Over the past few weeks I’ve been doing markedly less of the studio hands-on portion of my job and a great deal more of the paperwork, proposals and organisation aspect. This is normally not the part of my job that I prefer, but recently I’ve been taking a rather strange pleasure in it. Most artists [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Fallow
Posted in business of craft, craft, creativity, personal, work on February 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Networking
Posted in blogging, computers, web wanderings on February 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Found this neat little site that plots a graph to depict the interconnected nature of your website or blog. Watching it unfold is particularly nifty. There’s also a Flickr tag for posting and viewing the results.
The graph for this blog is the image below. Makes you realise how quickly use of your site can spread [...]
Workshop approved!
Posted in Canada, Quilting, Quilts, Sewing, Textile, business of craft, craft, textile art, work, workshops on February 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just got word that my workshop (details below) for Quilt Canada 2008 has been approved! Yay! Another proposal pans out!
If you’re interested in taking it, it’ll be on June 4, 2008 at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
For more information, you can check with the folks at the Canadian Quilters’ Association (although they haven’t [...]
A shot in the arm at a slow time of year
Posted in Textile, artwork, craft, product, sales, textile art, work on February 10, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Found in the mailbox today……
Sometimes I get the (obviously erroneous) feeling that all the work putting together proposals and filling out forms is much hassle for little reward. Things like this reaffirm that taking that little bit of extra time pays off.
What a way to kick oneself out of the doldrums of winter, eh? Just [...]

