Glorious Prints May 7-12 at Pro Chem

Here's the next set I'm using -- two one yard pieces I've made by screening and direct painting, with a bit of drawing. I'll be teaching this at Pro Chemical and Dye this May, and class is filling up! There are a few spots left in the May 7-12 class in Fall River. It's is a blast, if I have to say. Here is the link:  https://prochemicalanddye.net/

Snow Time Like the Present

I've taken to maximizing studio time as much as I can this month. It's paid off, with a few new pieces, an update for a few projects in need, and a good rhythm to "get up and get going". The warm weather can wait, I've work to do.

Seeing Daylight

I've got no name for this, except for an instagram suggestion of "Boom, Boom, Boom" which will have to be its mark for now. It's finished, and when hung on the wall reflects some color on the white beadboard.

Bird on the Wire

George Wegman's lovely black bird is part of an exhibition at the Little Theater of six artists who meet every week for lunch. I imagine them talking over one another, no art at the table, just happy to have an artist's perspective over lunch. It's the good life.

Time to Quilt

Using my domestic Bernina, the one I've been using since 1988, I'm running around the printed elements in the fabric. It's fun, mindless, and gets the job done.

It's Not That Difficult

Great gripping fear overcomes you when you cut these fabrics apart. Unless you look at the tall stack of yards that is waiting in the wings, and you know you've got more. So, here goes. More cutting and sewing.

Sticking to the Design Wall

A shuffle of the pile on hand yielded these two yard cuts of printed fabric. So, my challenge again: combine them exclusively, ending with a 40" square.

Easy Landing

I've a few spots in my Cape Coddie that are large enough to hang my work. Here is how the latest finished out, and you can get a sense of the scale from what surrounds it. I've been keeping these last few squares to 40" just as a challenge.

Adding What Isn't All There

Objects implied are always fun to add. If I've got a big of a circle, I may complete it. Same for a shape, like a cross. I'll finish quilting and get it hung soon.

Design Wall Working

The design walls are so handy to try out combinations of those two fabrics. I've cut, added, shifted, lined up a bit, and joined. May not keep this draft, but that's what the wall is all about.

Timeless Wendell

Wendell Castle, who passed away yesterday, was known throughout the world for his beautiful art and teaching us all how to live as an artist. I met him through his video on making a music stand, in 1974. That memory remains vivid, alive, timeless. Much like Wendell Castle.