Nature 7: Low Tide
20 inches by 43 inches
2005

$400.00

Nature 5: Sonoran Tidepool
on heavy-weight white linen
19 x 36 inches
c. 2004

This piece started out as pillows for a family friend, but when it came out
of the marbling tray, it was pretty blah...except for the little streak of
blue running through it. Our firend writes about the tidepools of Baja
California, and suddenly I could see the small tidal stream meandering
through the rocks and sand. The additional of a small turtle and a few crabs completed the piece.

Sold - private collection

Nature 4: The Road Less Traveled
c. 2005
Brown ultrasuede, with a traditional stone pattern
9.5 inches by 44 inches

Originally part of some "playing around" with different textured fabrics. This piece looks very earthy and reminded me of less-travelled paths in the mountains of New England.

Sold - private collection

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Nature 3: Alaskan Waters
(closeup only)
© 2004 Linda Moran

34 x 18.5 inches

Created on unpolished white satin to give the effect of swirling ocean eddies and currents. The pattern is a variation of a freeform marbled design, only more organic, with few details in swirls. We used a toothbrush to get the effect of bubbles on water, to create the motion that you see in the ocean. Machine-quilted using variegated threads, framed with a piece of silver silk.

$400.00

Water is a fascinating element, and on our way to creating an ocean piece, we ended up with a pond, a small living body of waer, home to all sorts of interesting miniscule life forms. We wanted to try this faux suede fabric, left over from earlier years of garment sewing, as well as try a curve to the pieces. We wanted the effect of drops of water and little bits of sparkly sunlight throughout the piece, and I used two kinds of beads to accomplish that.

$350.00

The traditional stone pattern in marbling has always fascinated us, but we find the pattern difficult to do, given that our marbling process differs from some of the traditional marblers. We set out with this piece to create a river bed of stones, much like what you see in the dry rivers of the Southwest. We had just finished marbling some pieces that were predominantly orange, so we ended up with some nice surprises within all the rocks.

When the piece came out of the tray, we both fell in love with its zen-like restfulness. I then decided to quilt around each of the stones, to accent them a bit more. Well, then I couldn't stop! The rocks had such incredible texture as I worked down the piece. we loved it, but the piece kept asking for more. Finally I got three different colors of Sulky threads and began to tightly stipple the "sand" in the river bed. That was what it needed!

$1500.00