Posted in KatherineTH, artwork, household humour, product on March 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today we did washes. First with watercolours…..
Then with bathtubs!
Seriously, though, it was much easier to explain the concept of a watercolour wash to Katherine, who is just over three, than it was to explain the Mona Lisa. When asked why the lady didn't have hair on her forehead, you CANNOT tell a preschooler that it [...]
Posted in artwork, business of craft, craft council, web wanderings, work on March 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Every day I get a few hits from people who are trying to track down other craftspeople and artists in Newfoundland. For instance, since my post on my odd habit of keeping pebbles in pottery bowls,I've had a consistent stream of hits from people searching for Christina Dove of Dove Pottery. (Christina doesn't yet have [...]
Posted in artwork, books, review, work on March 30, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I picked this book up last night by grace of the generosity of friends. It's one I've heard raved and rhapsodised about on several listservs, discussion groups and blogs. Perhaps because of this, I delayed buying it for a bit. Silly, I realise, but I tend to shy away from trends almost instinctively. Perhaps it's [...]
Posted in artwork, books, review, work on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
As promised, here is my quick review of the first of two books I picked up last night.
Because a person's motives for picking up a book can have as much to do with their assessment of it as anything, I'll let you in on my incentive; I am not overly-partial to spending huge amounts of [...]
Posted in artwork, blogging, humour, web wanderings, work on March 30, 2006 | 3 Comments »
With a heapin' pile o' thanks to Ryan Wolf at Variance Art for the belly laugh when most I needed one, I pass along to you this link from the National Association of Independent Artists.
As an aside, I highly recommend having a long hard look at Variance's work. He does some fabulous stuff and has, [...]
Posted in artwork, books, work on March 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Just picked up a couple of new books, courtesy of the generosity of friends. The folks whose computer I resurrected surprised me with a Chapters gift certificate the other day and I treated myself to two new books. The first is The Art of Fabric Books, by Jan Bode Smiley which I've had [...]
Posted in artwork, process, work on March 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
First, thanks to everyone who emailed, volunteered to bring food, sent virtual hugs and drove me around in snow storms to find my husband at the hospital. I sincerely appreciate it!
Despite the car wreck, sick child and aching husband, I seem to be back on track today. Yesterday afternoon the phone lines went down (just [...]
Posted in JohnTH, family, news and events on March 28, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Yesterday John got walloped from behind by a Ford Ranger. When you're driving a Tercel (think small), getting hit by such an animal is a bit of a jolt to the system. John was feeling okay yesterday, but is now becoming progressively more sore. Our car couldn't get much sorer:
To make matter even more fun, [...]
Posted in artwork, friends, photography, process, techniques, web wanderings, work on March 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Pastel dye sticks on cotton, 30″ x 20″.
Thought I’d post this because
a) it’s the first time I’ve used pastels since Junior High School (that’s grade seven, when I was 13 years old, or nigh on twenty years ago, take your pick)
b) It’s something interesting I’m working on
c) Kathy Molatch gave me some fabric pastels [...]
Posted in artwork, process, product, work on March 15, 2006 | 4 Comments »
This stuff is just cool!
I was given a bag of fish leather scraps the other day and am seriously having too much fun. There aren’t any really big pieces in the assortment, but there are enough scraps to do some interesting things with margins, which was my hope.
It has a really neat texture and, while [...]
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