Thursday, February 24, 2011

What's Up?

'Pod' necklace; sterling silver, pods, pigment; Kathleen Faulkner




This necklace is the companion piece to the Pod brooch.  These two pieces will be in the upcoming Northwest Designer Craftsmen show at Matzke Fine Art Gallery opening March 5th from 2pm - 9pm and running through April 10th, 2011.



'Pod' brooch; sterling silver, pods, pigment; Kathleen Faulkner
photo: David Scherrer




Saturday, February 19, 2011

Fun Facts

For those of you who feel yourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place:

'Rocks' 36x9" oil pastel;
Kathleen Faulkner

walking along West Beach listening to the waves tumbling the rocks in the surf
it is all constant movement 

nothing stays the same.



Sunday, February 13, 2011

Every action has a reaction

'On the Way to Edison' photo; Kathleen Faulkner



I stand in the middle of my studio and hear the world outside.  I am surrounded by manmade objects and materials that, once living, are now dead.

I stand in the middle of a forest and become part of an interaction with an energy that isn't in any house, studio, building except for maybe a barn.  

I stand in the middle of a field and feel that I am a part of it all.  

Observation can be a participatory sport





Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The favored one

'My Favorite Weed'  photo;  Kathleen Faulkner



I grow in her yard almost everywhere.  I guess that doesn't say much about the state of her yard:  I prefer poor soil, abandoned areas.

In her defense, she grows a fine garden of vegetables and flowers, she allows for wildlife habitat, there is even some grass in the back.  She could pull me out by the roots and that would probably be it.  I think she likes me, though.  Sometimes she comes over and rubs my leaves, she's taken many photos of me.  She lets me grow.  

I have some useful qualities, although I was brought over by the Puritans.
Dipped in tallow my flower stalk can be used as a torch.  Mullein stalks were used in ancient Greece as funeral torches.
I can cure leprosy and, if you have asthma, you can get relief by smoking my leaves. 
A tea made from me is good for catarrh or as a sedative.  

Maybe she keeps me around just in case.

Or maybe my leaves remind her of something 
or someone.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Buddy

'Buddy' woodblock print; Kathleen Faulkner


Crow is another well adapted urban resident that irritates more than it inspires..   
although, in mythology, Crow is highly regarded. 
 
It is always a good idea to be nice to crow.   He never forgets.  

I have a friend that will not go outside when crows are around.  He is continually buzz bombed by them when he's spotted.  He says he doesn't know why but my guess is that he wasn't nice a time or two.