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hello.
this morning i have some new work online.
i'd love to get your thoughts, as usual.
first, new cards in my Etsy shop: explorations of what is stark in nature yet admirable; slight shifts in deep color, creating patterns. dusky + shadowy + bronzed. in today's photographs here, up top, you can see me trying to get just the right 2nd color for the dusky card set. deep eggplant colors are so enjoyable to mix.
secondly, a new Photographs & Prints project ~ A NEW EMPTINESS: earlier this summer i lost something very important to me. this project has helped me remember that the painful hole which now seems a part of my heart will thankfully always be surrounded and supported by the beauty and patterns of everyday life ... emptiness surrounded by wholeness.
i have much more fashion & inspiration to share but for today i think i'll sign off. i will see you back in this space mid-week next week. thank you, in advance, for your comments on my work. i always look forward to this space for a little online critique. this month the work is particularly important to me ... a tiny cleansing of the soul. thank you for sharing it with me.
best to you, friends.
mav
Posted by: mav
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Gallery: AUG : 2007
Tags: letterpress, studio
Name:: amanda
31 August, 2007
it's all just beautiful, mav. looks to be healing and comforting in it's energy. can't wait to catch up with you next week. In the meantime, have a lovely weekend!
Name:: shash
31 August, 2007
stunning! all of it! the photographs and prints and your etsy prints are just stunning this time mav! i gasped upon seeing them. beautiful.
Name:: tom_tom
31 August, 2007
absolutely amazing. I just don't know what else to say....
Name:: cindy
URL:: www.cedarseven.com
31 August, 2007
absolutely gorgeous mav. just so lovely.
Name:: Silvia Cosimini
URL:: www.silviacosimini.com
31 August, 2007
Everytime I think it's your best work ever - this certainly is. You create amazing stuff. Thank you for sharing it.
Name:: deborah
URL:: www.ddot.wordpress.com
31 August, 2007
dear mav, the special projects is amazing. it is a new emptiness, and for me i see hope and renewal. the photographs and the print is bringing a whole lot of meaning to me. thank you for creating such a wonderful work.
Name:: jamica
31 August, 2007
beautiful work as always, mav. love the photos...
Name:: lena
URL:: www.lenacorwin.blogspot.com
31 August, 2007
i'll sound repetitive now... : )
but, stunning.
the Photo & Prints project is really stunning! so beautiful.
but, stunning.
the Photo & Prints project is really stunning! so beautiful.
Name:: hannah
URL:: www.haeshu.blogspot.com
31 August, 2007
maria i just want to hug you and hug you. everything is so so beautiful. oh goodness.
Name:: jane
31 August, 2007
"a new emptiness" is achingly gorgeous. as always, your work inspires. all the best to you mav.
Name:: katie
31 August, 2007
mav,
the new project is just beautiful! really really wonderful!!! so glad this process of creating is helping you heal.
after my mom died, i did a whole series of paintings on her and it was probably the best therapy i've had. it was a struggle, but i came out better and inspired in the end.
the new project is just beautiful! really really wonderful!!! so glad this process of creating is helping you heal.
after my mom died, i did a whole series of paintings on her and it was probably the best therapy i've had. it was a struggle, but i came out better and inspired in the end.
Name:: Laura H.
31 August, 2007
Quiet awe = the photographs in your photo + prints, especially the hollows filling with water in the sand and the spoons. I love the idea of emptiness surrounded by wholeness. Your words this time are treasures. Very wonderful, Mav. And your etsy work is beautiful. I love the simple form and the colors are the best part...can't wait to see them in person...
Name:: mav
31 August, 2007
thank you, one & all.
your comments are so dear to me as i sit here and wonder about my work ... when i see it all together i see such different things.
my best to you all, hugs, mav
your comments are so dear to me as i sit here and wonder about my work ... when i see it all together i see such different things.
my best to you all, hugs, mav
Name:: renee
URL:: www.montmarte.blogspot.com
31 August, 2007
i love the quietness and strength of each piece. so much feeling and heart...this is really beautiful, mav.
hugs,
renee
hugs,
renee
Name:: ashb
31 August, 2007
as usual you create wonderful things....I admire your creativity and genuine style...have a lovely weekend Mav.
xoash
xoash
Name:: wendy
31 August, 2007
unbelievable & beautiful...
your quiet moments of empty are beautiful...love.
your quiet moments of empty are beautiful...love.
Name:: Astrid
URL:: hei-astrid.blogspot.com
31 August, 2007
I think this is my favorite among your photographs and prints projects. It's simply beautiful. Everything is so beautiful.
Name:: Veronica TM
URL:: petunia.typepad.com
31 August, 2007
beautiful work...and your words here make it more special.
Name:: amisha
31 August, 2007
mav, this set of work is just stunning... beautiful rich colors and patterns, wonderfully evocative. i am so glad to visit here and know that it was a healing process for you to make it as well. xo
Name:: peggy
31 August, 2007
i feel such a connection to this work. these photos: the bed and the chair at the table...hurts to look at them. it's all so gorgeous and introspective. beautiful work!
Name:: julia
URL:: minecreations.blogspot.com
31 August, 2007
mav- i'm a longtime lurker here at port2port, and i just wanted to say that these prints and your special series are all absolutely breathtaking. i've enjoyed your photos and your words. and most recently the amazing image dialogue between you and arc. thanks for being here and sharing your thoughts with all of us out here in blogland.
Name:: lisa s
31 August, 2007
bravo maria.... the colors the starkness... am loving the stark/admirable idea....
bon weekend to you... xo
bon weekend to you... xo
Name:: jen
URL:: www.simplyphoto.blogspot.com
31 August, 2007
once again i am amazed at how you create such beauty. every bit of it is wonderful. i am really loving the card sets. the round circles...sigh. your photos have so much depth. wow. xo
Name:: emily
URL:: www.shiningegg.com
31 August, 2007
beautiful. just beautiful, all of it. my favorites - the dusky cards, and the photo of the spoons. i love this image of the emptiness surrounded by wholeness. beautiful.
Name:: marianne
URL:: www.applehead.typepad.com/applehead
01 September, 2007
just the bit of simple beauty I needed this morning...the wonderful quiet strength of the images. It was so hard to decide which was my favourite but I couldn't resist indulging myself!
Name:: lalala
02 September, 2007
such clarity - beautiful - sort of sadness made into beauty if I can say that without sounding silly. I'm going to look at it again now...
Name:: Shari
03 September, 2007
my comment seems to have been lost. love your new work so much, especially the photo + prints project. the idea of emptiness surrounded by wholeness is so beautiful. feeling so inspired by the loveliness. xx
Name:: karin
03 September, 2007
In your new photo-project I like especially the yellow colour, that enframes all the wavy lines. And of course this smooth surface of the table. That's great.
Name:: blair
03 September, 2007
it all looks beautiful mav, it really does. you always inspire in such a thoughtful, quiet, lovely way.
Name:: jen
04 September, 2007
love the deepness.. the dark shadows just draw me into each image. You capture the mood of moments so well!.. thanks, always, for sharing..you work is oh so sehr schön!!

