tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75550043946873814222024-03-05T17:39:53.517-08:00Atelier KikiFibre Art - Visual Art - Inspiring Children
Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-18870081986904304672014-06-16T15:35:00.000-07:002014-06-16T15:38:58.343-07:00Intertidal Felt Piece #2In the spring I was asked to create another intertidal felt table piece for <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/index.aspx" target="_blank">Parks Canada</a>. This piece will be used at the <a href="http://www.vanaqua.org/" target="_blank">Vancouver Aquarium</a> for outreach programs and educational purposes.<br />
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The request was made for a 2'x3' felt mat, with many 3-D sea creatures, from clams, sea stars and a moon snail, to a crab, a geo duck and a gunnel.<br />
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Some pockets were made for the clams to hide:<br />
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The table piece is wet felted by hand and created with Merino wool, silk, yarn and cheese cloth.</div>
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And last, I was also asked to create a 3-D felt sea cucumber and gunnel for the local Parks Canada (Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve) to add to their intertidal felt piece:</div>
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<br />Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-22239318796979478192014-04-30T18:56:00.000-07:002014-06-25T14:44:18.789-07:00Taan's Moons at ArtStarts Gallery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How I wish you could all have been at the opening of the
<a href="http://artstarts.com/gallery" target="_blank">Timescapes exhibition</a>, featuring Taan’s Moons felt artworks and drawings
created by 70 young and talented Haida Gwaii students as well as five other projects created by students in BC, at the <a href="http://artstarts.com/gallery" target="_blank">ArtStarts Gallery</a>
in Vancouver! </div>
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The ArtStarts staff, notably Juliana Bedoya and François<b><span style="color: #535353; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"> </span></b>Grenier,
did such an amazing job to artistically display the pieces. With a team of
volunteers they worked many long hours to make sure the artworks were hung with
care. The display conveys the phases of the moon and suggests a cozy bear den. </div>
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Selected drawings of the children are playfully displayed in the reading corner of the upper gallery:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drawings by Isadore, Summer, Zackary, Anezka, Padma and Kingston </td></tr>
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<o:p>The opening was a beautiful celebration. Joanne Yovanovich, Principal of Aboriginal Education, offered a blessing for the exhibition and inspiring words about the Taan's Moons project:</o:p></div>
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Nika Collison sang a beautiful
hummingbird song:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Nika Collison, fellow artist Naomi Steinberg, <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Kara Johancsik from </span><a href="http://www.yukonyouth.com/" target="_blank">BYTE</a>,</span> Kiki, Alison and Joanne</td></tr>
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Nika chose this song,
which was received from the <a href="http://www.nuuchahnulth.org/" target="_blank">Nuu Chah Nulth</a> in exchange of a Haida song, <span style="color: #343434;">“as metaphor of cultures working together in art and knowledge to
achieve something great. Additionally, bird songs left with the bird migrations
and returned when the birds do – a Haida understanding and view of time and
ties to our natural world.” Haaw’a to both Joanne and Nika for your gifts.</span></div>
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was a great turn-out; locals, children, friends and even family members of some
of the young (and older) artists showed up and were blown away by the work these young
children made. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandparents of Anezka (one of the young artists) in center, my sister to their right and Tonya Martin, publisher of Taan's Moons book, to their left. </td></tr>
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<span style="color: #343434; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Congratulations to all these young Haida Gwaii artists on your
first exhibit at a downtown Vancouver gallery!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Timescapes exhibition will be up till the end of August. I encourage everyone
to visit the ArtStarts Gallery, at 808 Richards Street, when you’re in
Vancouver next. It’s a wonderful gallery for young people and I’m sure you’ll
come away feeling inspired!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The
Taan’s Moons artpieces will return to Haida Gwaii in the fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are planning an exhibition to coincide
with the Taan’s Moons book launch before Christmas.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">I
would like to thank everyone who made the Taan’s Moons project such a huge
success, from teachers, students, volunteers, ArtStarts in Schools, Literacy
Haida Gwaii, Gwaii Trust Society, SD50 to the support team behind Taan’s Moons and of course to
Joanne Yovanovich for sharing the knowledge, and to Alison Gear who created
such a beautiful poem that inspired so many of us! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;">To me this whole process is
like watching a drop of rainwater fall in the ocean, merging yet creating a
ripple effect, now reaching new shores, inspiring countless others. </span><span style="color: #343434;">Haaw’a for
your generosity.</span><span style="color: #343434;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #343434;">And haaw'a, thank you to Siobhan Rich, for the use of her photographs.</span></div>
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Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-66706283633998512672014-01-22T20:07:00.000-08:002014-01-22T20:07:39.305-08:00Taan's Moons Unveiling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After many moons of working, we unveiled the thirteen felted Taan's Moons at S<u>k</u>'aad<u>g</u>aa Naay Elementary School on the day of full 'Bear Moon'. Teachers, students and their parents of three of the six participating schools, many Haida elders and other community members joined for a very special celebration of the finishing of the felt creations.<br />
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Ms. Ives, Principal of S<u>k</u>'aad<u>g</u>aa Naay Elementary School opened the celebration by welcoming everyone to the school.<br />
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Ms. Yovanovich, Principal of Aboriginal Education, thanked the elders and language holders involved in this Haida version of the moons. She said: "This project is a good example of how to use knowledge and an excellent example of teaching practices. Our children were offered another view of how to use knowledge".<br />
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Gwaa<u>g</u>anad<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: 'Aboriginal Sans', 'Aboriginal Serif', 'Aboriginal Serif Unicode 6', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: 'Aboriginal Sans', 'Aboriginal Serif', 'Aboriginal Serif Unicode 6', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(</span>Diane Brown<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: 'Aboriginal Sans', 'Aboriginal Serif', 'Aboriginal Serif Unicode 6', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">), </span>former instructor at the Skidegate Haida Immersion Program (SHIP) and Haida knowledge holder, spoke about the importance of (Haida) language being brought to life and being used in the classroom.<br />
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Alison Gear, an Early Learning Coordinator and writer of Taan's Moons story, presented the Taan's Moons project to the audience with a slideshow of images taken by Jason Shafto during the months we worked at the school. </div>
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The children of each class had been patiently waiting in the hall until it was time to bring in their felt creations. They proudly carried their pieces in the gym, while Joan Moody's drumming resounded in the space.</div>
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Once their pieces were up on the wall, the pieces of the other participating schools were unveiled. </div>
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Many 'oohs' and 'aaahs' were heard.</div>
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With every moon up and unveiled the Taan's Moons story was told, moon by moon, in Haida by Jiixa (Gladys Vandal), Haida weaver and teacher, and in English by Alison.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDNNumHx8X6Z5xtRw6CvWmbceI1vPJlQldLzMaeaYEkdfxDP0UhMgIGq52pQRqVjdG9YErhxalPDVMf0B1M1ZcK8hy0JRtK6_SQTyoFngc0C2RiRKvquSZl50KTZeD3PGCO0i1e5kYwHf/s1600/DSC_6442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDNNumHx8X6Z5xtRw6CvWmbceI1vPJlQldLzMaeaYEkdfxDP0UhMgIGq52pQRqVjdG9YErhxalPDVMf0B1M1ZcK8hy0JRtK6_SQTyoFngc0C2RiRKvquSZl50KTZeD3PGCO0i1e5kYwHf/s1600/DSC_6442.jpg" height="346" width="640" /></a></div>
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Guujaaw, carver and teacher, shared a song that "way back when was given to the people on Vancouver Island, when stories and songs were valued higher than material goods"; a song he is working on to accompany the calendar of moons. </div>
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Kiki spoke about the sharing of these beautiful traditional Haida descriptions of the moons being like a drop in the water, and how all creations inspired by that drop - from Alison's story, to the creations of the children, to the creation of the upcoming Taan's Moons book - are like ripples in the water, moving further out and out, reaching old and new, known and unknown shores, perhaps inspiring new and unknown people.<br />
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The book documenting the Taan's Moons process and felt playmat were on display and engaged young and old.</div>
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A special cake, resembling 'Migratory Geese Moon', made for a festive treat at the end of an inspiring afternoon:<br />
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November has been a busy month for the <a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.ca/2013/09/taans-moons-part-i.html" target="_blank">Taan's Moons project</a>. Alison and I went back to each of the six schools to continue our work with the Kindergarten (some mixed grades) classes. Thirteen large circular felted pieces, incorporating Alison's story of each moon, have been created with the children of the six elementary schools of Haida Gwaii.<br />
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This session had a different flow from the second session. Instead of working together with the whole class on each activity, we worked simultaneously in small groups on different activities. While I worked with three or four students at a time to create the felt pieces from start to finish, Alison, the teachers and volunteers worked with the other groups of students on related activities. Rotation of activities would happen quite naturally, when children were done an exercise or when the activity would not hold their attention any longer.<br />
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We brought some activities we had used in session two, like the felt board story and the memory card game, to deepen the children's understanding of the story and embedding new words. But before we started with any of those activities, we began each day with 'warming up our imagination'. As this was the third time the children moved through the story with their bodies, we could really see how much they had learned in those sessions. For example, they remembered and understood the newly introduced words and concepts like 'hibernating' and 'migrating'.<br />
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The Haida youth dance group under guidance of Tyler Crosby returned to the schools and this time the whole school participated:<br />
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And we brought new activities to the classrooms. One of these was a creative writing exercise where the children were invited to create their own bear story.<br />
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Paper weaving was an activity for the class that created 'Cedar Bark Weaving Moon':<br />
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Another activity was based on the felted berries the children had made during session two. We brought the book '<a href="http://www.simplyreadbooks.com/book.php?book_id=108" target="_blank">Wild Berries</a>' by Julie Flett, a beautiful story about a little boy who goes berry picking with his grandmother. Story time is such an important part of the Kindergarten daily routine, and this book fitted perfectly into our project. After listening to the story, the children were invited to sort, count and string the felt berries.<br />
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Song and dance were incorporated into the day to release energies or when attention spans scattered:<br />
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In the afternoons we introduced the Taan's Moons felt playmat, which has each month/moon represented and is created with wet- and needle -felting techniques. This became a popular play station for the children.</div>
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Creation of the Felted Illustrations:</h4>
While Alison engaged the children in the above mentioned activities with the help of teachers and volunteers, I continuously worked with small groups of students to create the felt moons from start to finish.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We based the wool designs on the sketches created for each moon, which were inspired by Alison's story and the children's drawings (see '<a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.ca/2013/11/taans-moons-drawings.html" target="_blank">Taan's Moons drawings</a>' in previous blogpost):</span></div>
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We started out by laying out the wool and creating designs:</div>
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The felt roots and squares that the children created during session two were incorporated in the design:</div>
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Once the design was complete, we covered the piece with a polyester cloth and poured hot soapy water on top and started to rub with circular motions. A lot of rubbing was required.</div>
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Once the piece was firmly felted, we rolled it in a large bamboo mat (blind) to shrink and make it stronger:</div>
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Happy with the end results:</div>
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So much fun! I will post finished felt pieces once the photos have been taken by Jason.<br />
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We're sad the collaboration with the children has come to an end. But the project is far from finished. Many more stages are to follow; from creating a process book for the teachers to exhibits of the felted moons at ArtStarts Gallery (from March - August 2014) and at Haida Gwaii venues in the Fall of 2014. We are also in the process of working with a publisher to create a story book, to be published in the Fall of 2014!<br />
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Lots of exciting Taan's Moons events in 2014 to look forward to.<br />
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We are so grateful for the support from <a href="http://artstarts.com/" target="_blank">ArtStarts in Schools</a>, <a href="http://sd50.bc.ca/" target="_blank">SD50</a> and <a href="http://www.literacyhaidagwaii.ca/" target="_blank">Literacy Haida Gwaii</a> to make this project a reality! Ha'awa!Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-18463381426928679732013-11-15T11:04:00.002-08:002013-11-15T11:04:53.411-08:00Taan's Moons - drawings<br />
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The children's drawings for the Taan's Moons poem, created during our introductory visit to the elementary schools of Haida Gwaii, play a very important part in the design of the thirteen felt moons. Together with Alison's poem, they informed me how to design the sketches for each Moon/month. The children had unique stories and drawings, with new ideas to incorporate. </div>
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In 'Noisy Geese Moon' (see below), one of the children drew three noisy geese in front of the bear's den. He said "The geese are waking up the bear." Another child had drawn bright sunshine in the bear's den. He said "Sleeping bear, he is dreaming of race cars. The sun is coming in the den, waking bear up."</div>
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For 'Food gathering Moon', a student had drawn two baby bear and one mama bear, she said "Bear eating berries. Two bear cups love their mama. They're just outside the Kindergarten room." For that moon, I made sure to have two cup bears following their mama bear.</div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">During the month of October, Alison Gear and I spent one full day at each of the six elementary schools of Haida Gwaii for the <a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.ca/2013/09/taans-moons-part-i.html" target="_blank">Taan's Moons project</a>. We brought lots of different activities to the classrooms to make the children familiar with different elements of the Taan's Moons story. </span><span style="color: #262626;">It is a story of the traditional </span><span style="color: #262626;">Haida</span><span style="color: #262626;"> way of telling time, told through the eyes of a bear. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">The students also created many different felted elements, such as berries, roots, seaweed, branches and felted squares to be used in the large felted moons we will create during our next sessions at the schools in November (stay tuned for another post). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626;">Following is a largely visual overview of our days, photography by <a href="http://fullmoonphoto.ca/" target="_blank">Jason Shafto</a>.</span></div>
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We <span style="color: #262626;">'warm up our imagination' by literally moving through the months and the story:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Tyler Crosby and four students from the Haida youth dance group taught bear, eagle and raven songs, dances and let the children drum:</span></div>
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Making felted roots, branches and seaweed:</div>
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End of the day 'Show and Tell' of a <a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.ca/2013/05/intertidal-felt-piece.html" target="_blank">intertidal felt piece</a> that I created for Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve (thank you for letting us use it with the children!):</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'MyriadPro'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">A special thanks to all the students, teachers and volunteers who made these days a success!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;">Photography by </span><a href="http://fullmoonphoto.ca/" target="_blank">Jason Shafto</a><span style="color: #262626;">. Please do not use photos without permission of the artist.</span><br />
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Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-51352617506751624222013-09-30T13:24:00.000-07:002013-11-15T10:53:28.655-08:00Taan's Moons project - Session one<span id="goog_1015674289"></span>September has been an exciting month. Alison and I learned we received the large grant from ArtStarts in Schools for the <a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.ca/2013/09/taans-moons-part-i.html" target="_blank">Taan's Moons project</a>! Yay! So preparations went full swing.<br />
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We held curriculum meetings to fine-tune our activities. We visited the six elementary schools on Haida Gwaii to meet the children, their teachers and to introduce the project. We shared part of the story and warmed up our imagination with some dramatic movement exercises:<br />
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We invited the children to make a drawing of the story and we made sure to jot down notes on what the children verbally expressed about their drawings.<br />
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The visit to the classrooms and meeting with the teachers was very helpful in many ways. It gave us a sense of the dynamics of the class and the interest and attention levels of the children. The teachers gave us insight in their daily schedules so we can work around their usual program. As we work mostly with Kindergarten children who have been in school for just a month, it's important to follow their basic routines, like morning circle, story time, Haida class and of course snack and recess.<br />
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Based on the children's drawings and our notes, I created 13 illustrations for the 13 verses of the Taan's Moons story. These will be used as a guideline for when we embark on creating large felted moons:<br />
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During our visit to the classrooms, one of the teachers (Ms. Sheila Karrow) mentioned that it would be nice for the children who are finished their projects early, to be able to play with some felt objects. This stuck with me and I was wondering how we could engage the children in some felt play. I came up with creating a felt play mat that incorporates the months of the year as told in Taan's Moons story, as well as the seasons of the year. As each class will only work with two moons/months of the story, they won't learn about the full dimension of the project until after all the work is finished. But with this play mat they will be introduced to the circular rhythm of the moon, the evolution of the months, the seasons and the year.<br />
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The coming three weeks we will have our first full days working with the children at the six schools! These days will be filled with fun felting, literacy and drama exercises. To be continued...<br />
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<span style="font-family: MyriadPro; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">This artist residency is partially funded by an Artists in the Classroom grant, disbursed by </span>ArtStarts in Schools<a href="http://artstarts.com/" target="_blank">ArtStarts in Schools</a></div>
Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-71370217318633337172013-09-16T21:09:00.000-07:002013-11-15T10:53:07.239-08:00Taan's Moons project - Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the book ‘<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tluuwaay ‘Waadlu<u>x</u>an’</span>, Joanne Yovanovich
describes the traditional Haida names and descriptions of each month of the
year. The months were marked by seasons and food gathering times and carry
names <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">like Taa Hal<u>x</u>a <u>K</u>uu.ngaay
- food gathering month, May, Ts’uu <u>K</u>’al Wii<u>G</u>uuxaay <u>K</u>uu.ngaay
- cedar bark weaving month, September and Taan Chaa<u>G</u>an <u>K</u>’aadii <u>K</u>uu.ngaay
- bear hibernate month, November.</span></div>
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Alison Gear, a local writer and early learning coordinator, was inspired by these descriptions and wrote a poem called Taan's Moons, describing twelve full moons through the eyes of a bear. The poem brings to life the activities that happen each month on Haida Gwaii, traditionally and currently.</div>
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Alison invited me to embark on a creative journey with her to find a way to illustrate her poem through felt creations with the help of the children of Haida Gwaii. We brainstormed and came up with a plan to work with the Kindergarten classes of the six elementary schools on Haida Gwaii this Fall. We received support from <a href="http://www.literacyhaidagwaii.ca/" target="_blank">Literacy Haida Gwaii</a> and <a href="http://sd50.bc.ca/" target="_blank">School District 50</a> and applied for a grant from <a href="http://artstarts.com/" target="_blank">ArtStarts in Schools</a>. </div>
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Earlier this month Joanne Yovanovich, Principal of Aboriginal Education, Beng Favreau, Executive Director of Literacy Haida Gwaii, Tawni Davidson, Early Learning Coordinator and myself joined Alison for a Sharing Circle. This meeting was held to acknowledge that we're working with traditional knowledge and to become grounded in an understanding of what we're doing and why. We shared our hopes, goals and visions for the project, we talked about the role of elders and traditional knowledge holders within the project, and brainstormed about activities in the classrooms.</div>
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This week Alison, Tawni and I will be visiting each school for a brief introduction of the project, to meet the teachers and children and to engage them in their first creative explorations of the Taan's Moons story. </div>
Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-86126820509480081922013-09-13T13:35:00.002-07:002013-11-09T20:02:16.459-08:00Film of The Giving Trees of Haida Gwaii project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://artstarts.com/" target="_blank">ArtStarts in Schools</a> is a BC based organization that brings artists into the classrooms through their <a href="http://artstarts.com/artists-in-the-classroom" target="_blank">Artists in the Classroom Grant</a> program. Teacher and fellow artist <a href="http://www.sheilakarrow.com/" target="_blank">Sheila Karrow</a>, brought this wonderful organization to my attention when we were brainstorming about a project that turned into the <a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.ca/2012/06/giving-trees-of-haida-gwaii.html" target="_blank">The Giving Trees of Haida Gwaii</a>. </div>
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In 2012, thanks to being awarded an Artist in the Classroom grant, I was able to work at Sk'aadgaa Naay Elementary School on The Giving Trees of Haida Gwaii project and be paid as an artist in residence! </div>
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The project and final results were received with so much enthusiasm by ArtStarts, that they wanted to feature the work as part of the '<a href="http://artstarts.com/blog/the-giving-trees-of-haida-gwaii" target="_blank">Sense of Place'</a> exhibit in their gallery on Richards Street in Vancouver. The work was displayed from October 2012 to April 2013, and when it came time to return the work, a team from ArtStarts in Schools decided to hand deliver the work personally back to Haida Gwaii. </div>
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They also decided to make a documentary of the project while visiting Haida Gwaii. That documentary has now been released:</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73798246" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/73798246">The Giving Trees of Haida Gwaii</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/artstarts">ArtStarts in Schools</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
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And now, with the help of a large grant from ArtStarts in Schools, I'll be involved in a new felting project, called "Ta'ans Moons" at all six elementary schools of Haida Gwaii this Fall. I'm so grateful! </div>
Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-11982478214969899782013-05-01T20:38:00.000-07:002013-05-01T20:38:54.914-07:00Intertidal Felt Piece<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last year I was asked to create a felt table piece for <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/bc/gwaiihaanas/index.aspx">Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area and Haida Heritage Site</a>. The felt piece is used at their outreach booth to attract visitors, to invite and to engage them with the three dimensional pieces. Felt is so tactile, it just begs to be touched, so it is the perfect medium for an engaging piece of art. I had lots of fun making all the different pieces. Thanks to Stephanie and her team for the opportunity!<br />
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During the "Landscapes of an Inner World" exhibition at the <a href="http://www.haidaheritagecentre.com/">Haida Gwaii Museum</a> in February and March of this year, I was asked to help create 6 large felted stories for the <a href="http://www.mckellarmartin.com/book/the-canoe-he-called-loo-taos/">Loo Taas book</a> by Amanda Reid, daughter of Bill Reid who designed and carved the Loo Taas.<br />
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The felt canoes turned out to be 6 feet long and have felt water pieces to set the stage. They will be used by 6 different children's organizations in our communities on Haida Gwaii. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dana Moraes laying out wool</td></tr>
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Dana Moraes, Angela Grosse and Tawni Davidson worked with me to create large sheets of felt, from which we cut the canoes, paddlers, paddles and cedar hats.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figuring out the movement of the wool<br />
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Then we cut the canoes, paddlers, paddles and cedar hats<br />
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I needle felted the 'wave eater' (whale) designs on the hull of the canoe<br />
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Several months later, all 6 canoes and water pieces have been completed. Coming September the pieces will be presented to the organizations involved. Thanks to Dana for asking me to be involved in this exciting project and thanks to all the helpers involved in the project, with special thanks to Angela who was always ready to provide space, support and strong arms and hands for felting!Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-12076200696875638552012-06-20T10:20:00.000-07:002012-06-20T10:20:02.848-07:00Discovery DayOn Tuesday June 19th it was Discovery Day at Sk'aadgaa Naay Elementary School. In each class room there was something different to discover, and some activities were held outside in the forest and the field. I was invited to be part of the 'wool discovery day' in the Kindergarten classroom.<br />
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Adolf Bitterlich from Blacksheep Farm in Tlell brought his two sheep, Coco and Cream, to the school. The children could watch how they were hand shorn in the field.<br />
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Once the wool was shorn, it was brought to the Kindergarten classroom, where it was sorted and cleaned of twigs, straw and other debris.<br />
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I had washed this wool after Coco's first half was shorn a few weeks ago. The children got to 'tease' the wool and try the hand carder or the drum carder. </div>
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Once they had a bit of wool carded, the children brought it to one of the spinners. They could try the drop spindle with Carey, or try spinning at the spinning wheel with either Christine or Dorothy.</div>
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<br />Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-87326187598025010002012-06-03T20:50:00.000-07:002013-11-09T20:04:05.512-08:00Giving Trees of Haida GwaiiFor eight weeks, from March till May 2012, the students of four
classes (Miss Karrow, Miss Jung, Mr. Lagasse and Mr. Reid) were part of the
Giving Trees of Haida Gwaii art project.<br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary School is surrounded by forests and a
trail that leads to old growth Cedar and Spruce trees and an eagle nest. This
area formed the inspiration for the Giving Trees of Haida Gwaii project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Each class was assigned a tree to work with for the period of the
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<span lang="EN-CA">Students had the opportunity to learn about native uses and life
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Parks Canada. They learned how the trees are part of an unbroken,
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<span lang="EN-CA">The students were introduced to three-dimensional felt making by
creating seeds out of raw wool fibres, wrapped around a rock. Then with warm
soapy water and friction (rubbing), the wool shrinks and the fibres interlock,
creating a solid fabric. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The next week students rolled wool into felted roots to be
incorporated into their large felt mural. Here they are laying out the roving
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<span lang="EN-CA">After listening to the stories and looking at all the sketches, one
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<span lang="EN-CA">The students created ‘pre-felt’ details for the large felted murals.
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<span lang="EN-CA">Then at last we created the large felted murals. Two to three
students at a time would work with Kiki to lay out the wool, and create the
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<span lang="EN-CA">Felt Mural, ‘Young Cedar Tree in Spring’, by Kindergarten class,
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<span lang="EN-CA">Felt Mural, Young and Old Alder in Winter, by Grade 6/7, Mr. Reid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-51882565073161568852010-01-19T20:32:00.000-08:002010-01-19T20:51:28.249-08:00Studio timeFor the first time in 18 months I was able to spend a block of time in the studio. 8 whole days! As the light was not sufficient for painting, I experimented with a few different felting techniques.<br /><div><div></div><br /><div>For a new grey bag, I started out laying out wool for wetfelting a new seamless bag:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428679199194418002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHCUcYpE1-eLrPMDiUwHFPWEQ3PLRCEa1DGeb3RoXvOYQ7P831GSWRg60M3QHGLFrFiEDucdEyjUoC-pIxEWw45C7ayFk0wmSscAj17PJQPVGfzB-Ew9-r4AXJGrcdfYQq1Cvkmwz_B7z/s400/005.JPG" /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428676851600468034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DpUzJPh2pWjAUiYHd8i7ab4nNVIs33hHgvIL78geYmkUsEmtO0zd6uJn666e8ygNzFkqe1FTL0LoANTtlWVGucPwF5IQkrCcTVP8pTntQ_R3qlv4e7mZMXWOc23SdCwXI6iSBPIn3cQV/s400/006.JPG" /><br /><div>Once the bag was felted and dried, I needlefelted locks on top to create a little sculptural touch:<br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428677144984279954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUgIH3ZJLDGrVRZ4rm0Fp7ZUVBWOOcBT4TJgt2tZUq4iuFXclUF8A9hr68XRW8QmfnxGxOhafPjBPd3jiEzDqRzpCu4S3Uc9viT9yak-BxC_txlVBv7Lw7DzqppKbuM-BCyOFGOTOphKw/s400/Felt+103.JPG" />And a locally made ceramic button:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428677753658074674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvYqxyGiLYEXQWIrN03UTJhHnuFvfZqv3GTr_PSj7-Qo0tzWfPpZfVuKAzZpgtQxhPauyY0zhwsWWsrelhBcac74ghfOlxWM8fxSNogUYa_ftLFoMNPAdqU1yRYVIexaEmUDURzfovn74b/s400/Felt+106.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428677764934476930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapAXgipcQqQ3CSvZ355Ug7UAoSNWfBsL6h1TGDhcC71YCG-_XfW1r8HhvgXfuitrUW2yX2KGe5ae9vkHi2CmbeF77rL3F-fynOSg_mtfINonh3NUnJItj1558LrVbS19XcF1HZG4jw7aG/s400/004.JPG" /></div></div></div><br />This particular bag never made it to the local gallery. A visiting friend bought it before it even left the studio!Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-81944685685823810642009-10-14T19:50:00.001-07:002009-10-14T20:55:39.734-07:00Spirit Lake Trail Art Project<div align="justify"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392657261539041698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmULKAMWsGz6yXuvB1wcmtSSTEpHmiWk2SZYG1bhVLjy7iJEsofRAQ-S0lAESs8sCeYrYLa9PIrZrPabgcJViGHXatCNR8GtaDDV8ouoaghlCy8qSZUSyW9nzU9tZhPe0t3blC4z9bQG9j/s400/October+2+002.JPG" />Spirit Lake Trail in Skidegate has been turned into a public art space, with colourful banners and artworks suspended from trees, on top of bridges and posted in between roots, bark, moss and ferns.<br /><br />More than 30 works were installed last Sunday and will continue to hang in the forest till after the weekend. The project is one of the events organised for the <a href="http://www.hecateenergy.ca/">Sustainable Living Fair </a>at the <a href="http://www.haidaheritagecentre.com/">Haida Heritage Centre</a>.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392659865616501362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4P_exHimcnbrKWQ5MIRRbMnYNWMKac-wcSKFv3taIkRbTcVlWr_nF0vD6os1GQ6mi5JPzD8jUI4TvmzSQ_hN55suwa6DIyqb35WtaJmiyA-WNn9Flhkkz6etOVGbB47Ndv5dlS1j5ASN/s320/October+2+007.JPG" />Enjoy your walk! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl51qr9KsavFx-1lrZsRTb1vJCY6XcffS-VYrTTz7da3nKZYFrIg9-9J3quM_r0kyNj8hJ1UHfITiTLr0HtRPB4wd1ucS-JblUAMSfmD3ZzGeGoW4LR3_2IletERMk8_8tIkYsNoQkZHGF/s1600-h/October+2+012.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392669302419268978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl51qr9KsavFx-1lrZsRTb1vJCY6XcffS-VYrTTz7da3nKZYFrIg9-9J3quM_r0kyNj8hJ1UHfITiTLr0HtRPB4wd1ucS-JblUAMSfmD3ZzGeGoW4LR3_2IletERMk8_8tIkYsNoQkZHGF/s200/October+2+012.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURHUnf29_kYiEAczY69xbQz3pJa0J_EZae97CoO6oXFwGC0MalgyJDxvZdySvdgDYP5z2JSjhRrN-lxqLXUSbeXjaeytZPQ2HUzt3VhIMKQhFeoMp30d2jmRyry8DGsykCJ4_rChsMniI/s1600-h/October+2+026.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392654804006038418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQD0hkPA7bPLoati1SR0REa3ApPFkOxib3TrwS9ke8bQTaUs9seV5TYMKTf5anXrv5K5X29bYiuK_l7ZTNLnFyfcOxlq5oNGb4-7S6_2v8IYwyVCeeqtZWsWFpRjN32T8gJtwW9XXM3gBR/s320/October+2+101.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-51176927075820334952009-06-26T20:28:00.001-07:002009-06-26T20:40:56.506-07:00new creations<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRulyglPCxOlI9ZRUhZ8JfKYdvKwZlotR3cS8L3G9TtkbPeZ-gvtrKdmvuZuP-mqauhRkHcQOE8oJnjcesKyTQZ075Zo0ilqIja2Xj2Z9ui9eWj1UMOB83_meeZE524rMZwc8XY22ZQNVA/s1600-h/Felt+bag+with+Romney+locks.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351846881583256226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRulyglPCxOlI9ZRUhZ8JfKYdvKwZlotR3cS8L3G9TtkbPeZ-gvtrKdmvuZuP-mqauhRkHcQOE8oJnjcesKyTQZ075Zo0ilqIja2Xj2Z9ui9eWj1UMOB83_meeZE524rMZwc8XY22ZQNVA/s320/Felt+bag+with+Romney+locks.JPG" border="0" /></a> seamless bag with needlefelted sculptural details<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3o4Z0-MohjiCddOZi4AeEYEPbAwmHZwGp28-GMuZtwMchcUw3DXLKDzLCEW8GnefeA6qSCP6r4WbiZbRczoCvlR3mUbahE7EsKToFvzzBdphtn-LnPGTEqmgQDz2G812Ji1I5HD2gYFH/s1600-h/072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351846445831862690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB3o4Z0-MohjiCddOZi4AeEYEPbAwmHZwGp28-GMuZtwMchcUw3DXLKDzLCEW8GnefeA6qSCP6r4WbiZbRczoCvlR3mUbahE7EsKToFvzzBdphtn-LnPGTEqmgQDz2G812Ji1I5HD2gYFH/s320/072.JPG" border="0" /></a> wet felted shoulder bag</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351846644478542658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0kowf00zpWqmEryaR8hbSJ3XilNg9BO3pHL0WrMJAEcEAwkn8E2-LD7EbJRhs6rlBBUkjtOjqucaLToUoGYY7pzRfsPdpN63JSJTBB4eHFt1-uXxH3W_2XX0RsCjKufJxWtY3BMnZDwl/s320/081.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">more seamless felted bags</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjr66-P0Ya6Xw6VECRTmo-2By6kTtzBc5q_UOLJP401U-UOc1lDqdhj3VK8jPYHqfavejSdVAQm97T7ZO_7Q-btkdvkB9EopRpXujpH0FIDVjXW5z1ROgLCy990l4dYtIgDl2P5bRVM_uJ/s1600-h/042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351846301429985906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjr66-P0Ya6Xw6VECRTmo-2By6kTtzBc5q_UOLJP401U-UOc1lDqdhj3VK8jPYHqfavejSdVAQm97T7ZO_7Q-btkdvkB9EopRpXujpH0FIDVjXW5z1ROgLCy990l4dYtIgDl2P5bRVM_uJ/s320/042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBndSMI8iIxE_9mCIjymaRXKPpbi0oz-VkQHdPsHAnUbwR7A5-BgaNs4kLy_m3u3Y9e7FMia6uC5TmvWy5Uku2mYRFYwLkVFdHpA2O-YFPKnVQWYCajBN2J2dFsrnQJgxcktfpyqV4Ml7L/s1600-h/056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351845274099769634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBndSMI8iIxE_9mCIjymaRXKPpbi0oz-VkQHdPsHAnUbwR7A5-BgaNs4kLy_m3u3Y9e7FMia6uC5TmvWy5Uku2mYRFYwLkVFdHpA2O-YFPKnVQWYCajBN2J2dFsrnQJgxcktfpyqV4Ml7L/s320/056.JPG" border="0" /></a> sewn baskets <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimGpx_rtMy4Ixz3E7BwDw5UGvKgi9Q6e2u2AVqyYYYslMHWCKIyPwMHsB2dmCYb1f7LB0EXp9L4I49fAyWDGqokHoDkHYCu9zmd7D9Ii3EsVgkNRbb-MZqnvs0mTT7dsNUFIs6tjSPIqjp/s1600-h/Knit+hat.JPG"></a><br /><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWTFtbuEsabOx-5zIHt_sLcphjwddfN_yBK3f4BLwk74iL7JR2_1THWQL72-taFmj3nHVPtSnTYwsVva27SwUV6f0nBOwe1kAwbmvWNqN8Bsa7q9vm41XRuyS3hWiPxduqlEUfnD2nUZO/s1600-h/June+misc+II+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351844509767177538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVWTFtbuEsabOx-5zIHt_sLcphjwddfN_yBK3f4BLwk74iL7JR2_1THWQL72-taFmj3nHVPtSnTYwsVva27SwUV6f0nBOwe1kAwbmvWNqN8Bsa7q9vm41XRuyS3hWiPxduqlEUfnD2nUZO/s320/June+misc+II+006.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">sock zebra</span></p></div><br /></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-22741355575389869082009-06-06T22:51:00.000-07:002009-06-06T23:13:21.261-07:00Slatechuck HikeSince our move back to the island, we have been blessed with beautiful and stunning weather to welcome us back. We are enjoying many picnics in the garden and on the beach, walks through the forest, paddling back and forth in the canoe, and just being in our home. We have found many interesting blooming plants on the rocks of the beaches, but also in our garden. L. has been a great little helper. (see also: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/atelierkiki">www.flickr.com/photos/atelierkiki</a>)<br /><div><div><div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Today T. had finally a day off and we headed up Slatechuck mountain, an hour and half steep uphill. L. was a trooper, he mostly hiked up on his own with a bit of encouragement here and there. Only on a few small sections T. had to put him up on his shoulders. There was one tricky section with a very steep ladder, but even that he did by himself.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpc-wJUgqAGU0narY6G5ckHt8NZydvGp-nu1HXjmf7GQ2LYGcFH2YdBnqP8KkGKqlx4431ZQwWxByGBP_UV7EulEAWZnW8zoTMilKEzGNEI9IFVRrHbhZIWJAche6DVMi019cq9mVWbKE/s1600-h/June+hike+062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344460808522723634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpc-wJUgqAGU0narY6G5ckHt8NZydvGp-nu1HXjmf7GQ2LYGcFH2YdBnqP8KkGKqlx4431ZQwWxByGBP_UV7EulEAWZnW8zoTMilKEzGNEI9IFVRrHbhZIWJAche6DVMi019cq9mVWbKE/s200/June+hike+062.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK_1dk_vCv9LJmKZMB03eRUoPhRMd1K6cKHpbKdwETW1d8qaQR2xKitqxPFE0_7V0hcl_z_WVFSQgcZA22jNFga4OKsBPJlLSnPu1gg0xj6Q0MqFonrtsvmGHu56E7vx1e1Tz6TDg7X5N/s1600-h/June+hike+072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344464156454177170" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK_1dk_vCv9LJmKZMB03eRUoPhRMd1K6cKHpbKdwETW1d8qaQR2xKitqxPFE0_7V0hcl_z_WVFSQgcZA22jNFga4OKsBPJlLSnPu1gg0xj6Q0MqFonrtsvmGHu56E7vx1e1Tz6TDg7X5N/s200/June+hike+072.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>I carried little S. in a comfortable seat up the mountain, he enjoyed every bit of it, squealing, kicking his legs, or just quietly taking in the view of the trees. At the top, the view was breathtaking, we could see our house shining in the sun. And L. and S. enjoyed some fruity snacks... <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344461516472016738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOb0Bc6Dj6S3K5SAHl9WYcNzL1rMu7HEu41n13TdHRvB9iMeC_qR7iHy2sypa8EsVZB6_faWn-9S9_JQWXZSOxdRWWCyYg9qZ0EQCMX6E9boNRVInIJymF-v4OMwHEgvm96q3cvggZ9sv/s400/June+hike+085.JPG" border="0" />The way down was a bit different. L. had spent all his energy for the way up, so T. had to carry him on his shoulders. L. did try now and again to walk, but his legs just didn't want to cooperate, he would lay down on the ground... But we are very impressed with his climb!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344463241338885042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSis6PvJSQh06ezJOYkjb_Uz3wXhPVQO1rgOtu8Z-nMruNinJT6ldCc90W02zoIzDWdcnBBzqaorVPOxVyzUSx_GHa6qT6w_C7HXHB1EolfcT6gM7HN0K4gvqPmYh8knQGdHj2CgFKaHSB/s400/June+hike+046.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-16269006944596359702009-04-21T13:38:00.000-07:002009-04-21T14:01:04.940-07:00Change IslandsSo this weekend it`s going to happen, we`re moving back to `our` island! L. has been asking about it for a long time. Everytime we visit the island house, he wants to spend the night, he doesn`t want to leave and definitely doesn`t want to go to the `Blue House`. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327247848374295250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoa6i-sTMAiYmzHE0rEolUdsvsuNCsbgAclIZXtHZvkbbTybq9ZA07KJJJPCTMXOuqVcsMq3YFDwydvKl27NjHz6JeTNsNgUjAP4NcW59sfIcLCg61jhnAze-3eJh4UdCjqO14Muke3cSS/s400/happy+at+the+island+home.jpg" border="0" />I`m sure he`ll love it when we`re back on the island, though I have a feeling then he will request going to the `Blue House`. We`ll see. I`m sure we will all miss this Blue House, it has a lot of character (from 1929) and we have so many good memories!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327251904359932434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQOVN9GdgWQzP4dJ1fdzdj7gM5pwEt7_icqSQBVllKkek1c-CgOt9fVt7TKb9KY8XBrhNkSzNsrXCG1kRQHHFsnoRhMBClGHQ5FqjQr7t2sHstQpy_Bw3JDdmRbJ4Lf9gY7EqKhC-pWoJ/s400/907+3rd+avenue.JPG" border="0" />Now our main mode of transportation will be the canoe again (see other post: <a href="http://atelierkiki.blogspot.com/2009/02/visit-to-island.html">visit to the island)</a>. I`ll be hauling the canoe and our groceries up and down the beach, carrying a 6 month old baby. Thankfully L walks by himself! Due to large tidal changes we sometimes have to walk quite a ways up or down the beach, through the mud, other times the tide is right up at the grass. When the tide is really low, we can walk to the `main island`. This is for sure the way to get back into shape quickly!Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-60364574773818927202009-03-31T20:18:00.001-07:002009-03-31T21:03:47.704-07:00Run-Away ModelA gorgeous sunny morning, we went to the beach at the <a href="http://www.haidaheritagecentre.com/">Haida Heritage Centre </a>(Kaay Llnagaay), which is a stunning location and a beautiful centre. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3j2lW_DdoF3-NqshYF_dPiR1Xt9DVY-oDZ3cYVEGGb0_UIRjZl7f60-YHnRoIOqxiPFzLd6c77Jsh34sM0rJMKZTU9YT03nO31aytk6zrf8oVMmHLrmuofPc8bIbR13-B8NWKhnfTkP6/s1600-h/085.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319557220595671234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3j2lW_DdoF3-NqshYF_dPiR1Xt9DVY-oDZ3cYVEGGb0_UIRjZl7f60-YHnRoIOqxiPFzLd6c77Jsh34sM0rJMKZTU9YT03nO31aytk6zrf8oVMmHLrmuofPc8bIbR13-B8NWKhnfTkP6/s200/085.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpJHtxn1uA_1hnYRqqhJCjBc_iLMJiw2wItUGNkyv8NukVu-3FL9VgOa3tJIiRI6wqd-i2YJCdu5WbfCear2GGxzd-pYmBgYucj87qbMgBqRE93pFE6PFNbbp6w0VM5WSDgWJ3_w6iC7L/s1600-h/056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319562030764443586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpJHtxn1uA_1hnYRqqhJCjBc_iLMJiw2wItUGNkyv8NukVu-3FL9VgOa3tJIiRI6wqd-i2YJCdu5WbfCear2GGxzd-pYmBgYucj87qbMgBqRE93pFE6PFNbbp6w0VM5WSDgWJ3_w6iC7L/s200/056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><p>I had brought some beanies that I wanted to document for the etsy shop and L. was a willing model. Though it meant I had to run after him to try and take a picture....<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMc9DxCPtInkeocfSQYeLOaVtAALQTEK9gb3x5XIJecbTrBGR8gK_z5ES77WdIqmG9RLuQRudFclnri3LC2CAf80qB154STbzTLllLA0uuZEARVevXgh_4Ti1xlHwywsl1809znfFmojx/s1600-h/beanie+031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319558064730729538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMc9DxCPtInkeocfSQYeLOaVtAALQTEK9gb3x5XIJecbTrBGR8gK_z5ES77WdIqmG9RLuQRudFclnri3LC2CAf80qB154STbzTLllLA0uuZEARVevXgh_4Ti1xlHwywsl1809znfFmojx/s400/beanie+031.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyjJD9FYGOdyKTZqvskx7iFUlaVczI5BnhRepfI7TlXAepNOlWk4ibFYPRAt5SOz9IM9c9DVausdxBZLpFl_-jhOxeAhyEM_VOozalK25_GX3E5BDJlbJMMK2VeQvkfx952a_1n2G0nMI/s1600-h/beanie+028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319562787584611410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVyjJD9FYGOdyKTZqvskx7iFUlaVczI5BnhRepfI7TlXAepNOlWk4ibFYPRAt5SOz9IM9c9DVausdxBZLpFl_-jhOxeAhyEM_VOozalK25_GX3E5BDJlbJMMK2VeQvkfx952a_1n2G0nMI/s200/beanie+028.JPG" border="0" /></a>We ran along the totempoles both out- and inside.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsko0iuLsHsAPT_i0ZNq9ytW2TFiY0KASfyClecol_kkXL096FgINfnA5mb931I3apLnrG-E0WKY7uelRFakOtBAq3XcmKJjF_QnlthY0W2YME4DfH_FQ5gu0WbhCOAH_FZooLWle4noBd/s1600-h/beanie+030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319562864280018082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsko0iuLsHsAPT_i0ZNq9ytW2TFiY0KASfyClecol_kkXL096FgINfnA5mb931I3apLnrG-E0WKY7uelRFakOtBAq3XcmKJjF_QnlthY0W2YME4DfH_FQ5gu0WbhCOAH_FZooLWle4noBd/s200/beanie+030.JPG" border="0" /></a>Just briefly stopping to check things out, and me frantically trying to get a good picture... <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Hg5i3vMYv4MnrApzYDoTo-m6zIV-HHjZLoe7Jh7XyEKhMjA-XWa3oKjZC9PD00Kp0raMBl6DHzzqmoERCUd7ZTVrYrnpv4x0YWimKyx8LfLP-aP03ZAupktCvuJo9Kg1DzLwIBWrRiu3/s1600-h/beanie+029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319557699085497666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Hg5i3vMYv4MnrApzYDoTo-m6zIV-HHjZLoe7Jh7XyEKhMjA-XWa3oKjZC9PD00Kp0raMBl6DHzzqmoERCUd7ZTVrYrnpv4x0YWimKyx8LfLP-aP03ZAupktCvuJo9Kg1DzLwIBWrRiu3/s200/beanie+029.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Mostly unsuccesful, though a few good ones came out. They can be found at <a href="http://kikiknits.etsy.com/">kikiknits</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDq_m9nrIy5ESU6gc8GuzAnXUdceL9-GOgP8PoXh7I4UiFsy7F1OxnhQe78PLPVlxl3BtonE79CHUt3d_T69OLY0hFu0xQzNVIdhe0dzRCU0J-2ktEIMGFlwcdrfQazNIiOgfJkJV4OlL/s1600-h/beanie+030.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Hg5i3vMYv4MnrApzYDoTo-m6zIV-HHjZLoe7Jh7XyEKhMjA-XWa3oKjZC9PD00Kp0raMBl6DHzzqmoERCUd7ZTVrYrnpv4x0YWimKyx8LfLP-aP03ZAupktCvuJo9Kg1DzLwIBWrRiu3/s1600-h/beanie+029.JPG"></a></div></div></div></div></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-12599841778656112802009-03-15T21:50:00.001-07:002009-03-16T21:06:56.951-07:00Coffee Cozies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dsl9GHke04gDpzzRsaYAzKykvKaKOMEo0PP2lJ4Hsl1pk7quLffbZhQ5yULIShKh4UwdudqYYlbEYekXArBGOlriww2pZNMy1Afdko9CgQlcHKCAILi8oaGNco1iRpoJGl5fNn_n_m9s/s1600-h/cozy+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313897742785625826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dsl9GHke04gDpzzRsaYAzKykvKaKOMEo0PP2lJ4Hsl1pk7quLffbZhQ5yULIShKh4UwdudqYYlbEYekXArBGOlriww2pZNMy1Afdko9CgQlcHKCAILi8oaGNco1iRpoJGl5fNn_n_m9s/s400/cozy+012.JPG" border="0" /></a> Are you thinking Easter yet? These new coffee cozies make a wonderful addition to a Spring and Easter breakfast table. Made of 100% wool felt and Japanese cotton linen, they do a great job keeping coffee or tea warm and bringing a smile to your face. They are now available in my <a href="http://kikiknits.etsy.com/">shop</a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3Br7tn2oTpdjxn_DAqMDDufjmBZvoCHJkM2j6H43KRhOiiGlkVMNGjyz2-uwBGVciQh7FzSdXCCY1zrK1En32QWimlXPn9h3cjqUr7oXH-uAqC_ZaI-8rB86DgU9ykHJwVMO8k-LQzhs/s1600-h/cozy+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313897576997073442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3Br7tn2oTpdjxn_DAqMDDufjmBZvoCHJkM2j6H43KRhOiiGlkVMNGjyz2-uwBGVciQh7FzSdXCCY1zrK1En32QWimlXPn9h3cjqUr7oXH-uAqC_ZaI-8rB86DgU9ykHJwVMO8k-LQzhs/s200/cozy+007.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3kE4QcSFwPHN0fnYy3jtq4Fhp2JiGMFpsiLdBGArsnet_eUbkDrfJr_J1MYuiRzZ6HGkC-xw4L6OcgBej39HSva9yvKTVR2-0o_htP-H7RDTgu77Mg5afOZdOBYl1egMY6rmgFri9zgf/s1600-h/cozy+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313897488546391170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3kE4QcSFwPHN0fnYy3jtq4Fhp2JiGMFpsiLdBGArsnet_eUbkDrfJr_J1MYuiRzZ6HGkC-xw4L6OcgBej39HSva9yvKTVR2-0o_htP-H7RDTgu77Mg5afOZdOBYl1egMY6rmgFri9zgf/s200/cozy+008.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-22627894367356165612009-03-08T17:22:00.000-07:002009-03-08T17:27:03.667-07:00Re-opening Store<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EfU2VL6wmXXBO3tCslXy8x0keHWnsquGNNXv5fNIvV6ixeHiIXfrwNLS6HseGnxae92Uw6fMeCt4L_IDstn8vLT-EBN225U8hI0g4Xc7znOxtnu2isQkyrojxSWuCHV_esYkEjphuc_A/s1600-h/Neckwrap+stash.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977668257094258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1EfU2VL6wmXXBO3tCslXy8x0keHWnsquGNNXv5fNIvV6ixeHiIXfrwNLS6HseGnxae92Uw6fMeCt4L_IDstn8vLT-EBN225U8hI0g4Xc7znOxtnu2isQkyrojxSWuCHV_esYkEjphuc_A/s400/Neckwrap+stash.JPG" border="0" /></a> Slowly but surely I'll be uploading new items in my <a href="http://kikiknits.etsy.com/">etsy store</a>. So far there's a few new bags and neck warmers. I'll be uploading more beanies as well. kikiknits.etsy.com is where you'll find it. <div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977523515249794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkLTva1yj7uTb8-leedj59Tt5pMxBwkYbCIgIz9TNeGu2RhM3SHudu4Hvy2hLC2mpZWeUQOnOjLNKBwpcm4lOn55jB5qOpOfFfiuJbHv4EkFuLe8jt1ym9mXm_tc5HZBzalSgBp7QCLBH/s400/Green+and+black+bag+full.JPG" border="0" /></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-82914830385587756232009-03-05T21:26:00.000-08:002009-03-05T21:48:01.391-08:00Fresh Start<div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309944949178620866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP_7jHH7hPtNpZGCYvA_IekIE-MhxQJWjqEPWmWJa6dqThaaep5zm3zboacoLu5fSKTtCY1MobDTk-luxjCiN_9H-hMc-tLMHCpr9ZU2Q5UsahDVUSlLbxy2cbw9jyWq9-epF5abMOQvw/s400/Nilame+meditation+hall+II.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309945867052150626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRfyz5f3aFus_LwNNz9LTuX2YWkhXD71t7kn_7Lk5nEvcIU4VfewtjbAl3faSZOpcbFbKc_qwz6MNMeWLEHVWWYsIvsk4y-4qAxG-OYMlBjgV3BlKwnJBcOE2GxUtkifEfK5J-Xq-yXEcr/s400/Buddhas+in+rock+temple.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309946323075179426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9Qzsoy4NqxoW6JtNPnIcrpNAhEFuF9k0eoaP2w0bNeNOEyq-wsfVMg3P8pQkXF9RLQJNqOMdglqtDVMH4_LLOdoT4R_R53n_yn1K1Oa_nuYwDQD78HdDWPGOyw4q98e1JbCUBzo73WV5/s400/Tracy+sunset.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><br /><p>Meditation. Time change this weekend. Welcoming the light!</p>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-3590673512437155952009-02-24T20:33:00.000-08:002009-02-24T20:47:12.715-08:00Visit to the IslandWe are missing our island home and it's environment, so we decided it was time for a paddle over and have a walk through the forest to the studio and then onto the beach and rocks all around the island. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9dAKpd6i_kKaP8F_yKTDCLWOAY0tof7z_By0K_JBbIYckRCZVtnww6YWjE47XxHLHFuk3B3rji-ZWB2ssmFt0sI9Bc9Mn1fX55tEKBgboxj1Wfn5w9vGtGKVeWJYxmipx9hKZu3OuhvU/s1600-h/jan+09+104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306589282763913234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9dAKpd6i_kKaP8F_yKTDCLWOAY0tof7z_By0K_JBbIYckRCZVtnww6YWjE47XxHLHFuk3B3rji-ZWB2ssmFt0sI9Bc9Mn1fX55tEKBgboxj1Wfn5w9vGtGKVeWJYxmipx9hKZu3OuhvU/s200/jan+09+104.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzmCe3-BtoJ3_HJ-TFNMU_ZVtsnOLCCR4VM8T3EpBlaoI9-frXpg9m4-kvfUqeMvEsk2AKnQjXIs0LocFwMhHCUKCChVHPEdE080tS2WySfT7i77PqsAfwJSrKoei2bASFmaz-P3zqhWD/s1600-h/jan+09+171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306589547472960642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzmCe3-BtoJ3_HJ-TFNMU_ZVtsnOLCCR4VM8T3EpBlaoI9-frXpg9m4-kvfUqeMvEsk2AKnQjXIs0LocFwMhHCUKCChVHPEdE080tS2WySfT7i77PqsAfwJSrKoei2bASFmaz-P3zqhWD/s200/jan+09+171.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306589775303093154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgqyqRHS5dmd2En7-7JwvOEuuRp8mNkicpWgGeNgufvlz6dN3MgYxqFwk1Q06Ec6kOhs_LxVe0WWE7mnBwZf5q9J83VG9HdQCe8dJho2Oqhp9zqgRj-A2reTqoKf60G_5rQ6fMOw-Bx_3/s400/jan+09+112.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div><p>Lief walked most of the ways and climbed the rock, discovered deer bones and walked on the dock at the other side of the island. </p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306590306206255746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cJe62f0MBliU60SQHJOs5mOsQbI1FJtOurjPxXepa8MSTUvcIf7SVOnS3TMMcLgt9ckpqxhdyymT66J5CqZC8QM8zcT5329qe7q52ClhBa1rJS3rNabFym5Y04_2WZBhH1BoKCj6z1-4/s400/jan+09+124.JPG" border="0" /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcINYANugv2fTJIzf3GhGRgMC59xtAuLFIvSU3Fku6R1Isjv75tzY7OVlD2nE2GAe52extKtY33Bm6-MvGMWSj8iONip1qAHdtzx0dk7rXGFyzJfCfbURmMbFZPkKyRrow0kW0QgG58lJp/s1600-h/jan+09+172.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306590754340877794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcINYANugv2fTJIzf3GhGRgMC59xtAuLFIvSU3Fku6R1Isjv75tzY7OVlD2nE2GAe52extKtY33Bm6-MvGMWSj8iONip1qAHdtzx0dk7rXGFyzJfCfbURmMbFZPkKyRrow0kW0QgG58lJp/s200/jan+09+172.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89wyAI8nnfqfBWGDKQhp0IboPbGOQl8vssyO7CBnMuCa34_N_V-HgUthdGQ6r06WPwHHkYNqcrALno1_eU2LXtB4myxipcxj8oVXEi4bmaLAk-mdJDWXBmivOeIpY2Y-nBUdbWvldCfxc/s1600-h/jan+09+162.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306590518766548962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89wyAI8nnfqfBWGDKQhp0IboPbGOQl8vssyO7CBnMuCa34_N_V-HgUthdGQ6r06WPwHHkYNqcrALno1_eU2LXtB4myxipcxj8oVXEi4bmaLAk-mdJDWXBmivOeIpY2Y-nBUdbWvldCfxc/s200/jan+09+162.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>It was wonderful and made us appreciate the island surroundings even more. It stilled our longing, just for a little while...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306591128638316690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacAqJSm2kzZvONDkyUnYy_DoFv0oVFQmjwghF82yrWdK-0u-aewSetDZuzC5S5DjQxyJpTF5zpIuC1Z4vz2Qtwb60x9GuF5wwU2yBwsF4ml39g5Q-wF6ilWWqHhOmrBZshnrD5RfY9f_M/s400/jan+09+195.JPG" border="0" /></p></div></div></div></div>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-36100139818061851252009-02-14T18:40:00.000-08:002009-02-14T18:45:58.420-08:00Knitting in the sun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHK9QldhWfWw5s77fnzxXI8Y61AawxCLrLktTYc3EfJvGxqsrv2tZIpfn5uQvkiAlqO8-_YrxYd_C8nVCbLz3jxL15LRNFKnFosN5eDyw12uK1X8qF8xq5aV-zKwOMpxcEHPJv2cuX2a_/s1600-h/jan+09+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302849034978098114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHK9QldhWfWw5s77fnzxXI8Y61AawxCLrLktTYc3EfJvGxqsrv2tZIpfn5uQvkiAlqO8-_YrxYd_C8nVCbLz3jxL15LRNFKnFosN5eDyw12uK1X8qF8xq5aV-zKwOMpxcEHPJv2cuX2a_/s200/jan+09+012.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpxQUsDdCmCE_PqS3lsRs2OZ9kfAOrlAUpy32Iu9jfuAdKsF11ESwE4SyV1rfIk-H5jJtC85gnpWdjVB-Va5t2R2ZbG0jlV10R7iGa5CezaQb0JqEJlxwyJDf0kIq6WkV2FYZIzQrZko7/s1600-h/jan+09+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302848887599145698" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpxQUsDdCmCE_PqS3lsRs2OZ9kfAOrlAUpy32Iu9jfuAdKsF11ESwE4SyV1rfIk-H5jJtC85gnpWdjVB-Va5t2R2ZbG0jlV10R7iGa5CezaQb0JqEJlxwyJDf0kIq6WkV2FYZIzQrZko7/s200/jan+09+011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oh this has been so wonderful! Today there were beautiful blue skies and we basked in the sun. The little sage was soaking it up, just like me! During the afternoon naps of my sons, I was able to get some knitting in and finish a little neckwrap, yeah... Here's my little stash of neckwraps and beanies so far:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanTjHVRxSWaJPk8LI82NSSPCv2DbnW7rMOx50_Qhvo194qHGKWkvn_sp1yD25tJZARPZcD_es-OiAWPn00QCmyHFaKiIjqN-PWtFYVvdBK9Ba4O0li1vqhnA677PjP__bT5-SGux9bGBX/s1600-h/jan+09+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302848729957026674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanTjHVRxSWaJPk8LI82NSSPCv2DbnW7rMOx50_Qhvo194qHGKWkvn_sp1yD25tJZARPZcD_es-OiAWPn00QCmyHFaKiIjqN-PWtFYVvdBK9Ba4O0li1vqhnA677PjP__bT5-SGux9bGBX/s400/jan+09+005.JPG" border="0" /></a>Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555004394687381422.post-29701529893417855792009-02-13T13:51:00.000-08:002009-02-13T14:03:20.199-08:00Beach walk treasures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZhLVgobFRu5Dxs4T62m6dcD7BHbRpBsk_G541BLqWLyIssaExMQeJE7rBJywNX5xppG69uWfX32tHoVmfovGWOXVMgmr-qI8PGNSvGUtz0vuFcHpk0WfKipw_WYhMcPY9BFXpwweODSF/s1600-h/jan+09+006.JPG"></a>We seem to be finding some odd treasures along the beach these days. On our last beach walk we found this moss covered chair tucked away in the bushes and of course we had to inspect it closer:<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302403744339704386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbjS6GRF9VIYBDe6_rBoh_tFPp-4Kv2PaUDAcNisRAWvCIV4PvaHWykOQGkKqJ_FrEJTejXTF4JJJ7JAd7ddQ479RjAZA1fDTlPIOE1QubkKtu8cvhI-6hIUQhflDLQkBditFAocFaUJd1/s400/jan+09+018.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJsIuKWanykMc7jDUZMHsOqE7RaNOHqM1XS26wl4dGT_7CVjskQOP6xPs0uS2Lm7fMGes9c4K64vjYrCz6WZtI7nVR5rPtLhyd9mZ9HPH5Zn-pq2thHZHO8aSKlSeueO5AMkHgA0KttdM/s1600-h/jan+09+024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302403745619759202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJsIuKWanykMc7jDUZMHsOqE7RaNOHqM1XS26wl4dGT_7CVjskQOP6xPs0uS2Lm7fMGes9c4K64vjYrCz6WZtI7nVR5rPtLhyd9mZ9HPH5Zn-pq2thHZHO8aSKlSeueO5AMkHgA0KttdM/s400/jan+09+024.JPG" border="0" /></a> I'm enjoying the light on these walks, it's like it's autumn, low sun, warm colours, but also beautiful greys. Wish I could go to the studio to explore these with paint. Oh well, for now photography has to do the trick...<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfjTdX-yQbdzjKDbWprH5vsyOyS9Ar25izqah5jfTRLmVjIz7oscx1ZAUFM5ExChMe73U_nQTp2uzMud9gKEM3WI0ZKwzFsrqQjr58iHjqiel-tBzi1JOj5c9ZNBM-KLCE9TFu8KUeBAJ/s1600-h/jan+09+047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302403738638174962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfjTdX-yQbdzjKDbWprH5vsyOyS9Ar25izqah5jfTRLmVjIz7oscx1ZAUFM5ExChMe73U_nQTp2uzMud9gKEM3WI0ZKwzFsrqQjr58iHjqiel-tBzi1JOj5c9ZNBM-KLCE9TFu8KUeBAJ/s400/jan+09+047.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302405446986926162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfy-YiHB8WS4k0ZGnwTYLt7-vjY7n-IVeY0XP_MqqyowXcjUvFp32sTM5ZYlr43BihGpHTk3-AHbwv4JoYEw7UhNMG_sVTBuQWsEoRlgYB2RF2Xdr8uVzDuyxCJBc6-GLSFINoMbR_GtY/s400/jan+09+065.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302405642193885090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEekkYLRG4amyXJPkocSdy6GqX8fk-jFbJeX7Em8sSf-ajLlsG8jsPdn-H-hNPB6gwvH7xoJFmVwOfGahdyslIilGr5YlO2G5QNOMaVyYxhXA2OtZSgegSMw1RuJ5EBiZnYgtf2LwNpbO8/s400/jan+09+061.JPG" border="0" />Kikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774912117686791374noreply@blogger.com4