a future world already lost

Frumoasa si bestia :

The beauty and the beast :

Inainte de toate imagini cu trandafirii mei preferati...chiar daca nu sunt parfumati si nici de soi nobil, imi umplu inima de bucurie si i-as lua in brate de fiecare data cind trec pe linga ei ca pe o ploaie catifelata, roz...noroc ca au spini !

First of all some pictures with my beloved roses...even that they are not perfumed nor noble they fill my heart with joy and hapiness each time I pass near by...and each time I tend to embrace them as I could embrace a pink, soft, fresh rain...luckily they have thorns!

Apoi, azi am primit plicul cu ATC-ul de la Sylvie . Tineti minte ATC-ul meu trimis in schimb ??

De fapt am primit 2 ATC-uri !! asta inseamna ca trebuie sa ma pun pe treaba pentru a echivala schimbul...pai, cum altfel ??

Today I received the swap ATC from Sylvie. Do you remember the one that I send her ?

Actually I received 2 ATCs!! this means I have to put myself at work to compensate this swap. Well, no ?

Aici sunt : Essui-tout No. 2 si No. 14/24. Primul m-a pus pe ginduri....si pe fapte....

Here they are : "Essui-tout No.2" and "No.12/24". The first one was so intriguing that set me on work....

Si asa cum v-am spus, primul m-a pus pe fapte...

Titlul : "O lume viitoare deja pierduta "

Tehnica : mixed-media. Pe o baza de catifea alba am aplicat un strat de material poliacrilat apoi unul de...celofan!!! Am quiltuit in metoda bobin-work ( sau cu susu-n jos) cu ata de matase si pe urma cu ata metalica . Apoi am zapp-uit putin cu pistolul de aer cald ca sa se topeasca celofanul si sa apara bule si gauri ....pe urma am pus letconul la treaba : am topit pe ici pe colo, am tras linii si puncte.

Putina vopsea acrilica metalizata turquoise, citeva fire de metal spiralate pe o andrea, o bucatica de lemn, o mina si un soare taiat cu perforatorul si "kitsch"-uit cu putin lipici cu sclipici...marginile le-am ars cu luminarea.

Povestea din spate : intr-o lume de plastic, in care mina omului nu lasa in urma decit deseuri si distrugere chiar si soarele ne incalzeste artificial.... o lume viitoare deja pierduta...ce ne asteapta in zare, oare ??

And as I told you, the first ATC from Sylvie put me on some work :

Title : A future world already lost.

Technique : mixed-media. On a white velvet base I put a layer of acrilic fabric and then I layered some ... cellophane!!! I quilted -bobin-work - with some silk thread then some metallic ones. I zapped it with the heat-gun so that the cello melted and let instead a surface of holes and bumps ...then I put my hot-iron at work : melting here and there, set some lines, make some holes. A little turquise acrilic paint, some coloured wires coiled quickly on a knitting needle, a piece of real wood from my garden, a paper hand and sun punched and "kitsch"-ed with some golden glitter glue. The margins were candle-burned.

The story behind : ...in a plastic world where man leave behind only destruction and pollution drops even the sun warms us in a artificially way...a future world already lost ...what expects us ahead ??