Pieces and Resistance

All the printing classes I teach (and that you take) benefit from having a pocketfull of motifs. Making them simple, large, small, open, clo...

February 14-18 is a screen printing virtual class where we do all things silkscreen. Yes, of course we do lots of other tricks. And March 7-...

My visit to Portland included a murder of crows stopping to rest in a park. It was such a great sight. This finished wholecloth reminded me ...

In a demo on composition for Line, Shape, and Setting, I take randomly made "blocks" and try to make sense of them. Once in a whil...

Two photos (I know, big treat) with an old block I've cut up and rearranged to demonstrate the power of the slice and dice. Tomorrow is ...

Line, Shape, and Setting is all about technique and construction in improv quilts. And for me, the demos generate a mound of bits. Quilts ar...

  I ask my students who take my printing classes to keep a file (in any manner) of graphics. The looped cord and parking lot swirls appeared...

I've often suggested that one show one's work on site, or with an object for scale. So, here is the cold of January with the warmth ...

Trimmed to finish at 72" wide, I've not got the binding on it. But that's the final part, and easy. Another garden quilt, I thi...

It's always fun to see what shakes out after I've added several screens over a monoprint. This turquoise monoprint had been printed ...

I love the Printing Under the Influence class, if for no other reason than I have wonderful visitors to my studio (via zoom) for five days ...