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Almost discarded paperwhites… stopping waste!

February 6, 2018 · 1 Comment

…but not so discarded after all!

Upon the emergence of Social Media with FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram, personal blog posts, have fallen to the wayside like these discarded paperwhites. Today, most blogs feature posts that are very commercial, lacking authentic substance, words that are about selling.

My “part-time” job at a “high-end” floral shop in a grocery store is almost the same story. The amount of flowers and plants that go through that shop is mind boggling. Very few get to a home or even last, so many are discarded! It’s more than an impermanence thing.

Paper-whites with blue chair

Discarded paperwhites & a blue chair, both get a second chance.

Paperwhite repotted @ Lisa Rivas

Paperwhites transferred to a planter for overwinter holding.

A certain beauty © Lisa Rivas

Within the chaos of replanting comes to light a certain beauty.

I personally drag home all kinds of discards. Here’s a bag of spent paperwhites that were trying to entice customers with there fragrance and lovely freshness. But these bagged ones never made it anywhere, they came to live with me.

Paperwhite in holding bed @ Lisa Rivas

Paperwhites repotted in a holding bed for the winter.

Madison undercover © Lisa Rivas

Madison, my dear kitty being undercover in the bag.

Dustpan clean-up © Lisa Rivas

A little clean up is a good thing.

I purchased a few window boxes to use as holding beds for these sweet plants. If they make it inside through the winter, they will be planted outside again, returning to the earth. With hope they may bloom again, but in 2 years. All because someone cared.

The Paperwhite Angel © Lisa Rivas

Hidden within my home exists the Paperwhite Angel


Paperwhite Border © Lisa Rivas

..and there are hearts and crowns in there, somewhere!


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NEW! Lisa Rivas SHOP!

January 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Now, I have my own LISA RIVAS – SHOP,
there are no mystery links to make you wander around,
just view and buy! All work available is archival, of museum quality.

Lisa Rivas in my Shop

In the Lisa Rivas Shop, there are 2 collections at this moment:

HILOS
A collection of small artworks in pen & ink and watercolors, all about threads, sewing and crafts.

Lisa Rivas - Hilos
Hilos, means threads in Spanish.


WEE GEMS
Precious deep cradle prints with Swarovski™ Rhinestones or Unique Sequins!


Mounted on 3″ deep cradle boards.


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🍃2017💚🌿Greenery it is!🍃

January 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

🌿Keep it Green🍃
Sustainability is about ecology, economy and equity.
 ~Ralph Bicknese

Meta-2017 Greenery it is!
MetaFlower 2017… it is all connected!


Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. ~ Mother Teresa
🌿Greenery it is!🍃

   

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Nopal Cactus with Tunas! …next to the sidewalk

December 4, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Today, I found this Nopal Cactus blooming right next to the sidewalk on my daily walk.
I was very amazed for it is getting cold here.
It’s been 4 years since my father passed away.   I discovered presence and love without motion.

Nopales by the sidewalk © Lisa Rivas

Nopales by the sidewalk (they have so many eyes) © Lisa Rivas

Beyond © Lisa Rivas

I believe this moment was sent to me from 🌿 “Beyond” 🌿, it’s almost as if Dad is looking at me.


 Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin.
It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity,
and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.
~Thomas Merton
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A visit to Donna Rizzo…

September 8, 2016 · Leave a Comment

I had a wonderful afternoon yesterday visiting my dear friend Donna Rizzo, she use to be my neighbor but she and her husband bought land out in the country so now it is a hike to get out there. A real needed adventure!

Donna is a fabulous clay artist that has a very unique style. She has a fascinating way of looking at the figure (she was once a modern dancer from Atlanta), she creates all kinds of figures, specially women and animals sometimes with a dance or a twist. I love seeing what she comes up with and the use of all kinds of textures, patterns and the subtle stories in her work.
Here is a mood-board for you to get a glimpse of what I mean. She is someone I have always wanted to do a collaboration with, maybe create some sort of a Riz & Riv collection!

Donna Rizzo visit © Lisa Rivas

Upon my visit I took my graphite-carbon disc by ArtGraf (the best) and a Sumi-E Paper to tryout once again the creation of textures using lace taught by @noa-ambar-regev  At first I had a hard time making an effective rubbing or “a frottage” when I tried it a few days ago in my studio, but now at Donna’s place things were happening very well! …I was puzzled as to why? And then I realized that I was working on one of “Donna’s solid, stiff, hard table” versus “My softer, cutting board, vinyl covered table”, which I use. I found that it is essential to have a hard surface for this method to work well.
In the end I did a total of 18 sheets of paper, and it was so easy. Donna did have the box of old textured lace, textured paper, rubber mats with designs, her wonderful clay stamps, and then the fabulous stash of vintage cloths, plastic doillies, crochet pieces from Mrs. Lawrence, her mother-in-law.
What a treasure trove!

Camuflor © Lisa Rivas

From one of the “frontages” this pattern came about, with a sense of camouflage having the flowers hidden in the sand. Soon more to come.
Love what is happening, maybe the Riz-Riv Collection will happen after all!


“Truth is like a silhouette, it keeps appearing along with light, it can’t be camouflaged for ever.”
~Chandrababu V.S.

   

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