Beverly Ash Gilbert: March 2017

Friday, March 31, 2017

On the Menu Tonight

Hate grocery shopping, but love having been...

On the menu tonight:

Wet smoked salmon (marinated first in white wine and lemon juice)
Mom's special tartar sauce (mayo of course, loads of lemon juice, a sprinkle of worcestershire sauce, finely chopped zesty pickles and onions, whole mustard seeds, dill weed)
Grilled asparagus (just olive oil, salt and a sprinkle of lemon),
5 bean salad (another of my Mom's amazing recipes - perhaps I'll share one of these days),
Roasted multicolored beets

Best part? Enough for left overs tomorrow!

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

My Latest Project

Sneak peek at a page in my upcoming Nuno Felt book: Reversible cross front jacket

Monday, March 27, 2017

A 1909 Kimball - this poor piano was thrashed. My hubby rescued it about 30 years ago from a nursery school junk pile, cleaned up the outside, but it has taken this long to open it up and do some major repair. Numerous keys broken, a couple missing, no pedals, and that is just the obvious work.

Cleaning it out we found sparkle glitter, poker chips, crayons and a cigarette butt stowed away in the innards. Lots of work ahead - when he finishes the inside, I'll get out the tung oil and finish up the outside.

Nuno Felt Shrug

From color inspiration to Nuno Felt Project - a reversible front tie shrug

Art Show at HiLife

Honored, excited, humbled to have 3 pieces of artwork juried into the Chow Food Hi-Life Spring Show! Will be hung from tomorrow through June in this very fun Ballard Restaurant!

Monday, March 13, 2017

Celebrating All People

For the record... this girl celebrates the bonds of friendship and commerce that weave through all countries around the world, the sharing of talents, creativity, good will, kindness and goods that transcends borders. In fact, this morning I am eating an avocado from Mexico, and drinking a mug (hand painted in Italy) of coffee whose beans were harvested in Sumatra. I buy hand dyed silk from a woman in Australia and dyed wool from a woman in Czechoslovakia. In turn my books, fiber art and paintings travel the world - my painted girls advertise a spa in Germany and adorn a garden wall (as a mosaic) in South Australia. I have a dear friend from the Netherlands, another from South Africa, and yet another whose husband is from China... oh did I mention Mom is Canadian. I celebrate all people, all countries, all belief systems, all backgrounds.