Benn and Morgan workshop

I spent some time visiting this week with art friends. On Tuesday , I met a friend Elizabeth for coffee and shared what I had learned at the Barn workshop. She is so enthusiastic and it’s nice to be able to share with her. And sharing with her helped me to clarify what […] Read More...

I kept waiting for a brighter day to take pictures of my fabrics I made last week but the rain just kept coming. So last night, in some very bad lighting, I took pictures just so I could remember all the processes we covered. Some are really bad and not to […] Read More...

After spending the week at the Barn, I keep thinking about all the things I learned there and a few things really need to be written down tonight in my journal. While everything is still fresh. So instead of words tonight , I will give you some pictures from the workshop. Art outside […] Read More...

What a great week at the Barn with fiber artists Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan. First of all, I want to tell you what excellent teachers these two are. Their enthusiasm for surface design and teaching skills are truly gifts. I went with really no idea of how the class would be structured and […] Read More...

We stayed for a lecture last night so ran late… I feel like day #3 was kind of the crossroads for me. I am figuring what techniques I may want to add to what I am doing and what I just don’t like. And sometimes, it is just what you have the capability […] Read More...

I am have come to the conclusion early in the week: compositional cloth takes a long time to produce. We were given instruction early in the week that mastery of any technique or process can take 10,000 hours. After my past few years of working hard at home and two days into surface […] Read More...

Oh so very tired after starting at 8:30 and going until 8 at night at the Barn workshop. Learning how to print with a silkscreen and print paste. And do an unlimited amount of things which I am way too tired to explain. 41 people here all working hard […] Read More...