Archive for July 2009

Board Book Results

Originally posted May 13, 2009 on the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists’ blog. I’m having great fun playing with my little board book. (See previous post.) My plan is to use it as a canvas for quick compositions and experiments.  As my first creation, I made this little paper collage of a strawberry.  It was fast […]

Something Different

Originally posted April 11, 2009 on the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists’ blog. Lately, I’ve seen some really interesting art books. These are usually books that have been altered with a variety of mixed media techniques. They look like they’d be a lot of fun to create, so I’ve decided to give it a try. I […]

Play Day at RiverHouse

Originally posted on the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists blog, March 19, 2009. Our recent play day at RiverHouse was loads of fun! We spent some time photographing and sketching our beautiful environment. Then, we all made small fabric collages which were inspired by what we’d seen. A very creative exercise. This is my favorite photo […]

I Did it Again

Originally posted April 3, 2009 on the Dirty Dozen Fiber Artists blog. I changed horses midstream.  I was happily working along on a new piece, deciding on the placement of lots of small orange circles. Then, I had, what was for me, a very radical thought: What if I made this a very calm almost […]