers?

[Henrietta Brewer]

Wow Dixie,
What wonderful memories. What a home to live in.  It is good to have those good memories to carry you through.  And look, just look what all of those ladies in your life have done for you.  Now you are an amazing artist on your own with a twist of inner vision to go along with your talent.

Henrietta
On May 8, 2011, at 10:37 PM, Dixie wrote:

> My mother was an artist.  She painted everything, and I mean everything.
> The walls of the house, inside and out.  The Volkswagen bus out in the
> driveway, my lunchbox, my sister’s high chair, and a whole lot of other
> furniture,    everything was painted.  She for the most part painted in
> flower child motifs, everything was a mass of doodles, flowers, and
> psycadelic colors. She also painted serious pieces.  I have a piece she did
> on my wall.  She would use old barn boards and paint birds on them.  The
> rough texture of the boards would accentuate the texture of the bird’s
> feathers.  The one I have on my wall is about 2 feet high by 6 feet long.
> It is of a section of a tree trunk with a long branch and a bunch of
> Chickadees gathered on that branch.  I also have a pen and ink she did for
> my grandfather’s birthday.  It is a collage of different candles, if I am
> not mistaken, there was one candle for each year.  They were all different
> shapes and kinds of candles she had found in different styles of decorative
> holders around our house and my grandparent’s house. In fact one of the
> candles in the piece we had made together.  It was one where you would fill
> a half gallon milk carton with ice cubes and then pour the hot wax over the
> ice.  The candle would then harden and the ice cubes would melt away leaving
> a lacy look to the candle. 
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> she also was a potter.  The first thing I remember making was on her wheel.
> It is a little bowl I still have. I was either 5 or 6 years old at the time.
> She also made incredible god’s eyes.  They were everywhere in our house. I
> am sure she had us making them also.  The gods eyes she made were made of
> all kinds of different textures and fibers.  Some the size of the entire
> wall.  She would paint the dowels the god’s eyes were made on.
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> My mother moved away when I was 7 and I went to live with my grandmother.  
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> It was my grandmother who taught me to knit when I was about 8 years old.
> My aunt taught me how to crochet  when I was around 8 years old also, and
> she taught me macramé when I was about 10.  
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> So, as you can see, I have been crafting my entire life.  It has always been
> one of my favorite forms of expression.  
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> Dixie
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