Books & Art Journals
Artist Journal – Perfection Not Allowed!
I have recently started to explore book and journal making. In ‘An Artist’s Journal – Perfection Not Allowed!’ I combined this new artform with my love of textiles and fibre.
Journal Quilt – H is for Heart – Launching a Monthly 12×12 Series
‘H for Heart’ is part of a SAQA traveling exhibition in 2012-2014 – ‘Best of the West’ Inspiration For a long time now I have been thinking about committing to a monthly 12 x 12 piece of fibre art to journal my art and life – weekly or daily would be too much at this point! It’s a great way to try out new techniques without committing to a major piece. I have had a little prodding – the western Canada SAQA group is assembling a trunk show of 12x12s, ‘The Best of the West’, that will travel for the next two...
read moreJournals and Socks
I’ve been struggling to get some art routine re-established and hope that by taking advantage of the inspiration provided by Dawn DeVries Sokol’s web challenge Na(tional)No(nstop) Jou(rnaling) Mo(nth), I might just succeed in November. I’m new to art journaling but have been following some journaling sites and videos for a while so decided it might fit with my November schedule. I didn’t get a lot done this morning – had to break for the 9:30 walk into town – but may get back to it later. We...
read moreShaking a Creative Block
I can’t believe that it’s eleven months since my last post! It’s not that I haven’t been playing, experimenting, painting, stitching, beading and in general creating! The rambling lifestyle (check out my other blog) has lots of benefits but it does take a toll on serious ‘studio’ time. Not to mention two years of recovering the use of my dominant hand and wrist after a serious break have taken their toll – but I’m back! And I’ve got some things to share. First of all, I’m really...
read moreOne of my Favorite Quilts!
I just found this really neat site for an on-line quilt festival and thought I would post an entry. There is a first time for everything! My entry is the wedding wall quilt that I made for my son and daughter-in-law a few years ago. Under the guise of making a scrapbook for them, I asked them both write the story of how they met and under another pretense got a copy of some of their digital photographs. Where I didn’t have photos, I used logos or paper-piecing to create blocks. Because New York City figured...
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