So here’s the final drawing, ready to cut into fabric. I always feel so much better when I turn the corner on a project and feel it’s headed in the right direction. You can see how I was working towards this in my sketches in this previous post. An artistic project is a process, and [...]
Once upon a Line
by PaMdora on 26. Sep, 2008 in Drawings
I’ve always liked telling stories, now I make them in my art. Here’s how I started one in a project called “Skating on Thin Ice.” Sometimes I have this feeling that the technology that I depend so heavily on is so fragile and my knowledge so limited, that I have to keep skating across the [...]
Cakes and more Cakes
by PaMdora on 22. Sep, 2008 in Drawings, Exhibitions, Inspiration, Other Artists
The other night I had a dream that I should draw some cakes. Not just a few, but a whole lot. Here’s all I got started with, then ran out of ideas, so I’ll have to look up some recipes. And I don’t know where that silly elf in the chef hat came from. Here’s [...]
Collages for the Creamery
by PaMdora on 18. Sep, 2008 in Exhibitions, Mixed Media, Process, Quilts
When our studio flooded, a lot of framed art got ruined. Since the Creamery Arts Center has lots of odd spaces, I cleaned the old frames and designed some collages to fit into them for the show. Here’s the finished quilts in the show, but for fun I included some framed pages from my sketchbooks [...]
Jason Pollen workshop at studio
by PaMdora on 15. Sep, 2008 in Drawings, Mixed Media, Studio
The weekend of the ThreadLines opening reception, Jason Pollen led a two-day workshop called “J-o-i-n-i-n-g-F-o-r-c-e-s.” Each day he led a series of different drawing exercises on black and white double-sided paper. This was the most complex exercise, prefaced with discussions of astrology and self-control, a random drawing and a self-controlled analytical response. This was probably [...]
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Sketchbook Mania
20. Mar, 2009
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Sew “Modern” vintage sewing machine
26. May, 2008
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Another Moth-eaten Sweater
19. Feb, 2008
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The Food Pyramid
28. Jun, 2007
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Six Pages in Quilting Arts Magazine!
02. Dec, 2007
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Vital Threads exhibition at Stephens College
24. Aug, 2010
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The Hotdog Dog
19. Aug, 2010
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Old Irons, New Fires
13. Aug, 2010
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Prehistoric Laptop
12. Aug, 2010
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International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB)
09. Aug, 2010
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Emmie: Looks beautiful, Pam. As always. And the picture o...
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Jacque: It looks great! I hope I can get there and see it...
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Fitzy: ..but the photo you caught of the little boy stari...

