Chipping Away at the Ice

I am beginning to make some progress on one of the ice pieces I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Immersing myself in the color and texture of stitch is a welcome relief from the demands of too much computer work lately.

IceColor

©2015 Elizabeth Fram

I’m puzzling my way through. I have a general idea of where I’m trying to go, but the challenge is in figuring out how to get there. I want to work the upper area without losing the subtle, almost foggy quality of that section.

Meanwhile, I found this haiku which seems such a lovely fit —

Seamstress                                                                                                                                      Long needles of ice
Stitch the open water up
On a winter pond.

©2012 by Abigail M. Parker of A Haiku Each Day

6 thoughts on “Chipping Away at the Ice”

    1. ehwfram Post author

      Thanks Dianne — couldn’t believe how perfectly that haiku matched what I’ve been thinking about with this piece!

  2. Csilla

    It’s already such a poetic piece.

    I, too, love what you describe as ‘foggy quality’.
    Can you hold on to the the subtle movements and stay as it is?

    I can’t help make an association between the glittering snow outside my windows and the effect you captured in this piece…. It’s a winter scene for me!

    Haiku made visible…. Csilla

    1. ehwfram Post author

      I think you’re on to something Csilla. I was planning to just let that upper area sit today, because I’m afraid that any stitching will be overpowering. Very grateful for your thoughts! B.

  3. Bette Horton

    Am sharing this with my sister Wendy (in Asheville, NC) who also does textile art (when she has time). As you know, Asheville is known as an art community.

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