Julie B Booth

Exterior of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE)

 This month, we continue beyond the rainbow once again, with WHITE.

 I happen to be in Charleston, South Carolina so lots of local southern WHITE for me this month.

WHITE appears in a lot of the architecture and architectural details in this quaint but bustling city.




Looking up there was also WHITE!

Looking up inside the dome of  KKBE

Where did you find WHITE this month?

Post up to five WHITE photos on your blog and leave a comment here or on Jennifer Coyne Qudeen's blog. We'll link to your post and share others as well for a fun blog hop. The blog hop runs through Saturday, October 18th at midnight. I'll update as new comments come in.

I'll be traveling home to Virginia today so might not get to update until I get back home...no worries though...there will be updates!

Check out Jennifer's typographic WHITE.

Maya at Million Little Stitches has some eclectic WHITE from a heavenly staircase to a heavenly dessert!

Lisa at arzigogolare has paper sculpture story book WHITE.

Barbara at Salt Air and Pistachios has some directional WHITES.

Eric at Cerulean has some "concise" WHITES.

Sharmon Davidson reminds us that WHITE=ROY G BIV! Love all the beautiful natural WHITES and that natural beauty in WHITE at the end of her post!

Mary Ann at Blue Sky Dreaming is celebrating WHITE.

Diane at Yarn Goddess has some sparkling WHITES. 

Margaret at Charlton Stitcher plays with the theme WHITE=new beginnings.

Joan S. has joined in this month and here is her WHITE:

Old Faithful

Mt. Rushmore

Crazy Horse (actual monument in process in background)

Homage to the Corcoran School of Art

Wax sculpture from Corcoran Museum of Art

We're extending the Search for Roy through the end of the year...
November 20: Brown
December 18: Blogger's Choice 

Here is your monthly reminder that it's time, once again, to continue on the search beyond the colors of the rainbow! The color this month is WHITE and this Thursday, October 16th, is the time to post up to five WHITE photos on your blog. Leave a comment here or on Jennifer Coyne Qudeen's blog and we will link to your post. Look for updates through Saturday, October 18th.

I'll be searching for some of my WHITE down in Charleston, South Carolina. My hubby and I are finally getting to see that city after having to cancel our trip last year.

The photo above is from our last trip together to Staunton, Virginia. Now that was a lovely town!

I've been saving these orchid blossoms.

They are a whispery white.


Fragile paper.


I plan to sit with them and sketch.

 This evening my son headed back for his last semester of college. It is very hard for me to believe this! How is it possible that four years could go by so quickly?

Last night, he asked if I could do some mending again of his favorite cargo shorts. So today I was patching over patches! I happened to find a piece of salted fabric I'd created with browns and blacks that seemed to blend well with the camouflage fabric in the shorts. These shorts are evolving into an art piece! Eventually, I will have to steal them away and really go at it with the stitching!

Today, I also had some correspondence with Karen Anne Glick. If you don't know of her or her work, she is a very creative quilt artist who has challenged herself to make a small quilt a day. These pieces are very spontaneous and are always accompanied by a short poem or Haiku. They are wonderful visual surprises!

Her quilt today featured pieces of the White Challenge fabric she won from me for playing along in the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge.


Here is the block I used to create the fabric. It is made of pieces of rolled gift wrap glued to corrugated cardboard.


It was a surprising block and after printing with it, I was reminded of pumpkin seeds. Karen Anne was reminded of sunflower seeds and of a special porcelain sunflower seed she received as a gift. The seed is from an amazing art installation by Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei. There is a marvelous video about the installation on Karen's blog today.

That's all for now. My eyes are a bit tired from all the hand stitching I've done over the last few days. Time to relax and get reused to my empty nest.

The color WHITE was quite popular! Between Jennifer and myself, I was able to put 11 names into the hat this month for the WHITE Challenge Fabric.

Congratulations to Karen Anne !


Next month, it looks like we will be doing Black & White combos. Post your B&W photos on your blog on the third Thursday of next month. I'm sure to have another Challenge fabric to offer next month...just to entice you!

Well, it is December 22 and the world has not yet come to an end.

Last night, while preparing for my trip to New Jersey, I suddenly realized that I hadn't yet opened up the package from my wonderful friend and fellow fiber artist, Pam S.

Every year, Pam and I buy small cups or bowls for each other. My collection grows every year and I cherish every piece I receive from Pam. This year is no exception, as you can see!

I love this beautiful WHITE cup with the subtle red stripes!

I'll be picking names from the hat tomorrow for the Challenge fabric.

Just a few more WHITE photos for the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge.






The Challenge will continue through Saturday, December 22 midnight USA time in case you want to join in!

We are continuing beyond Violet this month with a special challenge to find WHITE.

Paper dress. Parisian window display.

Hope you'll join in the fun by posting up to five WHITE photos on your blog, website or Flickr page and leaving a comment here. I will continue to update this post throughout the day with a link to your photos. If you do not have a blog, website or Flickr page and still wish to play along, I will be happy to post your photos. Leave a comment with your email address and I will be in touch.

And here is the Challenge Fabric you will have the opportunity to win by participating...


This is a sample from my explorations printing with recycled gift wrap. You can find out more about how I did this in Issue #8 of Julie B Booth Surface Design News, my free online newsletter.

The Challenge will continue until midnight, Saturday, December 22 Eastern Time USA. Drawing for the Challenge fabric will be on Sunday, December 23.

Also be sure to visit Jennifer's blog for more WHITE.

Fiona at Paper Ponderings revisits Peace with a beautiful WHITE dove and a meaningful message.

Mary Jane reminds us that nature and its cycles have much to teach us with her lovely, subtle WHITE enameled moon earrings. 

Ersi has an amazing variety of WHITES (her color) from snowy village scenes, to swirling fractal designs to her own sensitive work with paper and cloth. 

Lisa at Arzigogolare has a spectacular display of  WHITE and shadow. She seems to have emptied her cupboards and set the contents  in the winter light. The ever changing shadows on her white ceramic cups and dishes are quite beautiful.

Tammie Lee at Spirit Helpers has some frosty WHITES...

Here are a selection of WHITES from Joan... 

Dogwood in Joan's yard.

Great Falls, Virginia

Lincoln Memorial

Relaxing...

Lighthouse, St Michael's, Maryland

Snowmaggedon

Icicles

Snowmaggedon

Spent the day baking.

Thinking about WHITE. Tomorrow is the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge Continuation. Hope you plan to join in!

Just a reminder that Jennifer and I are extending the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge. This month we will be exploring White. If you haven't played along before, you can find out more about the Challenge here. This month's Challenge is a week from today--Thursday, December 20.

So take out your cameras and start your search!

P.S: Can you guess what the above photo is? (and yes, I did manipulate it a bit)

Last night, after spending hours looking at gift books on Amazon, I finally made my way back down to the studio.

I unwrapped all the pieces of pottery I purchased on Friday and set them out on my printing table. I then started measuring and cutting squares of white cotton.


My plan...to paint and print some Furoshiki cloths for wrapping up these beautiful pieces of pottery. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Furoshiki is the Japanese art of using squares of fabric to wrap things. You may want to take a look at the November 24 Issue of Julie B Booth Surface Design News, along with the December 1 Extra Issue for more information, including a few recommended books.


Before getting to the painting and printing, I wanted to be sure I cut the correct square sizes for the various bowls and teacups. After a little trial and error, I worked out the sizes for three gifts.


As I was shooting the photos for this post, I had a duh moment! Here I was taking some perfect shots for this month's extension of the Searching for Roy G Biv Challenge! Yes, Jennifer and I are extending the fun and on the third Thursday of this month (December 20) we encourage those of you who are playing along to post photos of White. I'll be saving some shots of these wraps for that date.