So glad to have you back. ❤Kitty was in pig heaven ....all these balls to play with 😼😻😻😻😻😻 your piece is just beautiful Ariane. Do what make's you happy has always been my motto...if people didn't like it, I respected their opinions, but I didn't make it for them to like.... I made it to bring me peace and joy. Art has always kept me grounded and sane. I hope this piece brings you joy❤🥰
Thank you so much CJ. Loki was a MENACE 😂😂😂 Every hour he'd find something new to drag around the house. My son picked him up and took him home several days ago and we're still finding Loki's "stash" hidden all over the house. My wool buddy pad, found deep under our bed, several socks have gone missing, one was found in a different bedroom behind the desk... the list and hunt goes one! ❤️😂❤️
A rainy day, beautiful autumn colors and your calming presence...just what I needed. I know these days it will take a village to bring peace to our souls and you have always been my neighbor
Sounds like your holiday was very inspiring. I appreciated your chat at the start about how we deal with issues in our life. My brother died at the end of October, and the months towards the end of his illness, I struggled to do my stitching, spinning and weaving. I found being out in the garden with my hands in the dirt was the best way through, for me. The other thing that helped was my son's dogs that he drops off when he's at work. I call them my mental health team. Pippa and Penny are their names, and they always know when I need them close. I'm slowly getting back to my crafts and taking better care of myself. I love your latest piece, and the colours are truly amazing. Take care and keep smiling.
Oh Maree, I'm really, really sorry to hear. Grief is like the ocean, some days the waves are bigger and more difficult to navigate than others. I'm wishing you days of calm as you weather your grief. I love that you found gardening to be helpful. I lost myself in cooking. It was incredibly therapeutic for me while I couldn't face my studio at all. I also relate to your emotional support pups. Animals are the best. Just the best. I'm sending you love and virtual, gentle hugs.
I love the new piece-I'm so jealous of all your travels! It suddenly came to me that something I do unconsciously when the dark is making it hard to art is I "fix" something. Like, right now, I'm sewing colourful patches on an old worn-out pillow. Or I'll repair some item of clothing. Or fix a garden chair. Something that doesn't really require "inspiration" to do, and that no matter the outcome is going to come out better than before I worked on it, seeing as it was unusable before. It makes me feel better, and often I'll then move on to something more "arty".
Laure!!! Miss you! I love that. Fixing stuff. Someone said that darning was their go to and I'm so envious because I can't do any of that, darning, fixing (unless you want something that in no way resembles the original) but I love to cook, so when I couldn't stitch, I was cooking, baking, learning to decorate cookies... I did a deep dive into all things baking/cooking! My family was so relieved when I got back into my studio because everyone had gained weight! ❤😂❤
Ariane, thank you for being so open about your feelings and struggles. When you placed your hands over your heart, it nearly brought me to tears. The affirmations (although I'm not a big fan) made me realize that I've been basically holding my breath for the last two weeks. I appreciate you so much. Your artwork is icing on the cake.
Aw... I hear you. It's so funny that you said that about affirmations, because I'm nota fan either! I always feel a little cringy when people suggest or talk about them, somehow I thought of my self cheering as different, but yes, I can see that they are affirmations too. Whatever works, right? I'm sending you love and gentle hugs. ❤️❤️❤️
Ariane, your sharing of yourself so profoundly moves me so deeply. Your creative spirit is so beautiful; I feel for you that pain has been such a presence for you. I stopped the video just after your sharing, so haven’t seen yet what you are thinking with your current work….I love your stream of consciousness ideas.
Looks like you had a wonderful trip! That’s great. Love to see you back at stitching too 🤓 hugs back at you lady✌🏻appreciate your openness and sharing. I can relate on so many things. Take care 🙏🏻
Right rights about grounding. My 5 year old grandson was out of control is hissy fit. After a while I don’t think he even knew what it was about. His uncle, my son, had him grab the biggest rock he could hold. He followed suit. It was then, my son could have a conversation with him. Brilliant I thought. I mean we were all in awe. He grounded the child to get his attention off himself and back into the moment. Unbelievable. ❤❤❤❤❤
That's really wonderful. Focusing on something beyond oneself is always, always helpful. What a wonderful lesson for your 5 yr old grandson. Sounds like you raised a terrific son, too!
Hi Ariane, It's nice to hear that you had a good time in Argentina and Chile. Nice to have you back. This is beautiful piece of art and so colorful. The pictures at the end are so nice👍🧡💐
Love your work and posts. Did you know that lichens grow so so slowly, from 0.5-8mm a year. I saw a textile artist, k3n cloth tales, make pretend lichen from threads! 💚
Oh my goodness Stephanie, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your kind and very thoughtful comment, even before the edit. I was HORRIFIED to learn that lichen is NOT to be picked up even from the forest floor, which is what I did. It can look dead, but in fact it's often very much alive. I was so upset to learn this I actually went to take a shower and forgot to take my glasses off and then proceeded to use body gel to wash my hair by mistake! At least we can laugh about THAT! I will be experimenting with different ways to create the look of lichen using different threads and stitches and will make a post about that. Thank you again Stephanie. I really, really appreciate knowing this. ❤️
I just recently learned this too! I did pick a piece off a log that was in our firewood pile. I figured it was OK to play around with it, instead of it being burned up. When I'm done, I will put it out in the compost. I'm curious to see if it'll ecoprint.
Always enjoy your videos and seeing the beautiful work you are doing, I’m sending you Hugs and 🙏. Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re beautiful and talented.❤
Ariane, so great to see you again. Glad you had an invigorating and restorative trip. Love seeing all the threads you bring back from around the world! Also appreciate your willingness to share your thoughts on mental health and your acknowledgment that we all have our own ways of self-care. Just hearing that others wrangle the same human things can give us courage to know we’re not alone. Your series of a videos from a few months ago talking about your time away from UA-cam and the inner voice you wrestle around your creativity gave me the courage to be vocal on my own channel about my struggle with PTSD and depression and the path that I chose to heal myself, which was a psilocybin ceremony. It felt good to bring my full self to my channel. What are you making? A smaller vessel? Love your work!
Oh, I'm so glad. Thank you for telling me that. I do think it's really important to at least try to have conversations about this stuff. One of the worst aspects of grief, sadness, fear, depression, PTSD, addiction, you name it, is how isolating it can make us feel. As far as this piece goes... I have no idea what I'm doing with it!! 😂😂😂. I'm hoping I'll know at some point, but for now I'm just loving the process. ❤️
I can co relate to what you are saying. I started losing my central vision in 2015 due to macular degeneration. I find myself struggling most days, its a chore just to rat and get to the bathroom. I started quilting many years ago. I would buy fabric and when asked what I was making, I didn't know yet, I was buying fabric while I still had money, so when retired I would have fabric to sew and quilt. Now I !mostly I just look at my things as best as I can with what peripheral vision I have left. Years ago I read a book called Wisdom of a broken Heart, by Susan Piver. I learned a lot about coping during times of struggle. Thank you for sharing your talents and your journey through life. Apologies for modeled words!
I'm sending you lots and lots of love. Thank you for telling me about Susan Piver's book. I just purchased. Always good to read about other people's journeys through life and how they've learned to cope. Hugs to you. ❤️
I was born in Chile🎉this tickles me. I was sitting here working on a piece and it soothed me to hear your thread navigate through the material while mine did the same. I have had times when I could not pick up a needle, a brush, a piece of clay…whatever the medium of my fancy. Nothing soothed and in extremis it agitated…that was always a signal to me to go within or simply go without, go to the garden, place my hands in the soil…fertilize my Self. I’ve been in health crisis after crisis for 5 years and it consumed me. I’m certain there was some great lesson to be had and yet I found myself numb to it. When I picked up a needle, an exquisite thread, and a tatty piece of linen I immediately pricked my finger, didn’t feel it but bled into the fabric. It showed me I was alive, and I kept going even though my fingers objected. I’d suffered hemiplegia from cancer treatment and was determined to begin, yet again. I am a Phoenix and a little blood 🩸 won’t keep me from flying. These are the thoughts that ground me. This is what came through in your intro. I thank you for the sharing, the found objects, and a glimpse of my beloved naturaleza that is Patagonia.
Aw... thank you so much for sharing this. You write so beautifully about what you're going through. I love the idea of the Phoenix rising, but instead of ashes from one's own blood. You come from an exquisite part of the world. Patagonia is so rugged, wind swept and raw. The beauty of those jagged mountains and the trees bent to accommodate the wind, it is a place like no other. They say we carry the place we are from in our blood, or did I just completely butcher something I once heard?! But in any case, I think there is some truth to the idea that we carry within us our ancestral home. I know I do. ❤️
@ I am half Basque, by blood, from the Pyrenees…and the rugged landscapes of the world call to me. When I visited France in 2014 I found pieces of myself I didn’t know were missing. Yes, I believe we carry the essence of the land within us and if we are very very fortunate we have the experience of that resonance which makes our hearts sing…our hearts blood is wise and our ancestral homes flow through us, no matter where we wander. So much 💖 and lichen hugs to you.
So glad you got to visit Chile and Argentina..I’m was born in Chile and raised inArgentina..,I was there last year. I m learning mapuche weaving with is so similar to Navajo weaving . Love your videos.I live in northern Arizona almost very talented Navajo weavers
Hi Toni, that is so interesting and wonderful! I really know very little about weaving, but was so pleased to find Sandra in Chile. She is such a talented artist and her approach to weaving is very inspiring!
Missed you! Your opening resonated with me so completely. Thank you. I watch a few other artists that play with textiles, but they aren't new yorkers. And sometimes, hearing from your people hits differently. Idk if im making sense, its not just an accent, what im trying to convey is your sensibilities, perspectives. ....TY
Love this so much. I hope you are doing okay-I talk to myself all the time, especially in the morning, saying , you can do this! Is the cheesecloth from Stef Francis?
Some of the cheesecloth is from Stef Francis and there's a small bit in here that I used Caran D'ache markers to paint. Love Caran d'Ache AND Stef Francis! ❤️
So glad to have you back. ❤Kitty was in pig heaven ....all these balls to play with 😼😻😻😻😻😻 your piece is just beautiful Ariane. Do what make's you happy has always been my motto...if people didn't like it, I respected their opinions, but I didn't make it for them to like.... I made it to bring me peace and joy. Art has always kept me grounded and sane. I hope this piece brings you joy❤🥰
Thank you so much CJ. Loki was a MENACE 😂😂😂 Every hour he'd find something new to drag around the house. My son picked him up and took him home several days ago and we're still finding Loki's "stash" hidden all over the house. My wool buddy pad, found deep under our bed, several socks have gone missing, one was found in a different bedroom behind the desk... the list and hunt goes one! ❤️😂❤️
I love your channel. You bring tons of inspiration - for life and for stitching. Thanks for sharing so much.
Thx Beth. ❤💖❤
A rainy day, beautiful autumn colors and your calming presence...just what I needed. I know these days it will take a village to bring peace to our souls and you have always been my neighbor
@@stitchroadie4076 love you Anna Bates. So glad we were able to catch up the other day. Sending you tons of love. 💕
Sounds like your holiday was very inspiring. I appreciated your chat at the start about how we deal with issues in our life. My brother died at the end of October, and the months towards the end of his illness, I struggled to do my stitching, spinning and weaving. I found being out in the garden with my hands in the dirt was the best way through, for me. The other thing that helped was my son's dogs that he drops off when he's at work. I call them my mental health team. Pippa and Penny are their names, and they always know when I need them close. I'm slowly getting back to my crafts and taking better care of myself. I love your latest piece, and the colours are truly amazing. Take care and keep smiling.
Oh Maree, I'm really, really sorry to hear. Grief is like the ocean, some days the waves are bigger and more difficult to navigate than others. I'm wishing you days of calm as you weather your grief. I love that you found gardening to be helpful. I lost myself in cooking. It was incredibly therapeutic for me while I couldn't face my studio at all. I also relate to your emotional support pups. Animals are the best. Just the best. I'm sending you love and virtual, gentle hugs.
I love the new piece-I'm so jealous of all your travels! It suddenly came to me that something I do unconsciously when the dark is making it hard to art is I "fix" something. Like, right now, I'm sewing colourful patches on an old worn-out pillow. Or I'll repair some item of clothing. Or fix a garden chair. Something that doesn't really require "inspiration" to do, and that no matter the outcome is going to come out better than before I worked on it, seeing as it was unusable before. It makes me feel better, and often I'll then move on to something more "arty".
Laure!!! Miss you! I love that. Fixing stuff. Someone said that darning was their go to and I'm so envious because I can't do any of that, darning, fixing (unless you want something that in no way resembles the original) but I love to cook, so when I couldn't stitch, I was cooking, baking, learning to decorate cookies... I did a deep dive into all things baking/cooking! My family was so relieved when I got back into my studio because everyone had gained weight! ❤😂❤
Ariane, thank you for being so open about your feelings and struggles. When you placed your hands over your heart, it nearly brought me to tears. The affirmations (although I'm not a big fan) made me realize that I've been basically holding my breath for the last two weeks. I appreciate you so much. Your artwork is icing on the cake.
Aw... I hear you. It's so funny that you said that about affirmations, because I'm nota fan either! I always feel a little cringy when people suggest or talk about them, somehow I thought of my self cheering as different, but yes, I can see that they are affirmations too. Whatever works, right? I'm sending you love and gentle hugs. ❤️❤️❤️
I have the same touchpoints. Hugs to you
Aw... thank you for telling me that Judy. Sending you love. ❤️
I appreciate you honesty and advice in your “spiel”. Thank you. Sending hugs back.
Tried to find the hug emoji, but couldn't. So just know this comment is coming with a big hug.
Ariane, your sharing of yourself so profoundly moves me so deeply. Your creative spirit is so beautiful; I feel for you that pain has been such a presence for you. I stopped the video just after your sharing, so haven’t seen yet what you are thinking with your current work….I love your stream of consciousness ideas.
Aw... thank you Elizabeth. That is such a lovely comment and it means the world to me. Thank you, thank you. ❤️
Looks like you had a wonderful trip! That’s great. Love to see you back at stitching too 🤓 hugs back at you lady✌🏻appreciate your openness and sharing. I can relate on so many things. Take care 🙏🏻
Hi Jodi, thanks so much. It's nice to be home. Sending you love.
Right rights about grounding. My 5 year old grandson was out of control is hissy fit. After a while I don’t think he even knew what it was about. His uncle, my son, had him grab the biggest rock he could hold. He followed suit. It was then, my son could have a conversation with him. Brilliant I thought. I mean we were all in awe. He grounded the child to get his attention off himself and back into the moment. Unbelievable. ❤❤❤❤❤
That's really wonderful. Focusing on something beyond oneself is always, always helpful. What a wonderful lesson for your 5 yr old grandson. Sounds like you raised a terrific son, too!
Thank you Ariane..I am so glad that I found your site....Love your stunning work, so creative and inspiring. Many Blessings.🙏❤
Thx so much ❤️
This is such a beautiful and very colorful piece! Glad you had such an awesome trip.
Thx so much Marilyn. Really appreciate it. This piece is bringing me so much joy. ❤️
Hi Ariane, It's nice to hear that you had a good time in Argentina and Chile. Nice to have you back. This is beautiful piece of art and so colorful. The pictures at the end are so nice👍🧡💐
Thx so much Anita. I really appreciate it. ❤️
I am so glad you are back and looking rested.
Thank you so much Karen! ❤️
Love your work and posts. Did you know that lichens grow so so slowly, from 0.5-8mm a year. I saw a textile artist, k3n cloth tales, make pretend lichen from threads! 💚
Oh my goodness Stephanie, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your kind and very thoughtful comment, even before the edit. I was HORRIFIED to learn that lichen is NOT to be picked up even from the forest floor, which is what I did. It can look dead, but in fact it's often very much alive. I was so upset to learn this I actually went to take a shower and forgot to take my glasses off and then proceeded to use body gel to wash my hair by mistake! At least we can laugh about THAT!
I will be experimenting with different ways to create the look of lichen using different threads and stitches and will make a post about that.
Thank you again Stephanie. I really, really appreciate knowing this. ❤️
I just recently learned this too! I did pick a piece off a log that was in our firewood pile. I figured it was OK to play around with it, instead of it being burned up. When I'm done, I will put it out in the compost. I'm curious to see if it'll ecoprint.
Always enjoy your videos and seeing the beautiful work you are doing, I’m sending you Hugs and 🙏. Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re beautiful and talented.❤
Thanks so much Lisa. ❤️
Ariane, so great to see you again. Glad you had an invigorating and restorative trip. Love seeing all the threads you bring back from around the world!
Also appreciate your willingness to share your thoughts on mental health and your acknowledgment that we all have our own ways of self-care. Just hearing that others wrangle the same human things can give us courage to know we’re not alone. Your series of a videos from a few months ago talking about your time away from UA-cam and the inner voice you wrestle around your creativity gave me the courage to be vocal on my own channel about my struggle with PTSD and depression and the path that I chose to heal myself, which was a psilocybin ceremony. It felt good to bring my full self to my channel.
What are you making? A smaller vessel? Love your work!
Oh, I'm so glad. Thank you for telling me that. I do think it's really important to at least try to have conversations about this stuff. One of the worst aspects of grief, sadness, fear, depression, PTSD, addiction, you name it, is how isolating it can make us feel.
As far as this piece goes... I have no idea what I'm doing with it!! 😂😂😂. I'm hoping I'll know at some point, but for now I'm just loving the process. ❤️
I can co relate to what you are saying. I started losing my central vision in 2015 due to macular degeneration. I find myself struggling most days, its a chore just to rat and get to the bathroom. I started quilting many years ago. I would buy fabric and when asked what I was making, I didn't know yet, I was buying fabric while I still had money, so when retired I would have fabric to sew and quilt. Now I !mostly I just look at my things as best as I can with what peripheral vision I have left. Years ago I read a book called Wisdom of a broken Heart, by Susan Piver. I learned a lot about coping during times of struggle. Thank you for sharing your talents and your journey through life. Apologies for modeled words!
I'm sending you lots and lots of love. Thank you for telling me about Susan Piver's book. I just purchased. Always good to read about other people's journeys through life and how they've learned to cope. Hugs to you. ❤️
I sure have missed you and it was so nice for you to pop up so I could subscribe again!
Aw.. thanks so much. It's nice to be missed. Sure beats the alternative! ❤️😂❤️
I was born in Chile🎉this tickles me. I was sitting here working on a piece and it soothed me to hear your thread navigate through the material while mine did the same. I have had times when I could not pick up a needle, a brush, a piece of clay…whatever the medium of my fancy. Nothing soothed and in extremis it agitated…that was always a signal to me to go within or simply go without, go to the garden, place my hands in the soil…fertilize my Self. I’ve been in health crisis after crisis for 5 years and it consumed me. I’m certain there was some great lesson to be had and yet I found myself numb to it. When I picked up a needle, an exquisite thread, and a tatty piece of linen I immediately pricked my finger, didn’t feel it but bled into the fabric. It showed me I was alive, and I kept going even though my fingers objected. I’d suffered hemiplegia from cancer treatment and was determined to begin, yet again. I am a Phoenix and a little blood 🩸 won’t keep me from flying. These are the thoughts that ground me. This is what came through in your intro. I thank you for the sharing, the found objects, and a glimpse of my beloved naturaleza that is Patagonia.
Aw... thank you so much for sharing this. You write so beautifully about what you're going through. I love the idea of the Phoenix rising, but instead of ashes from one's own blood.
You come from an exquisite part of the world. Patagonia is so rugged, wind swept and raw. The beauty of those jagged mountains and the trees bent to accommodate the wind, it is a place like no other. They say we carry the place we are from in our blood, or did I just completely butcher something I once heard?! But in any case, I think there is some truth to the idea that we carry within us our ancestral home. I know I do. ❤️
@ I am half Basque, by blood, from the Pyrenees…and the rugged landscapes of the world call to me. When I visited France in 2014 I found pieces of myself I didn’t know were missing. Yes, I believe we carry the essence of the land within us and if we are very very fortunate we have the experience of that resonance which makes our hearts sing…our hearts blood is wise and our ancestral homes flow through us, no matter where we wander. So much 💖 and lichen hugs to you.
@@cbrisalchemist6887 ❤
So glad you got to visit Chile and Argentina..I’m was born in Chile and raised inArgentina..,I was there last year. I m learning mapuche weaving with is so similar to Navajo weaving . Love your videos.I live in northern Arizona almost very talented Navajo weavers
Hi Toni, that is so interesting and wonderful!
I really know very little about weaving, but was so pleased to find Sandra in Chile. She is such a talented artist and her approach to weaving is very inspiring!
Missed you! Your opening resonated with me so completely. Thank you. I watch a few other artists that play with textiles, but they aren't new yorkers. And sometimes, hearing from your people hits differently. Idk if im making sense, its not just an accent, what im trying to convey is your sensibilities, perspectives. ....TY
Aw... thank you Roz. Sending you love and hugs from New York City!! ❤️❤️❤️
And sending them back to you from the Adirondack mountains!
Love this so much. I hope you are doing okay-I talk to myself all the time, especially in the morning, saying , you can do this!
Is the cheesecloth from Stef Francis?
Some of the cheesecloth is from Stef Francis and there's a small bit in here that I used Caran D'ache markers to paint. Love Caran d'Ache AND Stef Francis! ❤️
@@ArianeZurcher212 I really want to try Caron d-Ache-
@ they’re really fun!