Friday, May 20, 2011

Haiku Art for May 2011

The prompt word this month is "soft".  Now this will be interesting to see - how many directions will the artists go with this word.  The possibilities are endless.

This one didn't require too much deliberation on my part.  During a trip to Ireland a few years back I latched on to the phrase "soft Irish day".  It really captured my imagination.
It rains a lot in Ireland.  Sometimes it rains hard; sometimes the rain settles over the earth like a misty blanket. They call this a "soft day".

steady gentle rain
Irish hills shrouded in mist
another soft day








I used fairly vivid commercial quilt cottons for the stylized hills then couched the edges with decorative fibers.  Then I quilted the whole thing with 40 wt. variegated cotton in shades of green.
I arranged a piece of tulle over the quilt and tacked it down with vintage buttons. Finally I topped it with a piece of lace (Irish lace?) .

another fun Haiku Art challenge

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