While there is still a lot of things that I'll test in order to finish the Myriorama piece, I was pulled away by another project. The...

This is going to take a while.

As I add more small details to these pieces the frogs don't stand out as much. I think another dozen lily buds and maybe a few half open...

I had to take a break as I was becoming frustrated with how the materials shifted with the stitching and no longer lined up as cleanly as...

It was time to finish the background pieces and check the fit. Only the sides are done at this time, but they're the critical edges. Are...

In the Myriorama's former life it was a story board, so it stands to reason I need to add some critters. Just to satisfy my head, I went...

After all the additions are stitched down it will time to add the batting/backing and finish the water. Then I can play with lilies,...

It didn't take too long to place and fine tune the alignment of the pieces that 'crossed over' to another panel. A little bit of trimming...

The 'reflections' on the pond were plotted out on paper that was cut and marked to the final size and all the registrations from...

A number of things have kept me busy. The usual summer things. We're now spared the smoke from the eastern fires now so it makes being...

Tomorrow this will be put on the stretcher frame and hang on my wall. In the meantime..Enjoy.

Before I added a carpet of ferns and leaf litter it was time to finalize the ground and the tree trunk with thread work. The trunk of the...

It looks as though, for a while, I'll only be able to work in the mornings on this piece. A heat wave has settled in and unfortunately,...

I put some final shrubs into the background and then started in on the Fern population.

Rainy Day. At the start of assembling a piece with multiple colour zones I try to pick a background that best embodies the area, eg blue...

Today I doubled the size of the fern patch on the tree. In the midground, the edge of the shrub floor was given a base of yellowed fern....

I decided to forego my 8K bike ride this AM. The humidity was already high and the air quality readings were poor due to the wildfire...