On the Way

My undoctored photo was taken at a stop along the route to Gateway, Colorado. I'm part of the Alegre Retreat, and now that I've landed, I am truly spoiled for  any other landscape, workshop room setup, dining choices, and suite if rooms. My guess is the class will be a great set of printers, and as happy as me.

 

Stop in Phiily Airport

 Small exhibit, big impact. The Philadelphia Airport has art Sprinkled around,  thjs one caught my attention. I loved the mother and child figure, speaks well of the two roles. 

Taking Them Along

For a printing workshop, I like to have washed examples of the techniques we'll be using. So, half of these are for that, and the other will be for sale. Lucky if you are in the retreat at Alegre or in the audience at the North Suburban Needle Arts Guild near Chicago. Those are my next visits, can't wait.
 

The Before,and What's Ahead

The closing for my townhouse was today, and now the raw interior can be dealt with. I've floor to repair and rejuvenate, and need to turn the walls light. I'll be away for a couple of weeks, and that will give me time to dream up what I'll do to this to made the studio work. It will, you'll see.
 

Promise a Future

Today was the walk-through and look around before closing on this townhouse. It caught my attention because of the potential for a great work space and one that was home-based. It has a different vibe than my little cape coddie, but I'm ready to modernize, shed a few things, and redo a studio. 
 

Video for the Monkies

Crafty Monkies has asked me to be a part of a project that involves 6 fiber artists. We were to film our design and execution of three blocks that will be joined and shown at some future date. My filming was in January, but one of the parts needed reshooting, so I stepped back in time and did my part. 

If It's Monday...

 

...then it's packing day. I'll take four screens and pad them between with batting (for printing a soft surface) and a few stencils and rubbings. I'll land in Colorado Saturday night, ready to start setting up Sunday for a week of printing at Alegre. Very excited, and I think the class is gonna like the week. 

A la Carte

I'll be showing this A la Carte when I visit the Alegre retreat next week. It'll travel on with me to Chicago and the North Suburban Needle Arts Guild the week after that. I'll use it to explain the fun of 'hiding' squares in a field, barely noticeable. This has several throughout the piece, well hidden.
 

A Few Hours

I've spent the last few days reorganizing my bits of videos for Crafty Monkies. They are putting together a set of online views of me doing a project, along with others, for a group  quilt. This is one of the 'blocks' I've made. I've still got to put finishing touches on the three and mail them, but these videos come first.

 

As Others See

I think I took this shot a half dozen times, so when I caught Zara Zannettino's 'travelogue' of the Australasian Quilt Conference on FB, I had to show it to you, too. There are no crowds here, my guess is that it's early morning. But you can see the grandeur of the hall and the lovely high vaulted ceiling. 

 

Schweinfurth's Head Shot

If you've not noticed, I'll be printing on (almost) home turf May 29-31 for a three day class in Just Silkscreens. We'll be hunkered down at the Schweinfurth Art Center in their lovely print workshop space. It's a great opportunity to print -- I'll mix the dyes! -- and take in a surface design opening there as well.