Journal archive
August 24, 2011
This is the result of my work(off and on) for the last few days. It somewhat resembles the sketch I did. Not complicated, but a fun piece to do. I had wanted it to have some kinetic energy of some sort and I never imagined that the root/driftwood piece would move in the water. I […]
Read story →August 23, 2011
For some reason today I chose not to place the sphere I had been working on in the installation spot and instead was drawn to late summer materials to make a smaller piece. I chose some grasses, some bittersweet (still in the green stage), driftwood, hydrangea, a fading hosta leaf and some bright orange/red nandina. […]
Read story →August 22, 2011
Much of today was spent running from place to place, up early and back to DC and then to appointments. After all that I worked on catching up on things so that we could return back to the bay this afternoon. I had barely enough daylight once we arrived back at the bay to go […]
Read story →August 21, 2011
Today’s photo is the best of some badly lit out of focus photos from today. Bad because it was late with bad lighting and the sphere kept spinning,which was pretty cool looking just not good for a still photo. The pieces of bark in the photo were removed later on, I might find a way […]
Read story →August 20, 2011
a href=”https://keithstanley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Bay-016.jpg”> Today I started a new piece with the thought that it should be completely done in one day. It was an ambitious piece, with a lot od detail to be done. Later in the day I realized that my goal of creating daily was still intact. I am creating daily, just not making […]
Read story →August 19, 2011
At home for the day, before heading back to our retreat. I brought a touch of the bay back with me, a few small pieces of driftwood. In the garden I collected a few fading summer flowers to use. Everything except the driftwood is still fresh. I cut a branch of maple from the tree […]
Read story →August 18, 2011
This week I have scouted out a few places along the stretch of beach here on the bay outside our artist’s “retreat” to use to make my daily arrangements. It’s a chance to get outside the studio and use things not normally available to me, and with each day I am finding more and more […]
Read story →August 17, 2011
My walk along the beach today yielded lots of options for today’s ikebana. I found some wild hot pink sweet peas, black roots, a small piece of driftwood, an oyster shell, grasses and a piece of water worn bone to use. The materials I gleaned could not have been more perfect for this arrangement, everything […]
Read story →August 16, 2011
As promised I did an arrangement with some grasses, which I thought were bulrushes at first, and used them to make lots of straight lines. The patterns are much like the sails on the sailboats I’m seeing out on the Chesapeake Bay each day. I added some green and white variegated hosta leaves, a couple […]
Read story →August 15, 2011
This freestyle ikebana arrangement was done with some quickly gathered materials this evening. We’re on an artist’s “retreat” for a while. I found some variegated euonymus, roses, porcelain berry, crape myrtle, and a few bay grasses. Rains and thunderstorms kept me from getting out and really looking for more materials, but still I found quite […]
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