Month: April 2021

Posted in Beads, Jewelry, Photography

Ouch! Photos! Necklaces!

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I don’t know what I did, but I woke up a week and a half ago in pain. I’ve done something to my left leg. I’ve seen my chiropractor three times and I’m working on trigger release points (to release the muscle) and seated exercise routines. I can’t stand without my walker for very long. I also can’t walk more than a few steps without my walker. When we had the house built, I thought having a whirlpool tub in the bathroom was decadent luxury. It didn’t take long to realize that tub wasn’t a luxury; it was a necessity. There’s a built in bench in the shower. When we had the house built, I thought that bench would allow me to shave my legs without doing the pelican dance. Now, sitting on that bench is the only way I can take a shower. I’d like to be working with a massage therapist, but we’ve still got restrictions here and the massage therapist I had been going to is temporarily closed. Temporary may morph into permanently closed. The pandemic has been rough on people who are self-employed. 

Meanwhile….I pick up the puppy in three weeks. I need to be without pain when that happens. 

Because I can’t walk without my walker and taking my walker for a walk in the desert isn’t practical, I’ve been working on abstract photos to be turned into fabric designs. 

If this design goes into my Spoonflower shop, you’ll be able have matching yoga pants, sports bra and wallpaper.

I’m considering ordering fabric with the last two designs.

My bead order arrived and I’m working on necklaces. It ain’t called art therapy for nothing. One of the surest ways to relieve peripheral neuropathy is to make art.

I had fun using lots of Swarovski crystals for this one.

Mostly glass beads along with wooden beads and some agate.

Why are you seeing a gap between the last bead and the clasp? Two reasons. Although I use very strong stringing material, if there’s too much tension on the stringing material, it will snap. A little extra wire shows there’s no undue tension. The other reason is I have to get fingers and pliers between the clasp and the bead.

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

Deb Thuman Art is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com

My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

Posted in Fiber, Garden, Photography, Quilts

Fiber Fantasies

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I got a call from the labradoodle breeder this week. I started picking last for this litter. The litter contains six females and two males. I want a female. I’ve talked with people who train police dogs to sniff out drugs, and was told that it’s easier to train a female and females tend to be calmer than males. This week, I learned I’m now picking fifth so there will absolutely be a female puppy when it’s my turn to pick. I’ve ordered books on training puppies and training service dogs. I will be working with a trainer, but he’s currently got a waiting list for puppy training. I will need to start housebreaking and training to walk on a leash immediately. 

I had ordered a print of one of my designs and a collection of 42 of my designs from Spoonflower. 

Ketamine Brain.

It will be a wall hanging when it’s finished. I still haven ‘t figured out how I want to quilt it. I had thought about using holographic gold thread or using a metallic thread. I’ve started the quilting on Depression, and I’ve got three quilts I need to make binding for. Designs that I print for my quilts are never put in my Spoonflower shop. 

I refuse to waste fabric, so I use the design proofs for quilt backing.

All of the designs are now in my Spoonflower shop here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

I’ve been experimenting with assorted photography techniques. When photographing flowers, it’s best to get the camera on the level of the flower. That’s not always easy. There’s only so far down I can squat, and Jim has filled the yard with cacti. Someone on the Digital Photography School Facebook page suggested getting the camera, rather than me, down to the level of the flower and use live view to see how the composition looks. That’s what I did with our lone iris bloom. Jim dug up some of the rhizomes and planted then in assorted places in the yard. 

Next, I experimented with photographing water droplets on leaves. 

I’m linking with Nina Marie here:http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

My store, Deb Thuman Art is here:.http://www.DebThumanArt.com    If you want to see more than just a few of the items in my store, you need to click on “shop” at the top left of the home page. 

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Healing Art

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I’ve survived a difficult week. April 1 would have been my late sister’s 59th birthday. She died when she was 34. My violent, drunken, narcissistic mother threatened my siblings with being removed from the will if they told me my sister was ill or that she died. A friend called to ask how I was doing, and discovered I had no idea my sister had died. It was the only time in my life I’ve heard keening. It’s a blood freezing sound and it came out of me. I have two miserable days a year, April 1 and June 24 – the anniversary of her death. 

After crying through my neurobiology class, I decided to skip my genetics class and make jewelry instead. The next day, I had a neuropathy flare up. Making art makes the pain disappear; I made more necklaces.

The necklace is in my store here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/dalmatian-necklace

In my store here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/21-jasper-necklace

In my store here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/20-slice-of-agate-necklace

Garnet necklace is in my store here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/24-garnet-necklace

Angelite necklace is here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/21-angelite-and-rhodochrosite-necklace

I’ve been working on knitted tube socks. With hand knit socks, the heel is the first place to wear out. With tube socks, my heel is never in the exact place twice and the tube socks last longer than traditional socks with heels. 

Funky tube socks are here: http://debthumanart.com/product-page/funky-tube-socks-4

Funky socks are here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/funky-tube-socks-3

These are found here: https://www.debthumanart.com/product-page/funky-tube-socks

These funky socks are found here: http://debthumanart.com/product-page/funky-tube-socks-3

I’m linking with Nina Marie here: http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com

My Spoonflower shop is here: https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/deb_thuman

My store, Deb Thuman Art is here: http://www.DebThumanArt.com Wix does something odd with their DIY sites. Only 6 items will show on my home page. If you want to see more items, look at the top left of the screen and click on “shop.”