24 June 2009

Every year, I load up 3 large plastic tubs with my traveling text as art library and I dolly it into my building…

down the long windowed hall (which is finally covered with vines…

and enter my summer home:
where we will write, create, imagine, and reflect…
all about Text as Art: or learning how to SEE [...]

21 June 2009
I was contacted by a very groovy digital art squad who asked if they might use the beloved Mandrake

as a challenge for the members…  oooooh, the chance for him to travel to far away places, get all tarted up and treated like a king, and to return to tell us his tales… WELL, [...]

19 June 2009
As I’ve been working on the samples for the mixmed stitch class in the fall, I gave a short lesson on underpainting to the younger stitchers:

First, they laid out supplies, then designed their image:

and laid down an under-wash:

Next, we’ll stitch up the hair and add beads and trims!
They were SO great to work [...]

18 June 2009

For the PCAL art students: grrrr!! Our enrollment is WAY down this year, but I’ll still have a great group I’m sure! Students, look around the site, make yourselves at home, and begin sketching “Text as Art” ideas for the first day of class. For everyone else reading: school starts next Tuesday and [...]

18 June 2009
Normally, I’d finish that phrase with “bee”, but living in the woods as we do, I have a herd of carpenter bees EATING my house!! They’ve drilled their nesting holes right over our deck door and are quite UNwelcoming to us on our own deck! So, after a ton of tricks, I’ve had [...]

11 June 2009

With everything all laid out for the gallery show, I almost feel ready — except I’d like to put a few thousand more stitches in the Root!  Next comes the labeling, and backing, and the artist statement.  I’m so glad I’ve had a year to get this together!
What I stitched today: (she’s not [...]

What I stitched today (see below for explain)
I got the idea to let the young ‘uns run off some energys on the great lakeside equipment so I’ve been loading up the car and going round the lake to the park.  I don’t know why I hadn’t done this before (cept we have a huge yard [...]

4 June 2009 – I can’t say it’s done, but the root is coming together:

I could do with another few months to stitch — and to NOT have to stitch left handed anymore!!

I’ve started gathering the pieces for the Campanella show, and am preparing the take away card — it’s all starting to feel really [...]

1 June 2009 (HOW did it get to be 200NINE and where was I??…)
As if I needed another project, I’ve begun plans for a stitchbook project
exhibit A:

it’s a WONderful thick watercolor book that I got at Hobby Lobby and began stitching in:

and I’ve added some patches of stitching.
Over the summer, I’ll continue filling it and [...]