If you want to receive email notices of Shibori Girl events you have to sign up in the sidebar. I mention this because I am getting ready to send out a notice with lots of good info on the event and trunk show I’m doing next Saturday May 3rd 11AM to 6:00PM at a great [...]
This is another swatch done with the Colorhue dyes. This dye attaches quickly. Color mixing is a little tricky and I’m
still practicing.
What I was referring to however, was how quickly I received my orders from the LA Textile show! My order of trims from a Japanese textile company arrived this [...]
I recently received a request for a referral for an AZ shibori artist. Here’s the details:
Hello! I am looking for a shibori artist in Arizona. I chair the program committee for an organization (Prescott Art Docents, an affiliate of Phoenix Art Museum) that offers art education in the local schools. In [...]
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that Andy Warhol once said that “Business art is the step that comes after art.”
Today I’m attending to business art.
I also spent some time reading this excellent article on “Being an Artist” by photographer Alain Briot. I’m not sure why it is but some of the best realistic and practical advice I have read [...]
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cotton,linen,rayon knit recycled
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silk square -itajime
wrapping for texture
result
made into lavender filled sachet
(back side)
i’ve been wanting to stitch on the silk shibori for some time. the small shibori test squares seemed
the perfect size for trial and error. i also don’t think i mentioned it but a group of japanese women
were demonstrating some sashiko techniques next to us at the cherry blossom festival. they had a book [...]
Last year I attended the Costume Society’s annual convention held in San Diego. I had never been before and wasn’t really sure what to expect. Part of the event included a silent auction in which I bid on an item donated by LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
There wasn’t too much activity [...]
I didn’t think it would take me so long to get to this post but here it is, and already Friday! The festival was great- my main complaint is that I didn’t get to see any of the performances since we were so busy helping people dye shibori squares that I wasn’t able to [...]
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