tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197296522012-02-20T21:37:08.137-05:00I'm a fabric tattoo artist concentrating on thermofax screen printing, mono printing, palette knife painting and many other surface design techniques. Join me at my blog for a peek into how fabric has taken over my life and discussions on living a creative life! :)Fibra Artystahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121605078535663853noreply@blogger.comBlogger9921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19729652.post-61252488858618223102012-02-20T08:00:00.000-05:002012-02-20T08:00:02.596-05:00

My habit on the weekend is to normally take a large chunk of one day and hibernate in the studio. It doesn't really sound like it would be enough time to get a lot done but when you've got wicked focus and deadlines breathing down your neck, its the best way to work. But this weekend was really scattered. There is much on my mind and I don't know if that had anything to do with it or if its

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Its our evening ritual. He peeks his head over the edge of the sofa and shyly asks to come up. He snuggles against my leg, resting against me with a deep sigh. He counts me amongst his own, a kind of sweet possessiveness that is fitting, that is contentment. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay

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I posted this on my facebook page, its one of my favorite quotes about creativity. So true. So perfect.

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Its nearly here!!!! :) Artist and fundraising genius Virginia Spiegel is about to launch the 2012 Fiberart for a Cause fundraiser. I've talked about it before on the blog so I'll just do a quick recap here but I wanted to put up a big celebratory reminder because it begins tomorrow! The fundraiser takes place on February 15 and 16 from 10am-3pm central time on each day. Here's the

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This weekend was a weekend of rest. I tend to run at full speed and occasionally my body puts up a huge protest and I find myself faced with the choice of taking a couple of days to rest or pushing it to a point that will drive me into a kind of exhausted sickness. So I chose to rest this weekend. Not really something I'm good at. I watched this on Netflix (I'm totally fascinated by Mt.

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Well, its been nearly a month since the last update I posted. We got a whole lot of nothin' to report. Zip. Zero. Nada. (I swear I'm not re-posting the same photo over and over again.) Please note the incredibly out-of-place green grass in the background. I expect that is the thing that is allowing the box to remain unchanged. It makes me kind of twitchy. I'm considering burying it. Duct

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I love doing giveaways on my blog and I'm not alone - there are tons of super talented people giving away their awesome products. The fabulous crochet designer, Diana of Anaid Designs, had one over at her blog. I got super excited because a couple of months ago I purchased one of her crochet rugs for my bedroom. I adore it - soft and warm and super squishy. So nice to wake up and walk

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I made sure I had some solid studio time this weekend. An offer I couldn't refuse (and yes, I do love the movie that made that quote famous) landed in my lap which means I need to get off my behind and move a bit quicker on some things. (More details shortly on what the project is since it will be revealed in a few weeks, I couldn't be more excited about it!) My goal for this weekend was to

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Its out of place, this scene. Where thick white snow and ice should exist, I see a perpetual autumn trapped like a polaroid that someone forgot to shake out all the way. I'm drunk on the colors of the landscape, rich with muddy tired tones that whisper ideas to me. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay

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I've been thinking more and more about what I said in this post. I can't say that I've had an epiphany about my work, nothing that dramatic. But I can say this: when I knew what I wanted from my art, everything felt easier, clearer. Maybe its just that simple. Maybe if we go into the studio with purpose and intention, our inspiration/muse/creative self is inspired as well. It

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Well, here we are! Already on to our second Featured Screen of the Month! :) If you missed the explanation of this exciting new category of screens for the shop, you can read the full details here. Here's the short version of it: every month, a new screen will go up in the Featured Screen of the Month category. Its only available for that month and its by a truly fantastic artist that you all

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Ask any artist why they make what they do and in one way or another they will say, "Because I have to." Ask any artist where they get their inspiration from and they will reply, "From somewhere deep inside." I've always thought that artists have an extra switch inside them, one that allows them to be more in tune with a special energy - creative energy. Lately I've been thinking on that

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 I'm completely mesmerized by the tiny shifts in color, the small waves of texture that change each time you look away and back again. Simple. Clean. Beautiful. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places I spend my

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This is actually the view from the studio window last weekend. Doesn't look like this anymore but I wanted to post it to remind myself that its actually winter here. Looks more like autumn now, all the snow has gone. I'm in no way complaining but I've got this dread hanging out in the corner of my mind that one day I'll wake up and there will be twenty feet of snow on the ground and

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Okay, I have to admit - I was kind of not liking the idea of only choosing one winner from the comments on my blog. So I made an executive decision to choose two! :) Without further ado, here they are: Traci Bunkers and Gail Myrhdoski Congrats ladies! Send me your mailing addresses at FibraArtysta@earthlink.net and which fabric you'd like and I'll get them ordered up and in the mail

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I spent some quality time with the fabric I got from spoonflower of my hand printed fabric and I have to tell you - I'm SUPER excited!!! :) So much so that I just have to share with you!! I've organized a giveaway blog hop. What that means is you visit a different blog every day this week and leave a comment at that blog to get in the running to win a free fat quarter of fabric (in the

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I've lost myself in this piece. Not in a way that implies I don't know where to turn but in the way that I'm floating through it, easy and willing to give it whatever it needs. I find myself wanting more of a spiritual connection with my work, to go much deeper then what's on the surface. I'm drunk with the expectation of possibility. Where I Stand

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I admit that every time I publish an article it thrills me. How could it not? Its a mixture of two things I love - fiber art and writing. So when Quilting Arts picked me up to write a series of columns about fiber artists, it was an incredibly gigantic HUGE thrill. The only thing that made it even sweeter was the decision to kick the series off by featuring the fiber art group that I belong

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Okay, can I brutally honest? The first time I heard about Pinterest I thought, "Oh no, not another social networking site I have to keep track of...." Because let's be honest, you could make a full time job of just maintaining your online presence. But I kept hearing about it and got curious and went to look. Its not what I thought it was. Its basically a way to bookmark everything that you

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The light is low and so is the energy of the day. Its a quiet kind of meditation, a connection I need. Leaving tiny marks with needle and long lengths of sewing thread. Adding color where there was none before. Solitude. Whole. The reason I began in the first place.

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Hello, my name is Lynn. And I am a fabric addict. I buy it. I make it. I gasp over it. I pet it. Its my tool as an artist and I can't get enough of it. (I'm sure you understand.) Its been in the back of my mind for a long time that I'd also like to sell it. You see, its not all about making money. I consider fabric sacred, a complete form of expression all on its own. To be able to share

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I frequently get emails asking how Dooley love is. So I thought I'd bring him to the blog for his very own post. He tried out my new rug when I got it. He thinks he looks pretty spiffy on it. (I agree.) He says hi. :)

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While I know that one of the greatest appeals of thermofax screen printing is the opportunity to have screens made from your own artwork, I also know how enjoyable it is to grab a screen that's all set to go and get right down to printing. With that in mind, I'm really pleased to bring you 25 new ready-to-print designs. And I gotta tell you, there really is something there for everyone.

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I thought I'd post a little update about my assemblage decay experiment (that I have affectionately nicknamed the destruct-o box experiment). If you missed the original post, here's the gist of what I'm doing. I'm taking this perfectly fine and innocent assemblage: And leaving it outside in the elements to see what will happen to it. I thought about posting weekly updates but the truth

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Have you heard of Fiberart for a Cause? Its this incredibly powerful project that Virginia Spiegel heads up and she's been at it since 2008. In that time, she's organized events that have raised $215,000 (wow!!!) for the American Cancer Society. And its all because of the generosity of fiber artists. In 2010 she made the decision to hold a single special event every so often to add to

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 I crave handmade. Its become a lifestyle, wanting things that are produced with love and slow time and steady hands. Not only my own, but others as well. I want to surround myself with the beauty that comes with the maker's spirit. I want to know that magic is there at every turn.   This outstanding handmade crocheted rug was made by Anaid Designs.

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Okay gang, we're back in business (complete with a spiffy new banner seen above)! The shop is re-open and ready to fill all of your thermofax screen printing needs. Because there are so many new and exciting things, I'm going to do a blog post featuring each one over the next week. (There's a really special announcement at the end of a way that YOU can be directly involved with the

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Wow! So many great comments on the gelli arts plate giveaway! Without further ado, the winner is (drumroll please); Mary's Granddaughter Congrats! Email me (FibraArtysta@earthlink.net) your mailing address and your plate will be in the mail soon. Since there was only one plate to give away and so many of you were interested, the awesome people at Gelli Arts are offering free shipping for

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I have found the intense interest in journals this past year pretty interesting. It would seem that everyone is looking at them in a new light. I've kept one for as long as I can remember. When art found its way into my life, it went from just writing to also random sketches and a little bit of scrapbook action when I would tack in an inspiration photo or a card from an exhibit I liked.

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After my adventures with trying out the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate, the very fine folks over there asked if I would be interested in offering you all a giveaway of a 6" x 6" plate - well of course! :) So that's what we're doing - leave a comment on this blog post telling me why you'd like to try out printing with a Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate. On Friday January 6 I'll announce a winner

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Alyson Stanfield sent out an email this morning with 12 Artist Resolutions to Steal. One of them really stood out to me: STOP whining about not having enough time. Oh boy, sometimes I feel like that is my mantra. In fact, it was the very thought running through my head yesterday as I worked in my studio all day and was trying to figure out how to cross off the last of the items on my

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Open just a crack, peer at what's on the other side. The unknown is the thrill, the uneasiness. Its the beginning that I love the most, the time when everything is new and without limit. The time when the door is neither open or closed...

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Today was designated as a play day in the studio. My friend and talented toy maker Kate came over and we visited and messed about with fabric and paint. Kate busied herself with some thermofax screen printing, plotting away at the things she could do with it (clothing and accessories for her little friends were on the list). I took the opportunity to experiment with a new

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I have a weakness for all the cool photo altering apps that are out on the market. I just discovered a new (to me) one and thought you might like it too. I took this photo from my last post (which I realized I uploaded upside down, I was obviously in need of more coffee when I was blogging): And tortured it in the Vintage Scene app to get this:   What making thermofax screens would

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Spent the day with my thermofax machine, screens and paint. Perfect. :)

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 quiet. still. contemplative. a serene day, a well deserved rest. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places I spend my life standing. Too often we take for

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  It is with great warmth and a heart full of love that I wish you all the happiest of Holidays and a beautiful New Year. So precious is the creative life that we've been blessed to live - let's make 2012 even more artful and full then then 2011.  :)

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This came in the mail the other day:   Its my contributor's copy. That means I'm in there. And it feels surreal somehow. When I made the decision to take my art to the next level and try to establish a career, my expectations were not very fancy. I thought I would write a few articles and sell a couple of thermofax screens and see where things would go from there. Here's

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  Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts by Rayna Gillman I've been a big fan of Rayna Gillman ever since I discovered her first book in 2008. In that one she makes surface design real, easy for the everyday average artist. She does the same thing again in her latest book, Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts. Rayna breaks down the process she uses to create her stunning quilts in a way that

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Okay so this is the post where I reveal the mystery around this past week's Where I Stand Sunday photo (although you guys are all pretty savvy, I'm sure you picked up a little bit of what kind of idea is marching through my mind.) I've been reading a lot about fiber artists that leave their work outside to watch the elements have their way with it. I'm pretty fascinated by this concept. Jeanne

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Creative Pause Prompt #13: If a new artist came to you and asked you for a single piece of advice to help them along their artistic way, what would you tell them? Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read more about it here.

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 tem*po*rar*y adj. 1. not permanent; not lasting 2. lasting only a short time; transitory Temporary has been on my mind, watching time moves without regard for emotion. The only objective is to continue on, keep trucking, keep the wheel turning. It isn't tangible, can't be held in the hand but it can be studied and observed. (Check back later in the week for an explanation

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1. Snowflake, 2. snowflake, 3. Frost, 4. "Frost", 5. Jumbled Crystals, 6. Frost My impatience with the delay of the ice is growing day by day. The winter brings a strange kind of artistry that skirts the edge of frightening and fascinating. I love these months, truly a girl that belongs to the winter. I want the crisp snap of the harsh cold, the clean air rushing too quickly

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I'm super humbled and thrilled and happy to be part of the fiber art community. I can't really express it enough, words don't do it. So how about a giveaway? Been a while since I've done one. Want a chance to win a copy of my DVD workshop?   If you do, act fast - leave a comment (about anything) here by Sunday December 18 and I'll pick a winner and pop it in the mail to you priority. (

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I've been thinking a lot about this past year. I get all stuck in this endless loop of looking at what went right and what went wrong around this time. I've come to a big realization: There is very little difference between mistakes and success. Granted, success is always nicer then a mistake. Makes you feel proud and special and validates all your hard work. But you need both.  You

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You know, there is something about this time of year that seems time warp-ish. I swear days move by in minutes and the entire month flies by in a blink. I really hate leaving the blog lonely for a whole week. I blame it on December. I always have trouble keeping up. And while its all good stuff, I wish it would slow down a bit for me to find my footing. One item on my agenda for the month

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Creative Pause Prompt #12: Look back on your year and your artistic endeavors. What would you like to do different in 2012? What would you like to do the same? Set goals for yourself, the ones that are dearest to you and will help you and your art grow in the new year.  Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help

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Any other time of the year, my attention wanders from sparkle and shine. But the holidays hold a special place, a time when magic is sifting through the air. The decorations on the sidewalks are grand and overstated, a perfect exclamation of the excitement and celebration. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay

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Cold and damp seems to linger everywhere. My feet have landed on these blankets before in an effort to find warmth. The season feels late somehow, with only rain showing so far. There's a sense of tired anticipation, a quiet vigil that is resigned to the snow that can't be far away. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay

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Okay, first can I say that it freaks me out a bit that its December 1 already? Its like I blinked and 2011 sped by without me. Ah well, moving on. I have publishing news and this time is a double header. First up is my article on Remnant Collages in Sew Somerset's Winter 2012 issue:   I do have a word of caution for you if you decide to make one of these collages: I started making

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I was asked recently what kind of surface design artist I am. I didn't understand the question and when I asked for clarification, I was asked again, "You know - what do you use most? Paint? Dye? Bleach?" Ah yes, that one was easy to answer - I'm a paint girl. 95% of the time, I use paint when I do surface design. Why? Lots of reasons - I can buy it at the store if I don't want to mail order it

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This past weekend was incredibly mild weather here in Michigan. To the tune of fifty degrees. If it had been sunny, wearing a coat would have been a debatable thing.  I was outside in the backyard doing some fall clean up chores and kept stepping on these pesky things: I don't really know what they are. They look like cherries (clearly they are not) so that's what I call them. Crab

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Creative Pause Prompt #11: Write down every single thing you love about being an artist. Make the list huge, silly, serious - whatever you think best suits your artistic style. When you're done, put it up in your studio so you can remember how awesome it is to be a creative spirit. Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress

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Color and abstract design lessons are everywhere. My eye traces the slow easy curves of the branches, lingers on the earthy greyness and shadow. I can loose myself in studying these small mazes, beautiful and still in its quietness. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay examining the

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This weekend saw me cleaning the studio. Again. For the billionth time. Its okay, I've come to accept that I will never be done with the task. (Although I secretly hope someday that someone will start an art studio cleaning service and all I'll have to do is hand over some money and they sweep in like fairies and make everything sparkly. Or get fairies. I'm good with either one.)

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I woke early this morning, a habit ground into me from the day job. But if I'm being honest, I love the light at that time of day. Its strange, almost like a dusk that peels back slowly and steadily. It seems like it has secrets. I've been working on building the list of things that I want to accomplish over the next month and a half and its growing to proportions that need some beating back.

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1. Autumn leaves, 2. Phot.Turkey.Thanksgiving.100516, 3. Holding hands (232/365), 4. Pumpkins in Grass I try to remind myself every day to be thankful for the life I lead. Its not always easy, stress is a fierce opponent. But if I were to write down all that's good in one column and all that's bad in the other, the positive things would kick stress' butt down the street in a nano second

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I am incredibly excited to make this announcement - I'm writing a column for Quilting Arts magazine in 2012 and YOU could be featured! The column seeks to showcase fiber art groups from around the globe. Its goal is to highlight the strong sense of community in the fiber art world in the form of artist gatherings. It doesn't matter if you meet in person or online, if you are in the U.S.

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Inside the Creative Studio by Cate Coulacos Prato I picked up "Inside the Creative Studio" recently and I've been slowly working my way through it and thought maybe we'd have a little chat about what a good book it is. Because I'm all about books and this one is a darn good one. I was intrigued because I have a thing for seeing inside other people's creative spaces. Its pretty

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I swear, these little fellows are just having one grand party! Their latest appearance is in a column by Sherida Warner of Colorado's The Daily Sentinel: Pretty cool, huh? :) And I got these photos from Vivika DeNegre:   She made these little fellows as thank you gifts for a fundraiser (she said they've raised $140 so far - yay!), you can read more about in her blog post. (I

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I got some good studio time in on Sunday. What was nice about it was that I went in there without a huge agenda. I've got stuff to work on but I wasn't feeling super attached to any one idea. I decided it was a good time to make parts. My Remnant Collages require a lot of elements and since I don't keep a stockpile of printed fabrics, it takes some effort when I'm faced with

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  Creative Pause Prompt #10: Take a look through your UFO (Unfinished Objects) pile and pick one out. Don't assess the entire pile (should you happen to have more then one), overwhelm is your enemy. Put it on your design board or out in your workroom and consider bringing it back to life.  What would you do different with it? Why don't you like it? Why did you stop working on it?

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 The color on the ground speaks volumes to me, beckoning to look closer and learn. Smudged with decay and breathtaking in tone as the fruit slowly dies away, leaving a brilliant display of the cycle of life and death. The sky above leaves a sharp contrast, grey and colorless and settling into the winter season. I'll hold the orange and red and brown in my mind over the next few months,

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Just a quick little service announcement for all you thermofax screen printing addicts out there. I'm closing my shop down for 2011 on December 3 at 10pm EST. Just for the remainder of 2011 and then we'll reopen again on January 7, 2012. My primary reason for closing at the beginning of December is because I have big huge grand plans for new screens and products and contests and offers and

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UPDATE 11:39am - All the fabric rolls have been claimed - thanks everyone!!! :) ********************** Remember these? These are fabric rolls that I made for sale during my Remnants Collage class. I have only a few left and they're kicking around the studio complaining that they want to be used up. Since my schedule is full to the brim right now, I thought I'd offer

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Creative Pause Prompt #9: Designate a page in your notebook as a doodle page. Visit it whenever you need to give your mind a rest this week. Doodle or scribble whatever you like. Don't worry if its good, no one will see it. Just mess around and remember what its like to be a kid in kindergarten when the only goal was to make something, not to make something good. Creative

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The Japanese Maple in the front yard draws my eye every day, especially in the evening when the sun is heavy and clinging to the color burning through it.  I want to freeze this time, hoard the brilliance and collect the color for my very own. Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay examining

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That would be my print table of course. Truth be told, its kind of the "everything table". I write there, I fill etsy orders there, I plot and scheme and make big messes there.  Here it is:  Incredibly clean at the moment. I just replaced the top layer of fabric. I thought maybe I'd show the nitty gritty of it in case you were thinking about setting up one of your own but you weren't

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You've seen these fellows around the blog pretty often: Well, they got bored with me and decided they wanted to hang out over here: That there is the new issue of International Quilt Festival: Quilt Scene that Quilting Arts publishes annually. Take a look at the cool digs they had for their photo shoot:   *sigh*  I can hear it now - they'll come home and all I'll get

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I do my very best to make sure that my weekends involve a good chunk of studio time. I dabble during the week in between the daily grind but for some good serious quality time? Gotta wait for those two precious days at the end of the week. I love being in there. Especially this time of year when this is my view:  I can't say that I had a particularly productive run this past weekend.

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Creative Pause Prompt #8:Take a picture of something at different times of the day.Maybe once in the morning, maybe once in the evening.Look at how the light changes, how the shape seems to change, how the colors are altered by something as simple as the time of day.Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in

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 Wowsers. How time flies. Especially when you're putting your feet all over things. Wait, that sounded wrong. But you know what I mean. Five years. Really? I can't believe that its been that long that Where I Stand Sunday has been trucking along. If you weren't there at the very beginning back in 2007, here is the original post that started it all. And the very first photo and caption:

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After cleaning the rest of my studio up, my design board was really starting to annoy me. I've tacked so much stuff up there that its impossible to use it for what its really there for in the first place. I decided that the only way I would force myself to deal with it was to take it all down and pile it on my newly cleaned off print table. It'll bug me even more since I just cleaned it off

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“It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong,  than to be always right by having no ideas at all.”   — Edward de Bono I spent time this past Sunday cleaning up and organizing the studio. Its a well documented battle here on the blog. Luckily I've finally won the upper hand and while it does tend to run away from me on a consistent basis, I'm able to beat it

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Creative Pause Prompt #7:Spend some extra time with your dog, cat, bunny, bird, fish.Hug them (if you can, the fish may not like that), take them for a walk, give them a cuddle. Reconnect with them.Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read more about it

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The change in the temperature has caused me to turn inward, quiet, contemplative. Everywhere I turn I'm pulling things back out into the open for layering and warmth, a comfortable kind of armor to ward off the sharpness in the air. I'm reminded as I move through the day without changing out of my pajamas that stillness has its own special things to say, to teach. Where I Stand

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1. Highway 127 - California, 2. Highway 250 - Reimaged, 3. Highway lights, 4. Highway 87, Navajo County, AZIts a long moment of concrete limbo, the part of my drive home every day that stretches forward and endless and strangely without a sense of time. Its the shortest leg of the trip, a blip on the journey. Yet the steady rumble beneath my car's tires, the gentle blurring of the view out the

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Being an artist has given me a lot of gifts. But this past Sunday is an example one of my absolute favorites.I got to spend the day with eighteen very talented artists. It was my Remnants Collage class and I couldn't be happier. The day was beautiful, the art and paint were flying and there were big smiles all around.:)But here, look for yourself:See all that fabric? Swoon. I swear, I'd be

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Creative Pause Prompt #6:Drive with the windows down.(Let your hair get messed up.)Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read more about it here.

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I thought maybe you'd like a little look at some new artwork that I just picked up.You've heard me mention my friend Leann on the blog before. She's an outstanding artist. You can pretty much give her an scrap of fabric and a popsicle stick and she'll make you something really cool with it (like MacGyver but artsy and with blue hair).She recently made a group of mini assemblages featuring her

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It somehow feels wrong to be thinking about the holiday season since it was in the 70s this past weekend (yes, Michigan weather is an expert at whiplash) but before you know it, they will be here.Which also means that gift giving is upon us.I don't know about you, but I love giving handmade gifts. But I need a decent lead time to get my act together so starting now doesn't seem like such an

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Creative Pause Prompt #5:Sing or hum your favorite song.Do it loudly if you're alone (or if you like to entertain whoever is around you).Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read more about it here.

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Its just a rug. Something to lay across the hardwood, a buffer between cold and my feet. What isn't immediately obvious is that its handmade.In my country. In the USA.My affection for all things made by the efforts of a human rather then a machine always tip the scales for me. Especially when they are just a couple states over, working in tradition, following in the footsteps of the people that

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Have you heard about The Sketchbook Challenge? If you haven't, don't waste another moment - follow the link and check it out!Sue B collected a really outstanding group of artists and asked them to show you their journals. Not only that, but she asked them to post on the project's blog and give challenges. There are prizes and art flying everywhere and endless inspiration.And now they've taken it

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Do you teach? Yeah? Great! I've got a deal for YOU! :)You all know my quest to have the entire world try theromfax screen printing and I figured who better to help spread the word then all you wonderful teachers?Here's what I'm offering: 20% off screens and paint.Here's how you get the deal:(1) Email me (FibraArtysta@earthlink.net) with proof of the class you're teaching. This can be a listing on

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Its not really a secret that I love words.I write here on the blog but in reality, its barely scratching the surface. I've got notebooks and journals and papers covered in scribbles and marching sentences. I daydream of owning an old typewriter:1. Vintage Typewriter, 2. Des mots, 3. typewriter #3, 4. vintage typewriterI've been writing since I was a teenager. At first it was a way to get out of

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My e-zine went out today and we're talking about labels and rules and things of that nature.This book is also up for grabs as the giveaway this go around:The book is by Kathy Schmidt. I first met here at a meeting of one of the Modern Quilt Guild chapters in the area. She was giving a lecture on how to let go of the strict rules of traditional quilting and let yourself design what you like.She's

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Creative Pause Prompt #4:Find that magazine you bought because it looked inspiring and read two articles from it. You don't need to do the projects, just read them.Enjoy them.Take the quiet time to be with them.Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read

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I marched into the studio with purpose this morning, determined to play with these before the day got under way:I mentioned them a couple of posts ago and I've had ideas swirling ever since I brought them home.I tend to be pretty brutal with the paints I use in my artwork. One of the things that can really skew whether or not I keep a line around is how decent the opacity (which refers to whether

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Puddled, dark, laced with cold. The season is turning with a moodiness that saturates everything, heavy and damp. It lays down a thick want for all things layered and warm and sheltered.Where I Stand is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places I spend my

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In my last post I gave a mention to Eco Colour. The question was posed to me on facebook about whether or not I was worried about the longevity of the natural dye on the fabric.My answer in a nutshell is nope, not at all.The question of what we as fiber artists can expect in terms of life span for our work is always a subject for debate. Considering all the processes that we subject our work to,

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Oh what a week.Nothing out of the ordinary, just seemed to drag on for eons longer then it normally did. I blame it on the six days of constant rain, somehow the steady storms make time move slower. The sleepy days make me long for the comfort of my print table in my studio and the meditation that comes with creating fabric. So even though I haven't been able to grab any time in there this week,

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Creative Pause Prompt #3:Make a list of ten things that made you smile today.:)Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read more about it here.

Fibra Artystahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121605078535663853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19729652.post-77665465731996444382011-09-25T08:57:00.002-04:002011-09-25T09:05:59.898-04:00

Its a continuous cycle of reinvention, a need to find new uses that fascinates and inspires. The shift in how the world views material items is welcome, the creative mind seems to reign supreme at every opportunity. When the old function ceases to exist, a new purpose is found with ease and simplicity and destiny.This is what the little planter looks like from the front, I couldn't work my feet

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1. as a ghost in my own world, 2. feather and two leaves, 3. never been, 4. I would sail back to youWhat if color drained away? What would be left? A mysterious underpainting, a beginning that has a depth that doesn't belong. Its a ghost, tired and connected - a kind of anchor that establishes a start.The photos in this post were collected from flickr. The words are mine but to see the original

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stack of thermofax screens on top of artwork featuring thermofax screen printing---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---Back in this post I mentioned the very cool online photo collaboration project that Seth Apter is putting together over at his blog, The Altered Page.Today is the day to post a picture of a stack of something you dig.Now I know that the title of this post is "paper stacks" but since you

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Thermofax screens are really groovy. You all know my feelings on them. I don't really think there is anything in this world that shouldn't be screen printed and I think thermofax screens are just the ticket. (Yes, I am obsessively geeky about them and proud of it.)I get asked quite often if they can be used to print text.YES!!!But (isn't there always a "but"?), you have to be mindful of a few

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Creative Pause Prompt #2:Take a photo of a special possession. Print it out and write a couple of paragraphs about why its important to you and any memories you have associated with it.Creative Pause Prompt is a weekly blog post series that delivers a low key, no stress prompt to help you keep creativity in your schedule no matter how busy you are. You can read more about it here.

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The first signs of autumn huddle together alongside the cracked asphalt, almost as if they don't want to draw too much attention. Its the beginning of the color assault, it begins slowly with whispers of contrast and then explodes into a madness of energy. I'm watching with wide eager eyes, hungry for the show to begin.Where I Stand is an ongoing

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Just a quick little note to point you on over to The Altered Page - a most excellent blog by Seth Apter featuring his altered art.He's hosting an online collaboration photo essay called Paper Stacks. From his blog post:"One week from today, on Wednesday September 21st, The Altered Page will host Paper Stacks, an online collaboration. Please leave a comment on this post if you would like to

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