Last fall I was in California with Carolyn, setting up an installation and show at the Lost Coast Culture Machine in Fort Bragg (“ART Laundry”). I showed 2D work, but also quilts, and gallery owner Anne Beck was curious about the process. “How do you make a quilt?” she said…I said…”you just start.” We struck […]
Category: Design
Moving to the Abstract…Quilts
Grids, abstracted images, hidden narratives…all part of the 2D work I make, AND…it’s just dawning on me…part of why I like quilting. Quilts can be quite abstract, they ARE grids, and they certainly contain hidden narratives…on several levels if you are using “repurposed” fabric. I’ve written here about the quilt I made for baby Hendrica […]
A swirl of a day…
Posting on blogs late at night is probably like writing emails when you’re mad…it shouldn’t be done…tired, all the events of the day swirling…too tired to edit… caught in a maelstrom of stitches… roaring off to bed…
Obsessed by Pattern
I’ve always been a little obsessed by pattern. In fabric, floors, clouds, food…the patterns always emerge. One part of quilting I love is just looking at the fabrics and taking all the patterns in… Part of getting back into the studio after a hiatus is looking at past work… …and I immediately saw all the […]
1% for ART!
In 1975 our state mandated that 1% of the cost of every new building (or major rehab) be spent on art for that building. This results in two very good things: #1 it assures quality art contemporary to each building to enhance the building itself and #2 it builds a strong collection, long term, for […]
Take-A-Breath Day
I admit to kind of liking it when something shows up in the NYTimes or a magazine as being a must have item…and it’s an item that’s been kicking around my own kitchen for at least three years (though I take no credit for design sense…it was a gift)… (in case you missed it, it’s […]
Drawing as Lampshade Revival…
Well my bedside lamp broke this morning, so I replaced the switch (daughter of an electrician)…and while I had it apart I noticed that the shade was…well…sad. Spots, dirt smudges…ick. Shopping is out at the moment, so I got out my markers and had a go at it… At first I wasn’t so sure, but […]
…And So it Begins…
We’re only five days in, but so far I’d say 2013 is behaving like every other year I can remember…routine, sublime, annoying, lovely, impatient, content, creative and MILDLY destructive (it’s the wheelchair, not me…scraping the woodwork, tsk…). So the sun set on our beach idyll… and we came back to the gloomy fog of the […]
The Wedding Quilt
When she heard Zach and Ashton were getting married, my sister in law LeeAnn immediatelsuggested we make a quilt…because she’s a quilter. She suggested she make half the blocks and I make half the blocks, and she chose a Becky Goldsmith applique pattern. Each block could vary between 9 and 11 inches wide, and would […]
Brown and White Transferware
I started collecting “brown and white” (as Irene and I call it…) in 1980. I bought two plates to cheer myself up when we arrived home after a year in London. It worked…and now I’m REALLY cheerful… These dishes are English (Staffordshire), the ones I like best were made before 1900 (1840-1900) and they combine […]
On The Way 