This workshop, an artist journey by Gwen Hedley, offered by Textileartists.org was just what I needed! With lengths of cotton, a three-color paint palette and a bunch of brushes and innovative tools at hand, Stitch Camp begins! My first attempt was an error of sorts by making it too small for the class purpose but […]
Author: turtlemoonimpressions
As a native plant gardener, the natural world is phenomenal and so much of the man-made world - our architecture, our cities - are stunning accomplishments. They exist hand in hand in both beautiful expressions and sometimes disastrous manifestations.
Our entire existence with the natural and the invented is intertwined – each dependent on the other, even as my art evolves, each breathing in the wake of the other.
As a mixed media artist - textile, paper, printmaker - various substrates and mediums - surface design is one aspect of the process that I love. I thoroughly enjoy the play with color, value and construct, particularly the improvisation which starts with one thing, an idea, a glimpse of a vision, perhaps something that captures my eye for a moment in time and it grows organically. I become focused on whatever piece I'm working on and follow my muse to find my way.
First Time Winter Seeding!
Oh boy! I got my winter seeds in place 2 days ago – just before the frost! I hope it works! I used some cut down water jugs and 3 flats. After a thorough, weeding I must have dug hundred of pound of soil and place it in the bed beside it. Then I laid […]
Collaborative Book Art
Collaborative Carved art book by members of The Carving Consortium.