Goin Nowhere

Suitcase, quilts, fabric, projector -- all lined up. But the impending snowstorm heading in tonight makes my travel to Syracuse improbable. So, I'll take a rain/snow check and visit the Towpath Quilt Guild in April.

Glorious Prints for May

The day's ironing -- prints from this week --  to show at my lecture and workshop for the Towpath Quilt Guild near Syracuse this week. I'm teaching at Pro Chemical and Dye this May (two full moons away) "Glorious Prints" and a week of fun. There is room for two more, so come!

Dropping Little at a Time

I've been back to check how cool it is at home, and I've still got at least another day before power might be back. Meanwhile, I've packed some sewing, unwashed printed fabric, and a new book to take to my home away from frigid home.

Were Did I Go?

My once-a-day blog post was rudely interrupted with a wind storm. As I write this Friday afternoon, my county still has 79,000 customers without power, me one of them. So, the wind has me taking a break.

Pro Chem in Two Months

I'm printing, this time screening. I'll be in Fall River, Massachusetts, in two months, for a five day class "Glorious Prints." There are two spots left in the class May 8-12, so pass the word. I'll bring this finished if it's still around.

A New Leaf

I've started this leaf, and you can see I've got a freezer paper pattern on the drawing table and the full scale drawing on the design wall.

Every Basket is Handmade

Mary Benson, who was a  Pomo Native American, made this basket around 1904. It is twined (I think) from willow, sedge and redbud. I do know how to weave and coil. Twining is something else, and so is this basket.

Sure Handedness

Meleko Mokgosi's Pax Kaffraria is an exhibition at ROCO in Rochester that features large scale drawings. His sure hand at drawing, with no chance to return and blot out a mistake, is impressive.

Maybe It's Time

A friend send me a photo of a leaf and it has been running through my head. So, after cleaning the studio a bit, I turned to reshuffling the design wall. Here is what surfaced.

Beauty Speaks to Us

A visit to the Heard Museum had this Kiowa dress from around 1880. Made of hide, paint, glass beads, and cowrie shells its form shows off the decorated top, while the uneven edges give the dress movement. How they needled the embellishments I can't say. The exhibit, aptly named, is "Beauty Speaks to Us."

Going Big

My workshops encourage to "go big" and here is an example. Canal Convergence  2017 in Scottsdale featured these structures that opened and closed called "Blumen Lumen" by Foldhaus Artist Collective. Dramatic even in the daylight.