"once.leaves.fall"


"detail"

Quilt sampled from image of an imaginative blog concerning lifestyle, vintage and other fashion.

I've mentioned it before, but there is this whole world of blogs for personal fashion - they concern what I bought, what I wore, the frothy latte I drank, or the models or boots or hand bags I admire. To be young and have disposable income...yet, some of these sites create art. There is a lightness and a freshness and a beauty to them - a joy that is not always tied to materialism. I fell unto them by looking at a link of a follower.

Fashion has some parallel to the blackberry photos I have been taking, particularly to where I started with the medium.

The blog sampled here has a very good photographer who likes to push color saturation. I have asked her for permission to sample her images, placing this as an example. If she does not agree to my use, this post might have to be removed - at least the images.

Many artists have agreed to my sampling, a few have not. I enjoy sampling more than taking the photos myself. It combines aesthetics and I appreciate the variety available.

I have not done quilts for a while having been less inspired and also having lost many image sources.

I see my sampling as a compliment - I try to change the image enough that I am not plagiarizing. Not sure if all would agree.

By coincidence my friend Mick sampled one of my BB images for his post today. I really like what he did. Please check it out here. Somehow he took a subway rider and placed her in the stratosphere (I am not going to spell check that word).

"Hey, hey, Mr. Spaceman...."