July has been a month filled with one event after another! Starting with demonstrating in the Textiles Tent at the Saline Celtic Festival which combines my 2 artistic loves…. stories and weaving. The weather was sunny and relatively cool for a Michigan summer so attendance was good for the festival. Mary Underwood and CJ Kohoyda-Inglis […]
I spent a lovely summer afternoon in Holland, Michigan for the last day of the Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial Fiber Show – complete with refreshments, awards ceremony and Ann Keister’s comments on jurying the show as well as a PowerPoint presentation of her work. Surround Sound Vest won 3rd place in the Functional Fiber category […]
While visiting Aberdeen, Scotland this spring I was able to see an amazing tapestry exhibit – The Great Tapestry of Scotland. This tapestry is composed of 163 hand embroidered panels, each 1 metre square, depicting the history of Scotland… from the Ice Age to the beginning of the 21st Century. The project was initiated by author […]
Arriving early at the Detroit Institute of Arts for a talk ‘The Medieval Art of Swordplay’ by Jeffrey Forgeng who is the curator at the Higgins Armory Museum – Worcester Art Museum, I stumbled upon the creations by 10 local designers which had just dazzled the runway in an unusual fashion show at the DIA. The fashion show was the culmination of […]
Dorothy Anne Hanlon Schutz Brownstone Falls, Wisconsin circa 1948 You were born in the wake of WWI And the great Influenza Pandemic The oldest of seven – your job was to be ‘the oldest’ To keep track of your brothers and sisters To be the first and forge the trail A bachelor’s degree in 1938 […]
Me and the computer have this love/hate relationship! The links I used to access to the backstories of ‘Surround Sound’ and ‘Green Man’ worked just fine within the blog page…. but don’t seem to work in the email. So…. I’m trying this one more time! Fingers crossed this one works….. Read stories behind the creation of these […]
‘Surround Sound Vest’ wins FUNCTIONAL FIBER 3rd Place award! 83 pieces were entered into the Michigan League of Handweavers 18th Biennial Show. The ‘Green Man’ tapestry was also accepted into the show. The exhibit at the Holland Area Arts Council, 150 E. 8th Street, Holland MI 49423, runs from May 17-June 29, 2014. (Regular hours: Monday-Thursday […]
I had a little jacket, it was old as can be… Tralala lalalala lalala What I’d ever do with it, I just couldn’t see Tralala lalalala lalala So I thought a little while And made myself a vest in the very latest style Tralalala lalala – Tralalala lalala Made a vest in the very latest style. […]
The weaving completed, I cut the Green Man off the loom on January 13, 2014 …only 1 year later than planned. Now the finishing work began: all the warp threads knotted and secured, the long gap in the center forehead leaf sewn shut, clean up the back (weave in/sink the weft ends), plus there was a […]
When we last left our hero…. he was awaiting my decision: Do I chuck all that I’ve done so far… cutting my losses (literally!) and start over? Or do I continue on and see what happens? I am a ‘process’ artist rather than a ‘project’ artist which means I am more interested in the journey than I […]