Night Snow Ball with Mochi
A short video of Mochi playing with a basketball in the snow outside the studio tonight. I don’t know who is more exhausted after running around in the snow — me or Mochi. We both drank a lot of water after getting back inside:) In case you can’t tell, she’s trying to pop the basketball. She can with other softer...
Sitting in the back
When I go to videotape an event, I usually sit on the back row or in an aisle seat so I can easily get up and down as needed. The other day at the Creamery Arts Center, I sat in the back, only to be delighted to have the opportunity to draw some wonderful hairstyles while I was waiting for an event to start. Hair is hard to draw, so...
Traveling Watercolors and Vintage Paintboxes
Here’s a fun little project using watercolor paints. I bought a traveler’s water color set last year made by Winsor & Newton. The paints are good, but I hated the box — it was all plastic, too fat, and yet there was no real room inside for anything but the half-paint pans, which although were form fitted in more...
Three Kokeshi
There’s not really much more to read here…. I just upgraded Wordpress on the blog and was trying out this new theme. I like the hand-drawn look, but will have to play around with how it works. More on my new travel watercolor set...
News
Modern Materials Exhibition
Modern Materials: The Art of the Quilt curated by Jill Rumoshosky Werner will open at Living ArtSpace in Tulsa, OK on Friday, February 5th and run through February 25th. The opening reception is 6-9 pm on Feb. 5th, and Jill will be giving a curatorial talk at 5 pm. Members of the newly-formed Brady Craft Alliance will be discussing their organization starting at 5:30.
For photos, information and a Flickr Gallery of the first Modern Materials exhibition at [Artspace] Untitled gallery in Oklahoma City during July-August 2009, go to my blog post Modern Materials and friends.
Fiberarts International 2010
I just shipped a quilt to the Fiberart International 2010. This exhibition will feature 87 works of art that were selected from submissions by 703 artists from 30 countries — so I’m very excited to included in this group. The show will open April 16th at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and runs through August 22, 2010. From there it will travel to the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester and the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design.
Books to inspire creativity
Check out these two books that came out in October 2009 that feature some of my artwork along with a lot of other great and inspiring artists…
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