October 16th, 2011
Zentangle – just the word conjures up the exotic. I first ran across this “new” art form known as a “tangle” posted on FaceBook. While pen and ink doodles aren’t really new, the presentation of Zentangle makes it so very accessible to everyone.
Zentangle is offered up not only as a method of creating beautiful intricate images using repetitive patterns but also as a form of meditation. To get started one can refer to a legend of repetitive patterns provided in a Zentangle kit. There are also a number of books that can be used for inspiration.
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August 28th, 2011
Remember when only a few short years ago everyday there was a new credit card offer in your mail box? Remember when it took a pile of CD’s and hours to install software on your computer?
I started a list of ways to reuse these bits of plastic from scraping the ice off the car window to using them as dividers in my bead drawers. As an artist, I also always see the possibility that I might use those cards or CD’s in an art project. They are just too colorful and shiny to toss away.
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June 25th, 2011
From penny rugs to baby shoes, the blanket stitch provided a new means of construction. My latest use is constructing hand-stitched and laced little boxes and irregular bowls. Both are layers of handmade paper and sometimes fabrics, stitched and laced together. Often, I embellish with beads, buttons, ribbons, and/or decorative threads.
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June 18th, 2011
I have always been fascinated by quilting but just never had the patience for precisely fitting all those perfect little squares together. Then I discovered improvisational quilting. It’s like jazz, you compose as you go. I enjoy randomly stitching bits and pieces together then cutting them apart and stitching again, adding layers, and cutting apart . . . The Red Tassel was my first improvisational piece.
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Zentangle – just the word conjures up the exotic. I first ran across this “new” art form known as a “tangle” posted on FaceBook. While pen and ink doodles aren’t really new, the presentation of Zentangle makes it so very accessible to everyone.
