Episode 613, Mixing it Up
It was great fun to tape, and will be interesting to see how it turned out.
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Coming June 21!!!
Friday, May 28th, 2010clearing out!
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
The BIG SALE begins TODAY!!! April 10, ends April 18.
Prices are dropping regularly.
There is some fun stuff, some serious work, all will be finding new homes…
It is all about transforming “investments” into the stuff that pays the medical bills, keeps the utilities functioning, supports the local economy.
Meanwhile YOU get the opportunity to acquire little gifts for self or others, to feather your nest, add to your stash, and bring bits and pieces of my process into your life.
check out the “store” page and gallery4.
detail from the newest piece, “little rooms: Blues in the Night”.
Have you subscribed to the Museletter? It is back, with a new look.
graduation day
Saturday, November 14th, 2009Beau would not cooperate with the hat and tassel bit, but he did a good job today and passed his Intermediate training with flying colors.
It was an exhausting day, too much going on around the testing, but as you can see, down/stay worked pretty well.
Advanced Training doesn’t begin until January. I hope I can keep him on track until then.
Meannwhile, look for changes on the website – there are lots of things going on in the “store” page. Tomorrow the little big book will become available (pre-sold orders are shiping as we speak.) Whew! What a long trip this one has been. But, then, none of us really anticipate the delays of real life ,do we?
I know Ihave a tendency to plow through and not build in the time that family emergencies and distractions take.
Michael seems to have come through his medical emergency of last week (or was that two weeks ago?) fairly well. I am still reeling from it. One too many things this year. Fingers are crossed that we have had our share and are moving on.
It is about to be the Holiday GIfting Season – I will be putting up previously unavailable small pieces in Gallery 4 beginning Monday. Meanwhile, the “leftovers etc” are a fun way to gift yourself and others.
Mostly as the season of giving thanks approaches, I wish for all of you, good health, loved ones to enjoy the season with and time enough for art.
october 21
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009New on my web store page, Fabric Stash Bags! Although it sounds slightly illicit, it is a great way for you to add usable bits to your stash while I continue to reduce my supplies as my work is changing. Each bag is unique and reflects the pallette I’ve been using for the past several years.
stash bags
The next round of private coaching begins on the 28th of this month. Again, see my web site for details.
Upcoming workshops include an extended studio in Iowa, the Textile Evolution Retreat in Colorado and Fabrications in Kalamazoo, later in the year. For details, see the next Museletter due to mail out in the next few days (to subscribe, go to my home page) or check my website early next week. I am in process of updating everything, but it is slow going.
I went to the high country only once this Summer, for the 4th of July to spend time with my sister and her husband. He passed away exactly a week later. Now, thinking of going up there breaks my heart. M and Sam are there now to winterize the cabins for both our families. It should be beautiful! Crisp temperatures, some snow, but warm during the days.
We totally missed Indian Summer here in the low country. There was a sustained, record breaking freeze while I was in Chicago and all the green leaves just dropped. No color changes this year – I rather miss that. Beau and I will be working in the gardens the next few days, raking, pruning, putting in a new rock path and planting daffodils. I love the thought of investing in color for a season yet to come. Yet another idea of sanctuary and sacred space.
I appreciate everyone’s thoughts on that topic. You have helped me clarify my own.
be well!
do some studio work.
keep in touch.
June 30
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Last week was spent teaching an extended surface technique workshop . We had a group of 8 wonderful people who worked well together, challenged me and each other and in general, had a great time (as evidenced by the fact that the days simply were not long enough !). A few got started on or continued with multi-panel projects. Some focused on hands-in the-stuff production of raw materials.
We began with color work, then set up creative play stations, had some demos on working with transparency as a design element, a demo on stitch issues (using tricky threads) and concluded with a group sharing and discussion.
Here’s a small selection of interesting bits from the workshop:
monoprinting: a gelatin plate, and bubble wrap
Making friends with thread
mono-printed sheers, hanging to dry
various bits, panels and surfaces
what I did on Saturday, with a little help from my friends, thanks all!
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next post i will add more photos of the raw materials produced, and some links to special artists
For details about Artistic Artifacts, one of my favorite places to teach, please visit this page.
may 15, Greenville NY
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Today is the final day of the weeklong workshop here. It’s been intense: a lively, articulate, talented group.
After breakfast in the morning, Becky, Beau and I will begin our trek west. I hope to be home Wednesaday or Thursday. Much depends on weather and fatigue.
I will post photos , catch up with the museletter and all sorts of other things from home – there isn’t enough time here to process photos (and I think this little g-4 needs its system upgraded. sigh.)
One of the workshop participants is a healing touch massage therapist and has been helping with my recovery from the car wreck two weeks ago. I am wondering what it would take to add her to my list of”requirements ” when I travel to teach – big grin-.
2/23?
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Lots of computer time today and some in the studio as well. Not necessarily an even balance, but I try.
Over the past few days I have been printing and over-printing. I am looking for just the right textures for a “road cut” piece that is haunting me. I want jagged lines, layering , the metallic glints (although that’s mostly an Eastern thing, around here it’s sandstone, cut by wind and water). Mainly I want to explore the marks we make as we alter the landforms -
Meanwhile, the moon phase pieces are also demanding my attention. What to do?
More hours in the day obviously!
February 10
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009Today I bit the bullet and purchased the new software – word for mac, 2008. It works.
Everything looks better although care needs to be taken that some formatting has changed with the updates.
This morning was studio time, spent producing “raw materials”: fiber fusion, layers of scraps to make a rough sheet, some more monoprinting on top of ugly fabric. Once I get caought up here, it’s back to the work on the wall and some photos for you.
February 9, short notes
Monday, February 9th, 2009Long hours at the computer. For some reason, my software “Office for Mac” has quit working.
Of course, “support” for it has expired. Choices: use the laptop or buy a more recent version of Office for Mac. None of my word.docs will open. frustration. It is, after all, a Monday.
I did get studio time this weekend – bliss, and will be putting up new photos in the next day or so.
today is my youngest sister’s birthday. I am wishing her a better year in 2009.
- my most recent museletter went out this afternoon. To subscribe, click here.
- tax returns for 2008 are done and filed
Registration for the next session of on-line classes is in full swing. Hope to see you there!
NEWS:
Since I am out of storage space and my work is changing quickly, all available pieces will be available on a “Gambler’s Sale” basis.
Beginning tonight, prices in my g alleries will start to drop. The risk is that if you wait, the piece(s) you want will be gone. The advantage is that you will be getting good work at a great price. (as an aside, I accept payment plans, but you have to inquire).
and that’s all I know right now.
is it really Friday?
Friday, February 6th, 2009The week has flown by, this day is about to do the same. There’s been forward motion. This is a good thing.
- the unpacking from my Iowa teaching trip is complete. (It was a wonderful 4 day workshop!),
- The house is more or less restored to a livable space (it’s amazing what happens here in my absence)
- works from the Sage exhibit are listed on my website, but I think some need to be re-photographed
- my most recent museletter went out. To subscribe, click here.
- taxes for 2008 are nearly done! hooray.
- although the list of things I need to do keeps getting longer, maybe I am beginning to feel a sense of what passes for control in my life – for the first time since September, I think.
Registration for the next session of on-line classes is in full swing. Hope to see you there!
remembering summer
OH! in the “news”: two of my folding pieces have been invited to be part of the Exhibit, “Seeing Green: Visions of a Changing Planet” at Visions Art Quilt Gallery, June 20 through August 16, 2009.