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leaf lace
a finely delicate, yet strong, lace-like skeleton of a magnolia leaf.... ... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on January 27, 2010
treasure hunt
Found on an 'archeological' dig in the backyard, what stories lay beneath encrusted dirt and rust? ... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 2, 2009
the butter dish
Or, the ex-butter dish. I still have the little pitcher. Both were made by a local potter long ago and were gifts from my husband. Other 'breaks' featured on these pages (this is getting embarrassing): a... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 1, 2009
enmeshed
Added later: scanned onion skins... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 26, 2009
broken bowl
Other breaks: another broken bowl reflections in broken glass broken glass ornament ... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on January 27, 2009
broken glass
decorated the tree this evening another glass ornament fell to pieces first decorations from our first Christmas becoming fewer each year... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on December 16, 2008
wings
Allow me a little self-congratulatory pat on the back - qarrtsiluni has my photo Wings up! And I'm told that this is my tenth publication in it, and that you can see all of them here. qarrtsiluni's current... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on November 21, 2008
poetry postcards
I'm delighted to share with you that Tom Montag and I have had our collaboration Blue accepted and up at Postal Poetry, an exciting new site for individually and collaboratively created poetry postcards. Tom has already expressed his... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 1, 2008
an English-Finnish dictionary
an immigrant's tool, an almost-bible, a book of days...
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Posted by Marja-Leena on July 29, 2008
rust circle
Years ago an artist friend gave me this circular, rusted, thin metal object. She had found it in a farmer's field in France. I love how this man-made object, probably a part from some farm machinery, had begun... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 11, 2008
broken
"It is a dying lamp, a falling shower,
A breaking billow: - even whilst we speak
Is it not broken?"
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 15, 2007
experiment no.4
This is becoming a mini series of playful experiments!
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Posted by Marja-Leena on July 29, 2007
experiment no.3
continuing play with materials and textures
still not sure where these are going
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 20, 2007
experiment no.2
another exploration of a tentative idea
see also experiment no.1
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 2, 2007
experiment no.1
playing around with various images
not sure where these are going yet
here's the first one in early formation
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 20, 2007