Category: art
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We had had wonderful weather for most of our week, and finally it rained toward the end of our stay. I kind of liked the change. Our taxi bus driver had to stop for all these sheep in the road. I started filming about halfway through! Colum, our tour guide, told us that every day,…
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Saturday was a full studio day, which I welcomed after such an inspiring day on Achill Island. Sandra handed out pieces of a light canvas fabric for us to paint and collage on. One piece was to make a personal book and the other was to create a long piece to go as a page…
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Another beautiful day began, as usual, at Currane House with breakfast and a view. We randomly chose from this deck of cards that was at the studio. I had chosen a Tarot card on the plane, “Death,” which quite frankly scared the crap out of me even though I knew it was not necessarily a…
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Today will be a studio day, but I might be taking it outside. It will be beautiful, then we’ll be back to a couple of cold days. I’m excited about the redesign of my “Chaos!” tapestry. I researched the Eye of Horus and that led me to the Eye of Ra (or Re), so they…
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Polar vortex report: We were slammed with two winter storms one week apart severe enough to be granted the names of Fern and Gianni. Fern was sleet and ice, what we normally get around here when we get any winter weather. No fun at all and the ice accumulation meant that a lot of people…
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First, here’s my current tapestry project. I’m still musing over a title because it is truly abstract. What I’ve noticed is that the lines and shapes have taken on lives of their own in my mind. Right now I’m leaning toward “Fuzzy Dreams.” The inspiration and cartoon is a painting I did in a mark…
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It’s time for my annual ritual of summarizing the previous year and writing about my hopes and plans for the next year. In 2025, I let go of more of my blogging and turned my blog into more of a web site. In late January I headed to Tucson, Arizona to visit my dear friend…
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This was the third year that I’ve attended Edwina Bringle‘s fiber art retreat at Wildacres Retreat near Little Switzerland, NC. I’ve fallen in love with this area (and Edwina). It broke my heart when Hurricane Helene devastated so much here last year just after I left. The people here at the time had to be…
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In mid-July, I flew to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for three classes at the Art and Soul Retreat. It’s been a long time since I attended one of these. I enjoy them so much. When Seth Apter announced his classes at this retreat about a year ago, I signed up for “Within the Layers” immediately because I…
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I cannot believe it is Wednesday. Wow. My sense of time is so out of whack. I guess it is official now that I really do plan to go to Art and Soul in Harrisburg, PA this July because I bought plane tickets yesterday. Actually, I used miles. My Chase United card sent an email…
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