My Brother J's Wedding Wall Art

 

 

The picture for the wall hanging was art from the "Save the Date" card.

 My Mom had the idea and we took a ride to Keepsake Quilting in Center Harbour, NH, to pick out the fabrics.

 

I cut out the buildings and mountain with fusible web backing and laid them out on a white background.

The swirly water fabric was an awesome pick!

 

 

After Stitching - Applique

 

 

Most everything was appliqued with black thread. Some of the windows are white appliqued squares and some are drawn on with a permanent fabric marker. The fabric choices have some funky patterns.

The PUBLIC MARKET CENTER sign was stitched in red. The wall art was then quilted and bordered in red.

 

Finished Gift

 

My new sister Tracy and my brother J, with myself, on the presentation day!

 

We had all the attendees at the wedding sign the back with well wishes and love!

 

 

As the Crow Flies

I will sit upon my throne in this rousing coliseum of nature’s curses

Oceans of leaves applaud me from the cheap seats

A pious crow calls to his flock a prayer of remembrance

The choir sings

-Laura Chowanski

"My Palace, My Prison"

"As the Crow Flies"

Applique Fabric Art by Laura Chowanski of Xcentric Designs

Look Closer and you will see where the crow flies and why he cries out.

PAST

PRESENT

FUTURE?

This is where I keep "As the Crow Flies" on my bedroom wall.

The fan my son brought me back from China.

On the left I have a CROW mirror I bought from an Artisan a while ago - my Grandmother's prayer drape over it.

The plate on the mirror says:

Wherever crows are

there is Magic

The Mother-of-pearl inlay letter opener on the right my husband's Grandfather brought back from Korea.

The watercolor of Rottenburg, Germany, on the left I bought from a Polish woman near a bridge within the walled city.

(Girl trip with my Mom when My brother worked in Munchen.)

On the right is a plate etching of King Kong climbing the Empire State Building I bought at a craft fair near Columbus Circle in NYC.

(My husband proposed to me at the top of the Empire State Building)

The picture on the bottom is my son doing a karate kick in front of a large Buddha on the top of a mountain in China.

The Box at Her Feet

"SHAME ON YOU!" Appliqued wall art by Laura Chowanski of Xcentric Designs

THE BOX AT HER FEET

Carries her heart in a cardboard box.The shell of a woman broken and lost:

Pulsing with life, the jewel sits inside,

Trading her love and her life for her pride.

A warrior once tough, sturdy and strong,

Turned to ashes when the love of her life

Had since gone.

Heartbroken and sorry for the seeds she had sown

Sobbing for treasures,

She no longer owns.

In the frozen moonlight she stands, wounded and pleading,

Giving anything for a new life worth the leading.

She laid her broken dreams at the souls of her feet,

A pain rose in her gut with every heartbeat.

Protecting the most valuable piece of her soul,

Mourning her life’s blood

Alone in the cold.

Through the forest he came on that dark, winter’s night,

Demanding, “Trade your humanity for my life.”

Their eyes met and held in a smoldering stare,

It was not for her, for whom he would care.

The darkness was charming, but stealing her will,

Gifts she possessed,

 He would take or would kill.

He would not be denied; it showed on his face,

His fangs were her wounds she needed to embrace.

With hope all but gone: her tears to be damned,

The undead snatched her heart and took her life,

 - Under his command.

Though she was human, she survived the nightmare,

She would gain strength and courage

Or drown in despair?

Was it fate that brought a shattered life and the life-less to meet?

Or the screams emanating from the box at her feet.

Laura Chowanski   2/14/11

Body Dump in my Brain

 




There's No Telling How Many Bodies are Buried in the Woods of My Dreams.
                 Laura Chowanski

Obsession Bag; 

an appliqued, bitchen, fabric pouch necklace that holds your obsession close to your broken heart.

(fits credit cards, ID and room keys)

MADE BY: Laura Chowanski of

 XCENTRIC DESIGNS

NIGHTMARES

"Everyone is Broken, everybody weeps,

everyone has nightmares while everybody sleeps."

Laura Chowanski

Check out more POETRY in my blog history!

"Conservatory of the Damned"

Fabric Appliqued Wall Art

by: Laura Chowanski