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Plymouth Bluff, MS

Dem Herbst ganz nah ;-)

Thurs. the 23rd and the Rains Came!

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focal B/W

a random leaf isolated by monochroming the background

Leaf Scorpionfish, Taenianotus triacanthus

The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Pressed Australian Gum leaves with coloured handmade paper

and colour pencil dots

"girl with pony tail"

nature colage

A5 size

The other sewn Australian Native Leaves artworks in this set...

I press the leaves first (like you would press flowers) this helps retain a level of their original colour...

Australian Native plant leaves are very strong and solid...

I sew the leaves onto delicate layered fabrics with diverse coloured threads or each other or other vegitation such as paper bark...

the fabric is a symbol of the

"fabric of life"...

the fabric also refers to the spiritual concept of inner spiritual eyes wearing veils...how soft and delicate a veil is but we become comfortable thinking we can still see clearly while wearing them...

I use leaves to reflect the concept of "leaves of one tree" or "leaves of one branch" as a symbol of humanity living all on one planet as one human family...living all on the one "Tree of Life"...

sewing is a symbol for the action of unity...unifying the diverse parts together into unique relationships of harmony in diversity...

when diverse objects and diverse peoples come in contact with each other they can create light and immense beauty if they choose to act through unity...

The other leaf art images are on paper or card...I also use coloured pencils to replace the thread with coloured dots.

Does not an autumn make.

Study of maple leaf with photo-editing effects.

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

1.25.07

can never have enough photos of leaf veins eh?

Swan Lane lakes, Sandhurst

GX8 with Sigma 60mm f2.8 plus fotga tube

went to get the mail before the weather really turned and found this on my doorstep. Edited with instagram.

As of now wind is really whipping but I still have power. Sending prayers to those closer to the coast and in and around Manhattan.

Martin gold chair

As I was walking back from the dam, just on the edge of the woods I saw this clump of leaves basking in the late afternoon light.