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The 3-2-1 Creativity Tracking Journal
Do you ever find yourself wishing you were more creative? I do my best to make at least 15 minutes of creative space in my life every day, if not more. I find that having a regular creative practice not only helps me to be more creative, but it’s also where I find a lot …
Sentiment Cards – the Perfect Handmade Gift for the Holidays
It’s hard keeping secrets but now it’s time to share – I’m so excited to have one of my stitched mixed media projects featured in the latest issue of Somerset Studio magazine! This issue is perfectly time for the upcoming holidays and features several beautiful projects and ideas that can be used to make handmade …
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Fragments of Nature as ephemeral art
After spending several weeks making “Fragments of Nature”, this project is finally complete. It was an intentional decision to make these stitched pieces fragile and ephemeral in nature because the inspiration came after the recent hurricane here in Florida, which was nature’s reminder of our own fragility and temporary existence. This stitched art will no …
Fragments of Nature – seeing with new eyes
The walk around my back yard last week ended up being quite inspiring, which just goes to prove that inspiration can strike at the most unexpected times because I’ve walked around the back yard hundreds of times before and never really “noticed” what I noticed that day. After collecting small bundles of leaves and sticks …
Aspects of Nature
Today I wandered around my back yard for the first time since it was finally cleaned of debris from the last hurricane. I don’t really have much of a garden back there, but it’s a lovely place to walk around in the summer when the tall trees cast lots of shade. Although the worst of …
Some Final Fabric Collections using Assemblage Hand-Dyeing
This week we finally completed the last lesson of the Assemblage Hand-Dyeing Workshop and what a journey it’s been! During the last 10 weeks we’ve covered the basics of color theory and color mixing, then moved on to experiment with some creative hand-dyeing “assemblage-style” using techniques such as low water immersion, shibori, ice dyeing, microwave …
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Printing Images onto Fabric: Thinking and Printing Out of the Box
One of the most creative things about printing images onto fabric is that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a photo or a picture. Thanks to today’s amazing digital technology, you can print any type of image at all onto fabric or paper – or even fabric paper. One of my personal favorite methods of …
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After the Storm
Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I love to visit new places and revisit old ones. So as the recent Hurricane approached Florida last weekend and shifted it’s path onto land, I decided if there was ever a time for a mini-vacation, this was it. With last year’s hurricane still fresh in …
Sewing on Monoprints Printed on Fabric
Since I’ve been making gel prints on fabric these past few weeks, I’ve had several questions about the hand of the fabric after the fabric has been printed, and how this affects sewing. For making monoprints on fabric I generally use acrylic paint and it makes the fabric stiff and crisp. After printing two or …
More Amazing Fabric Collections using Assemblage Hand-Dyeing
We’re now over half-way through the 10-week Assemblage Hand-Dyeing Workshop, and judging by the photos that students are sharing, they are creating some amazingly beautiful fabric collections in all sorts of color combinations. These past few weeks we’ve been exploring microwave dyeing which is quick and easy, and tie dyeing which is so much fun. …
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Finishing Pages and Preparing for the Hurricane
Today I’m very short on time due to getting things prepared for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irma this weekend in Florida. However I did manage to complete the last of the pages I need for the journal I’m currently putting together. Hopefully I can get the cover printed tomorrow, and then I’ll have a …
Image Transfers on Gel Plate Prints
While I was making some gel plate prints yesterday to use as pages for my new journal, I had problems with several of the prints and no matter what I did they just wouldn’t print the way I expected. Like this one. I didn’t want to toss them out because the other side was perfect. …
