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I haven’t blogged in a while – I’ve gotten out of practice. The end of the year was busy with teaching and holiday’s and visitors. And the beginning of the year was busy with teaching and visitors and all the

Lisa Thorpe

December 14, 2018

Art, collage, craft, fabric arts, gelli printing, Inspiration, monoprinting, teaching art

art quilt, attachment parent idea, community, design, early childhood development, early language aquisiton, fabric art, fabric designs, freemotion quilting, gelli print, I spy quilt, quilt guild challenge idea, quilting

Making Connections…

Those of you who follow me know that I've got a million ideas and time for about 10 at a time. Some times my ideas are bigger than me and I don't always reach out to make the connections I

Lisa Thorpe

November 30, 2018

Art, collage, craft, fabric arts, gelli printing, monoprinting, painting, quilting, teaching art, The Bishop's Ranch, transitions and changes

blogging, challenges, design, experiment, life, shopping, teaching

My Life is a Wagon Wheel

My life is a wagon wheel. What? A wagon wheel? Now hear me out. Those of you who have followed me for a while know, I am an artistic nomad – mixed media, encaustic, collage, painting, fabric art, quilting, clothing

Lisa Thorpe

May 18, 2018

Art, collage, craft, Inspiration, teaching art

creating, creative classes, encaustic, encaustic collage, encaustic collage class, life, teaching, The Bishop's Ranch

Prepped & Ready

I'm teaching a two-day Encaustic Collage workshop this weekend at The Bishop's Ranch where I am the Resident Artist. This class is one I've taught many times, so I have a good idea of how to organize the space and

Lisa Thorpe

March 11, 2018

Art, collage, craft, fabric arts, gelli printing, monoprinting, teaching art, The Bishop's Ranch

challenges, Cloth Paper Scissors, design, experiment, life, Quilting Arts Magazine, sharing, teaching

Getting the Word Out

Hey all, long time no blog… the pace of my life most definitely is speeding up the older I get! I'm just here to share a couple of things I’ve been working on. I have two technique articles out in

Lisa Thorpe

October 22, 2017

Art, collage, expressive painting classes, spiritual, The Bishop's Ranch

blogging, challenges, life, Sonoma Fires

Peace Be Upon You

It's been awhile since I've blogged - I've been working hard to get ready for a solo show at the Mendocino Art Center. I'm loving the work I've done for the show and I'll share it with you through the

Lisa Thorpe

August 9, 2017

Art, art Journaling, collage, Inspiration, painting, The Bishop's Ranch

apple Blossom, experiment, hard cider, harvest, life

Fruits of Our Labors- ANTICIPATION

Spring brings blossoms, summer brings fruit, and fall brings libations! Last weekend some friends invited us to help them pick and press apples. We picked pounds and pounds of apples, brought by the wheelbarrow full to the press. Then we washed

Lisa Thorpe

June 23, 2017

Art, art Journaling, collage, Craft Napa, gelli printing, monoprinting, teaching art, The Bishop's Ranch

art classes, art teaching, Crafting a Life, gelli print, life, monoprint, precratination

No Plans…a Hard Thing for a PRE-crastinator

I’m a pre-crastinator – that’s not a typo – I am the opposite of a pro-crastinator. This has its pluses and minuses. When you are a pre-crastinator like me you are always prepared and you always have a plan, and