The Little Sampler Book

I have been quietly stitching..

when I have not been watering..

the yard and the plants..

We are in an epic dry spell..

this should be the rainy season..

which is often a pox in itself..

but lack of water means that our tall forests run the risk of fire..

So I hand water what I can since we have severe water restrictions...

I think I could fill the other tiny French Journals 

with these meditative stitches..

and I just might do that..

I love gathering unruly bits of hand dyed cloths and 

stitching them together..

when I listen gently..

they tell me which pieces go together..

like little playmates

drawn to one another..

So I stitch and think of rain..

and puddles..

and the garden flooding beautifully..

Now I have a place for them..

I will have to dream of a new body of work to

put them all to work..

Please take good care of yourselves..

We are home together..

wearing masks when we gather food..

and taking no chances..

I wish you all a healthy and happy week..

Ciao, Ciao!

Mono Printing with Caran d' Ache

Ok,

so this is not the video that I had planned..

but you know how plans go..

right?

But I have to say, I love this technique and I want to

work with it, until I have it mastered..

I forgot to mention that you can color a plate

and simply print it on a journal page..

or a canvas..

board, whatever..

just moisten the substrate and rub it on..

have fun, 

it is so meditative 

and I hope it puts you in a very peaceful place..

Ciao, my gentle viewers..

hope your weekend is 

Magnificent..

C4N!

May Art Journal Pages

People asked..

how many days have you been home?

How long has it been?

The days just pile up..

Caterina Giglio, May Art Journal Pages

the numbers increasing..

in cases, in deaths.. in the amount of time

we spend at home

and isolating..

I spend each morning in the garden..

connecting with the earth,

transplanting flowers,

cutting back the overachievers..

and weeding

which is a gardeners job security ...

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers....

being in the garden affords me

a sense of serenity and enchantment..

a dragonfly buzzes the spray from my hose

and I catch the magical copper shimmer of it's wings..

and suddenly the numbers all disappear ...

Caterina Giglio, detail May Art Journal Pages

The flower images are from

some recent mono prints that I made..

on book pages..

and the tiny stitches are on text from the 

Plague Doctor writings..

Caterina Giglio, detail from Art Journal Pages, May 2020

Ingredients: Mono Prints on book pages, antique ephemera, acrylic paints, colored pencil, red thread, stitches on paper, pencil

Caterina Giglio, Art Journal Page detail, May 2020

I have made a lot of mono prints

in the studio lately

practicing for the next video..

and making tiny stitches for my 

little French Journal 

so perhaps you will see those next time

I post..

Be well my gentle readers..

 

XOX

The Harp, the Shop and Where the Mini French Journals Live

Ciao, gentle readers..

this post is a little of this and that..

I am taking some time off but 

thought I would check in here and on social media..

My awesome 

gallery

142bis

just sold this assemblage piece..

we have several pieces in the gallery/store

that are not listed in the online gallery

so 

making a FaceTime appointment 

would allow Meg an opportunity to give you a 

personal tour of my work..

Detail from The Harp, Caterina Giglio, Mixed Media Assemblage

it is one of my favorite winged pieces..

small 

but it was my intention to capture the flow of music..

the soaring, elation that I feel when

a particular piece of music fills my

soul and makes my heart swell...

I am very pleased to know it is going to

a new collector

Caterina Giglio, Mixed Media Assemblage

142 bis has also received 12 new 

Inspiration Kits..

and they have already sold one.. 

you can stop by the 

Shop

and just call to purchase

They are now in small and large

and are mixed paper, cloth, laces and bits..

and finally..

I finished my little book..

just the first one with the stitches and got the 

stitched plate on the front

and this where it 

went to live..

I will simply have to make more!

Mini French Art Journals, Caterina Giglio

In the studio

I am working on paintings..

and finishing my

art journal pages...

but mostly right now, I am wanting to rest up

and I am chewing on new ideas for videos...

I hope you are all healthy and well

and if you are marching, 

I send my support 

and stand in solidarity..

Ciao, Ciao!

Mini French Journals

Mini, mini, minis,

you know how I love them

and I was inspired by 

the 

French Journals 

that I saw at

Restoration Hardware

some time ago...

and so I was determined to make some

minis..

however..

you could actually make a full size journal

using this technique

so I hope you play with it

and make a few for yourself...

and yes it is time for a break..

I need to rest and enjoy summer a bit, 

not going anywhere... 

but I will be working on some new ideas 

and 

of course getting some work done

in the studio..

Be well gentle readers and viewers..

and be safe,

our country is tearing apart

but I have faith it will come back together..

xox

The Plague Doctor

seriously..

gentle readers..

in all my born days,

I never thought I would have any use for this

image..

it was archaic, ridiculous and medieval ...

I got sick a couple of days after my birthday

in January..

and when I say sick 

I mean I thought I was drowning..

fatigued ..

out of it mentally..

chills came and went..

but the cough

lasted for a good 5 weeks..

it was only later 

that we realized that we had both 

probably had

covid-19..

unsuspecting

at the time

we just thought we had had bad colds..

so the idea of creating a shrine

to celebrate 

our health and survival 

seemed quite appropriate.

this personal shrine

has a hidden receptacle

as the image is glued to a box top and the bottom

box is adhered to the shrine.

I am collecting small things to represent this year..

and the hardships that we continue to endure.

our death toll increases daily

and people are so divided about what they believe and 

all I can think about 

is that if what I had was

corona virus..

I will gladly spare everyone that 

experience by wearing a mask in public..

If you watched the video

 then you know I was still deciding whether to

bead the corsage I gave the plague doctor

and 

in the end I settled on French knots and threads..

and I like the loose threads

and see them representative

of all the unknowns still haunting us 

with this 

virus.

I have not made a shrine in years..

 this one honors all the lives lost

and the ones spared..

it marks a personal passage

as well as a collective 

transformation..

and what comes in the near future?

only the plague doctor

knows..

xox

Mixed Media Art-Part 3 Collage on Assemblage

Ciao, dear ones..

well it is Filming Friday 

and I hope you enjoy

this little video..

I wanted to come up with an idea that you could easily 

recreate in your own studio or work space

and can use it for a variety 

of 

reasons..

I love the plague doctor 

and thought it would be a perfect image to mark this 

extraordinary year...

As always

thank you for watching, and for your constant support..

I hope your weekend is healthy and happy..

xox