Teachers in Common 15 X18

Which way is up when your drowning? 15 X18

Waterfall? Buttermilk Pounds Cake

Abstract Cake 14X16

Cup of Tea 

My Cup of Tea 14X14

Shared Waterfalls 14 X18

Lost Time 14X14

This Recipe is good for restoring/healing relationships.  You can skip the broken ankle with specific time set aside for family therapy.

                                                            Savory Seasons of Sisters
Serves 2 or more                                                                                                     prep time: 57 years

Ingredients

2 estranged sisters                                                          Art supplies - variety
1 broken ankle                                                               2 teacher's stories
2 cups of tea                                                                  2 sets of time lost
2 memories (good and bad)                                           2 sets of nightmares
3 buttermilk pound cakes

1. Mix 2 sisters with cups of tea, sprinkled with slices of Buttermilk pound cake
2. Add midnight savory revelations over time lost.
3. Saute bad nightmares together when it starts to boil sprinkle in humorous stories of the past.
4. Marinate with teacher experiences and family stories.
5. Simmer ingredients for 12 days with spicy conversation.

Super saver tips - If the heat is too high and conversations are boiling regroup by adding time with a creative project.  Feel free to substitute any kind of project like cooking, gardening, music, writing etc. for your creative project.



The artwork and photographs above were created by myself and and sister Sandy.  We did the waterfalls together (mostly Sandy with my direction) all of the other ones were done by myself, but Sandy has experimented and did a copy of the others for herself.
Waterfalls has been a theme because of our estranged relationship and the tears that have either been totally blocked or falling uncontrolibly.
The cake art pieces/photos represent the conversations  we had while she made the cake for me (this has been a favorite cake of mine since I was a child).  Sandy has a major love of cooking and this was her way of taking care of me or telling me that she loves me and misses me.
The Tea was her way of taking care of me because medication was not agreeing with me, so we got in a habit of same time of day stopping whatever we were doing to have a cup of tea.
In this time that we spent together we really discussed the time that have we have lost over the years we both realized the both of our nightmares (of drowning) has stopped since we have spent time together.
The recipe was written by both of us realizing that we needed this time to heal and start new.

Dye resist wax style with embroidery and sewing.

Healing During Stitching Time 40 X 20

Used medal  plates (like the ones inside of me) and pins to hold it together.

This piece took me longer than any other art I have ever done before.  The embroidery was what took so long, but I really felt that I needed this time for not only healing but reflection as well.