so as it begains... it ends~

Over 7 months ago I took part in Seth's Natural Evolution Disintegration project.
The idea was to see the toll that the natural elements would take upon combined papers placed outside over time.

Living in in Southern Californian like I do my papers really did not do much more then get dusty..



but what was really fun was that I started this project
because of Judy as I became intrigued with what she had done for it, and as luck had it she just happened to be with me for the last few days just before the completion of Seth's project so we collaborated and this is what we came up with.



Judy used Inks and pigments to alter a circular base

We then traced our hands onto the piece then I took it over to my sewing machine to highlight our hands and stitched the words:

"so as it begins"(my hand)
" it ends". (Judy's hand)

this little element of the two fabric ties attached to the red treed is a nod to the unity it took for judy and myself to create this piece.



I created and stitched down a pocket



To house a delightful book that Judy bound by hand.



Judy discovered this red acrylic paint skin on the bottom of my paint cup that I attached over the words: "we count the days"



stay tune for the entire revel of this project along with the words that Judy wort in the book.
(to discover over 100 other projects from other artist go to Seth's site for the links!)

so as it begains... it ends~