Online Shop My online shop is live! After a lot of time thinking about it, planning it, thinking and planning some more, my online shop is finally live. I currently have 12 designs available. These are textured backgrounds, at least that is what I use them for, but they can be used in any way…
About a week into the Covid-10 lock down I started a studio makeover. It was partly to deal with the anxiety of the situation and partly because I had a cabinet/wardrobe that was leaning and falling apart. To get to this cabinet I had to teal the studio half apart so I decided to go…
It is already 7 days into the new year! Where did the time go already! We were away for Christmas and didn’t get home until early New Years day so it feels like I got a late start to 2019. Many things I do the last week of the year didn’t get done until the…
I usually don’t do an end of year review, but 2018 saw some big achievements for me, so I decided I would do one this year. Art Cloth Mastery Program In February 2018 I completed Jane Dunnewold’s Art Cloth Mastery Program. It was 2 years of intense, yet fun work. During those 2 years I…
2018 is less than 24 hours from being over and I managed to make a few more printmaking tools, this time thermofax screens of two of my favorite subjects–leaves and backgrounds. Leaves Leaves are probably my favorite designs, and was actually one of my first original designs. For these leves I gather fresh leaves where…
It’s been two weeks since the opening of my solo show, Reflections. This show is in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild Wearable Arts show, All Decked Out. I’m just now posting about it because opening night I could not get good pictures, so I had to go back a week later and…
Here we are at day 43 and I’ve completed 17 more tools, 11 more stamps and 6 screens. Running a little behind, but not worried as I have many more ideas just waiting their turn.
Several weeks I lead a workshop for the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild on over-dyeing fabric. Students bought in fabrics they had previously dyed and learned how to over-dye them. We discussed color options and manipulations options. I had premixed all of the single color dyes for them to use. Here are a few pieces…
A few weeks ago I posted about my 100 day project where I panned to work on creating 1 printmaking tool a day for the next 100 days. Well, I’ve decided to modify this project just a bit. When I started making my first tools, it just made sense to work on several at once. …
I’ve been putting in a little time each day on my 100 day project, creating my mark making tools. So far I’ve completed 3 stamps. They are all backed with a transparent backing and the excess cut away. For the backing I like to use these flexible cutting mats from the Dollar Tree. They are…