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Little Colorful Book Sculptures
Ever since I saw the 2017 textile show at Cooper Hewitt Museum called Scraps (a little blog post where I mentioned it is here), I have been interested in using up my offcuts from bookmaking and...
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California Society of Printmakers 2022 Show
I stood in the gallery of Piedmont Center for the Arts last Sunday, able to look carefully at the eclectic variety of prints in the latest (108th) California Society of Printmakers Member's Exhibition,...
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Mini Paintings
Reinvigorated perusing the artwork of Deth P. Sun, I started making whimsical drawings again and painting them on wooden blocks that can either stand up or be displayed on the wall (there's a little...
View ArticleVideo: The Weaving of Ravens
The sky looked unusual: the white clouds scattered as if sifted on blue. Up the hill I heard them first, two ravens, flying. Captivated, I began a video. I didn't know it would become the inspiration...
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More Mini Paintings: Animals and Birds
Painting cute on mini wooden blocks has been fun. Here are a few more at nevermindtheart. This time they are all animals and birds. Stocking stuffer, anyone?Cat Signal (or some like to call it Cat...
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Weathergrams: poetry + art + nature
In the newsletter from San Francisco Public Library, a paragraph about "weathergrams" caught my attention. Perhaps you have trees in your neighborhood that have featured a bin of tags and a pencil and...
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Star 82 Review 10.4 Is Live Online
Happy December! The fortieth issue of Star 82 Review, the online and print-on-demand magazine I publish, is now available. The themes of every issue are open-ended, but often something comes to mind as...
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Art & Poetry Quilt: Around the Curve
Sometimes projects don't stall out, they just slow down as other shiny objects catch my attention. Way back in July, I started doing a little research, thinking about space junk and comets and then...
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Art & Poetry Quilt: Magma: Undercurrents
Hot off the tail of my space junk / comet / plague quilt Around the Curve, I created a study in red to enter into a show. A volcano in Hawai’i was erupting again. Magma heated my consciousness, and I...
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Year of the Rabbit: Bunny Card (and Mini Painting)
So many New Years in a year, it is fun to have an excuse to make another cheerful card. Coming up on January 22, 2023 is the lunar new year of the Rabbit, and have I got a bunny for you! Actually, they...
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New Animal & Bird Spoonflower Designs for Fabric (and eyeglass cases)
I got a coupon for free shipping from Spoonflower, which prompted me to think about creating some new designs. It turns out that shipping is very cheap (1.50 or 3.00 for samples or fat quarters), but...
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When Is It an Art Fail?
As I worked with my quilt, Magma: Undercurrents, I thought I had stumbled upon a new way of working, one that I could keep exploring: layering silk organza over dyed batting or other cloth and slashing...
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Patterned Drawstring Bags
I'm still designing new patterns for Spoonflower, all at my everbird shop here. It's really a rabbit hole: once you start it is very hard to stop, and they have a new design challenge every week. A...
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Tree Book Art and Painted Bark-like Covers
I'm putting together an exhibit in my mind, one based on inspiration from trees, and I decided I needed another three-dimensional object, which turned out to be (surprise) a book. In reality, it is a...
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Art Quilt: Birch Dance
A surprising winter storm in California blew down many twigs and branches, including some delicate ones with leaves and catkins attached from a birch tree up the hill. I've actually been weaving the...
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Art Quilt: We Built Across the Land & Then We Took the Sky
Crumpled and layered, metallic painted cotton, freeform acrylic ink drawing of pier pilings. The panel remained, pinned up in the studio, for months. Then it was time to let that eye focus and commit....
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Letterpress Tree Prints
Thinking about my upcoming mini tree art show at our local Albany, CA library in July, I've had trees on my mind. Not that I need any more works to add, but it's nice to show current work. I've made...
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Star 82 Review 11.1 Is Live Online!
Now available: the latest issue of the art and literary, print and online magazine, *82 Review (Star 82 Review) that I edit and publish. Someone I know sent me a picture of a painted cookie she bought...
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