Hanging On & Letting Go
This week I have had the pleasure of pondering one of my favorite aesthetic notions; wabi sabi. Wabi sabi is a Japanese concept which embraces the paradox of beauty in imperfection, the appreciation of the waning, cracked, lopsided, aged, bent
An Empty Chair as Invitation
I offer you another empty chair this week. Like last weeks images of chairs this one is done with stencils I made. But unlike last weeks mono-prints this is done on wood panel with layers of acrylic sanded, layered and
Confessions of a Speed Freak (or Taking Time for Tea)
If you have been reading my blog for awhile then you know that I (like everyone) wrestle with shoving all the things I need to do into the twenty-four hours that are granted me each day. And I (like everyone)
Art as Everyday Object
I have been playing around with a new surface design technique for the last few months. As long time blog followers know, I love to experiment and try new things. Last spring I got my hands on a book published
Quilting in Community
Last Sunday I arrived back at the Ranch in the wee hours after a belated birthday trip to Chicago with my husband. We loved the city. We spent most of our time walking and exploring the wonder neighborhoods and the
A Year in Place
I started a personal challenge a little over a year ago, to represent this picturesque place I live, The Bishop’s Ranch retreat and conference center. The Ranch sits above Westside Road, south of Healdsburg, with an amazing view of the
From iPad to Quilt
Well I’m proud to share more details about my Quilting Arts Magazine article. This month’s issue (Oct/Nov) has an article I wrote about turning iPad drawings into art quilts. I made several quilts especially for the magazine; the one above
Everything Old is New Again (and everything new is already old)
Well I’m happy to announce that I have an article in the October/November issue of Quilting Arts Magazine! My article is about using images that I drew on my iPad an putting them in a quilt form (go to 2/7/12