Moondancing

“Moondance I, II, and III”, 24 x 24 x 2 inches each, Textile paintings (hand-dyed fabrics, stitching) mounted on cradled birch panels © Ayn Hanna

I’m in the final stretch of preparing for the ACC Baltimore Show – less than 2 weeks to go – and steadily making progress on completing the many “to-do’s” on the list.  The biggest accomplishment this week was getting “most” of the artwork (including the 3 pieces above) shipped.

4 boxes and a tube are headed to VT where they will be added to the pallet which already holds the booth, lights, and flooring and then the whole lot will be trucked down to Baltimore and plopped in front of my booth space #3101.  I’m very thankful to NOT have to deal with shipping the booth as well this year….remember what an ordeal that was last year?

Moondance Inspiration

Barbara and I collaborated on this “Circular Things” installation piece for our Must Love Art show last September – her wire sculptures and my textile paintings.  It was fun responding to her circular wire “drawings”, making my own circular motifs in textile to complement the wire.

“Circular Things”, textile paintings and wire sculpture, © Ayn Hanna & Barbara Gilhooly

While planning my work for the ACC Baltimore show, I wanted to have some larger pieces to complement my 50 small personal badges, and that’s how the Moondance pieces were inspired.

“Moondance I”, 24 x 24 x 2 inches © Ayn Hanna

“Moondance II”, 24 x 24 x 2 inches © Ayn Hanna

“Moondance III”, 24 x 24 x 2 inches © Ayn Hanna

“Moondance III” (side view)

I’ve tried to have a more focused approach to the work I’ll have at the show this year as I think it was a bit over the top with too much variety last year.  These pieces will be a good complement to the badges, at a larger scale.  And both will go well with my black patterned pillows and scarves too.

100% cotton hand-dyed fabric front, linen-backed one-of-a-kind pillows

With just a couple weeks to go before the show, it feels good to have much of the artwork already en route.  Although there’s still plenty of work to do, I’m not pitching any tents on top of stress mountain this year – I’m happy with whatever does get done.  And as the weather Gods are shining on CO this weekend, I’ll be outside with my dye pots, bundling and steaming cloth, enjoying the art-making and the weather and getting excited for the show.