Fabric artists and quilters often point to a fabric in a piece, naming it as the inspiration, the starting point. My work usually begins in a conversation with a client or in an a dialogue that has a bit of friction to it. I have struggled with getting started on works I want to make … Continue reading Fabric as Inspiration
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Mile Markers in an Altered Terrain
Shopping at nearby thrift shops is a treat for me. I discovered this joy around my 21st birthday. As I unloaded the fruits of a recent 20-minute foray onto the dining table, I photographed the items. Beyond the good buys, low cost, and promise of fun message, the group suggested a direction for my art … Continue reading Mile Markers in an Altered Terrain
Call/respond week 23
There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person. --Fred Rogers Remembering my sister-in-law, Kay. About Call / Response: Quote-a-day calendars infuse my day with an unpredicted perspective. This year I will post weekly words of another person and my textile art. I want more time with the words and … Continue reading Call/respond week 23
Call / respond week 22
We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. --T. S. Eliot This is the view from my home farm looking west. And this is the week my brother celebrates his birthday. That was a big … Continue reading Call / respond week 22
Call / respond week 21
Spring is nature's way of saying "Let's party." --Robin Williams Trio of Dancers was joyously created several springs ago from remains of three other projects: the pieced background, the triangle screen print, the three-dancer design. Context, pattern, and design. Sounds like an art party to me. About Call / Response: Quote-a-day calendars infuse my day … Continue reading Call / respond week 21
call / respond week 20
Be like the bird when pausing on limb too slight, sings, knowing she has wings. --Victor Hugo This quotation was discovered before I turned 20! This week, the warbler and the quotation and I are celebrating the birthday of one of my daughters in law. Kendra is an artist, a lover of birds, and one … Continue reading call / respond week 20
Call / respond week 19
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. --Michelle Obama I added this quotation to my collection this past year, pairing it with the artwork, Collect. Most readers will see that title as a verb, … Continue reading Call / respond week 19
call/respond Week 18
To make a prairie it take a clover and one bee-- One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few. --Emily Dickinson "Revery" is woven from strips of fabric and matted on both sides. It is designed to hang in a window of on a french door. This … Continue reading call/respond Week 18
Call / Respond Week 17
And it's spring when the world is puddle-wonderful --e e cummings I was a middle schooler when the poetry of e e cummings took hold of me. As an Illinois farm child, spring was a mixed season because on wet years the mud was nearly unsurmountable. But the poet's picture of spring enchanted me. Years … Continue reading Call / Respond Week 17
Call / Respond Week 16
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. --Bertrand Russell One of the original self portraits of the artist as as egg My husband enjoys looking at what is happening in our garden, while I tend to invest more energy in the making and keeping of a garden. His example reminds me that an … Continue reading Call / Respond Week 16