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Published 15. mai 2020

Halfway through May already!

We’re halfway through May already! Sorry for the late update of April, but I’ve been busy taking care of my garden after winter. And since April has been filled with the comming of new life., my April-book is filled with prints using new leaves from the garden, both directly and some gelli-prints with the leaves as stencils. Not so many to choose from as it was still early spring, but I used the few I could find. Unfortunately, I was halfway through cutting my sheet of paper when I rembered to take a photo:

And here are the finished Book of April:

Corona is still affecting our daily life, even if the society has slowly started to open up.

I have been enjoying Bobby Britnells on-line course «Inspired by Ben Nicholson» and here are some of my results:

    My prints on textile are still on my design-wall waiting to be processed.

    I hope you have enjoyed this little update from my studio.

    Stay safe and enjoy life!

    Published 6. april 2020

    Corona and spring

    Two weeks ago, I were supposed to be in Stavanger for the annual meeting for the Norwegian Quilt Association. I had sendt in two quilts for the exhibition and one to the competition. Then came Corona and everything shut down. The meeting has been postponed and my two quilts for the exhibition are on their way home. My entry for the competition now awaits new time for the meeting, hopefully somtime in the autumn.

    I cannot show you my quilt for the competition, but the two for the exhibition I can

    This first one is called «Light and Backlight». It is in two parts, Cotton and silk, machine and hand quilted. It is a rather personal quilt, because the danser is ME! Way back in my youth!!! But still a part of my history, I danced classical ballet for about 18 years, back in the 70’s. The last years in one of those little «free» dancing groups which appeared outside the established companies at that time. I used an old photograph and traced. The grey cotton fabric, a reused sofa-cover, together with a little too soft wadding gave me some troubles. Even if the quilting is rather even it was almost impossible to get those clean straight bindings. It is too soft and I have to live with that.

    My other quilt is a re-use of one of my very first, and not so good quilts from 2002.

    Originaly it was my first attempt at Barghello. Last spring I decided to sacrifice it, tried first to bleach it, but the fabrics didn’t want to give up any colours. So instead I painted the background, machine-embroidered and painted the dragonfly and handstitched the background. It is based on a haiku by Matsuo Basho:

    This dragonfly

    can’t quite land

    on that blade of grass.

    We had an early spring this year, and March was filled with beautiful crocuses, so of course my March book had to be filled with crocuses. As I started by drawing, stencilling and printing.

    Cut it all in pages and made myself another book:

    Front
    The binding
    and the back

    Now I have to find a theme for my April book. Wait and see….

    I hope you all are well wherever you are in the world, we shall manage this. Take care!

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    I love to make things. I like knitting in the evenings, and tending my garden. I love to work with fibres, to colour and shape things. I find great inspiration in older Japanese design, the art of Hiroshige and Hokusai being my favourites. I also dabble a bit with bookmaking, binding my own sketchbooks to play in and fill with my research, as well as making textile books.

    gretahusebo

    Norwegian artist. Art quilts, bookbinding, booklover, embroidery, knitting.

    A few french knots. #newwork #challenge #textile # A few french knots. #newwork #challenge #textile #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    Afternoon by the grave-mounds at Borre #vikinggrav Afternoon by the grave-mounds at Borre #vikinggraves #winterlight #borrehaugene #borre #vestfold #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    Choises choises....#newwork #colours #handstitch # Choises choises....#newwork #colours #handstitch #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    Takk #siripettersen for nok en glimrende bok. Jeg Takk #siripettersen for nok en glimrende bok. Jeg kan nesten ikke vente på fortsettelsen. If you love fantasy, the I can recomend the books of #siripettersen. This last one ‘The iron wolf’ is just as absorbing as the Raven rings triologi. #books #reading #fantasy #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    Finally my book of December,finished on New years Finally my book of December,finished on New years eve. Since most of December was filled with preparations for Christmas,so was my theme. My Year of 2020 is complete. #bookmaking #december #christmas #2020 #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    And November. Suddenly ballet came in my mind. My And November. Suddenly ballet came in my mind. My granddaughtet dancing and my own past. And the colours reflects my participating in #laurakemshall Sketchbook Project. #november #sketchbook #bookmaking #colour #inspiration #ballet #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    A little update of my monthly books,a bit late. Th A little update of my monthly books,a bit late. This is October,filled with rain all month. #bookmaking # sketchbooks #october #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    From my walk around Karljohansvern i Horten we cam From my walk around Karljohansvern i Horten we came across this beautiful old oak filled with mistletoe,and we also pased the old buildings for lime-burning built between 1852-1854. #walking #history #fort #horten #karljohansvern  #inspiration #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    Frosty spiderweb on my neighbour’s bin. #frost # Frosty spiderweb on my neighbour’s bin. #frost #inspiration #lines #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    At last here is my book of September, a book about At last here is my book of September, a book about the lovely colours of autumn. #book #bookbinding #autumn #colours #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    I found this beautiful treeroot walking along the I found this beautiful treeroot walking along the shoreline of Essoskogen. #treeroot #essoskogen #shoreline #inspiration #tønsberg #ghuseboe #gretahusebo
    Beautiful seedheads on my Codonopsis. #flowers #au Beautiful seedheads on my Codonopsis. #flowers #autumn #inspiration #tønsberg #gretahusebo #ghuseboe
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