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Summer Solstice

Posted: December 23, 2023 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
Tags: Blue Mountains, Bronwyn Berman, Dotti Dauter, Dunmovin, feathers, Irene Manion, magic, Rake

Crow Feather Giveaway Mo 2004

To celebrate the Summer Solstice my friend Eva and I walked to the magic cave at dawn to give our crow feathers in gratitude to the Spirits of Place

Magic Days!

The garden is flourishing here at Dunmovin

the xmas wreath is on the front door
& found Bronwyn Berman’s Xmas Banksia Pod in the box of xmas decorations

come in and have a look around!

Magpie by Irene Manion & ceramic xmas decorations by Dotti Dauter

Rake enjoys sharpening his claws on the old lounge, have a bit of patching to do before my friends arrive on Monday!

the fireplace with all its treasures and some old pop up xmas cards

Bronwyn Berman’s Whisp VI on the back deck

It’s nearly 6 months since I moved into Dunmovin and have never felt so happy and settled in my whole life. The garden is a joy & Rake makes me laugh every day with his wild ways and devilish grin.

Roderick’s music and all the good memories accompany me when I am out bushwalking, such good soul food. Have made new friends and feel very much a part of the community, I love being a Blackheathen.
Best Wishes for 2024!
Peace Love Hope

listening & learning

Posted: May 29, 2017 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time, magic
Tags: feathers, hope, inspiration, talismans

Holding Space, Weaving Place a yarning stick workshop and story telling gathering at the Australian Museum
Wiradjuri Elder Aunty Gail, Wailwan and Yuin man Millmullian (Laurance Magick Dennis) and Wiradjuri/Ngemba woman Nyimirr (Fleur Magick Dennis) showed us how to wrap the yarning sticks, add feathers and seed pods then Laura McBride, an amazing young woman with two degrees who is the curator for the First Australian Galleries sat with us & spoke eloquently about oh so many things… great food for thought, I especially enjoyed her analogy of how to hold space when the going gets tough like an echidna & just wait it out… Australia’s First People are so kind & generous with their sharing of culture, we enjoyed the listening & hope to see a treaty made respecting the rights of the people of this ancient land who have lived here for 50,000 years
Holding Space, Weaving Place is on again today and tomorrow from 1-4pm

some more of the Crow Show

Posted: September 9, 2016 by Mo Crow in art exhibitions, It's Crow Time
Tags: amulets, art, bookbinding, crows, feathers, talismans, works on paper

The Cat’s Whiskers 2013, A Barrel of Fun 2014 and Line Dancing 2016
hand bound artist’s proof of The illustrated lyrics of Old Man Crow & The Ties That Bind 2016 framed

Make a Wish 2016
Hope is the thing with feathers 2012
my brother Paul flew home yesterday, he is the keeper of our family ties & we miss him already!
The Crow Show continues at Artsite ’til September 25th

Line Dancing

Posted: June 8, 2016 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
Tags: feathers, hope, talismans

‘Line Dancing’ Mo16
grape vine tendrils, quail wishbones, glass crow eye beads, vintage dyed ostrich feathers, Art Spectrum pigmented black ink, Golden titanium white acrylic, black & red threads

take time to smell the roses

Posted: May 23, 2016 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
Tags: art cards, feathers, thread, works on paper

“take time to smell the roses” Mo16
Cecil Brunner rose from one of our gardens dried in one day on the dashboard of the van, grape vine tendril, lichen, emu feather, glass & clay beads, linen and red Gütermann upholstery thread, parchment circa 1812, laser cut wood star from Els of Fiber Rainbow, Moulin de Larroque handmade watercolour paper, 5H graphite, white gouache
the bench is clean and ready for whatever wants to happen next, a gathering of fresh grape vine tendrils from one of our gardens, lichen fragments & those banksia integrifolia seeds with black boar bristles and beads from back in January
PS the lichen needed to be opened up
take-time-to-smell-the-roses-Mo16
that’s better
take-time-detail-Mo16 sometimes it’s easier to see these things through the once remove of the confuser screen…

crow book IV in process

Posted: April 13, 2016 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time
Tags: bookbinding, crows, feathers

eelskin leather feather, Italian glove leather patchwork on bookbinders mull in process for Crow Book IV
Crow Book 3 is nearly full
detail of the leather needle that Margaret Johnson gave me last year and these exquisite vintage scissors just arrived from Richard Carbin in Japan
PS a few hours later , I like it better without the eelskin feather, sometimes less is more…

Crow Eye Amulet XII

Posted: March 28, 2016 by Mo Crow in It's Crow Time, magic
Tags: amulets, crows, feathers

Crow Eye Amulet XII Mo 16
eelskin leather feather, leather cord, black linen thread, Habu paper moire, guitar string, glass beads, vintage mother of pear button, grape vine tendril, Hakea salicifloia twig
detail of crow eye amulet which is filled with rosemary, lavender, rose petals & raw red silk
reverse detail
a process pic from 5 days ago

Two Hopeful Things with Feathers by Mo16
made with “Story Stick” beads lampworked by Priscilla Johnson
Sage Moon Beads & Trappings
crow, emu & budgie feathers, turquoise, rosebud, vintage glass and clay beads,
ochre stained hand plied string from Arnhem Land 1976
detail of Old Man Crow’s Story Stick with Crow Feather
detail of my Story Stick with Emu and Derry the Budgie feathers
thank you Margaret!

PS you can see more of Priscilla’s beautiful beads online at
Sage Moon Beads & Trappings
&
Sage Moon Beads on Etsy

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