just working…

I know I have so much more to write about but simply have to be working right now- trying to take and post few pics in the process to keep the flow going here-enjoy!
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Dare I ask? Just what IS the role of an artist in society today?

I think I just heard a strange sound…..must have been the sound of a can of worms being opened.
I pose this question in the wake of being accused by a local “arts advocate” of not participating, of sitting on the sidelines and criticizing instead of “rolling up my sleeves and making change by participating”. [...]

feeling a bit prickly

Releasing the threads that bound the pent up fabric and removing the sharp and now unnecessary barbs the silk rewarded me with small volcanic-like mountains complete with lava flow and molten ash.

Randomness

As a diversion this morning, I delved into chaos theory, randomness, and the butterfly effect via various links and searches wondering where to find true randomness in our everyday lives. It was harder than I thought!
Along the way I came upon this quote by writer Gordon Webber which expresses something that helps me stay in [...]

why?

… in the face of all the negative talk i hear going on around me do i feel particularly optimistic? part of it is just me. you can’t be in biz for yourself for any length of time if you are going to be negative. it just doesn’t work that way. for me, [...]

not about shibori

Prompted by a visit to the LA County Fair which ended this weekend I offer the following post. It was originally written for my other blog and is posted there as well. I think you might find it interesting and since I don’t have a new post here at the moment…….
Not a day goes by [...]

maybe i should just become a photographer…

at the risk of boring you to death with yet another instance of image “nicking” i again feel the need to publish this little story on behalf of those of us out there putting up our works online for others to view and perhaps along the way, we might (god forbid) be rewarded financially for [...]

what if?

I added my first block to the crazy quilt revisited pool last weekend but never got around to getting it up here-until now-

I know many of you who read this have already seen this over at flickr but I had a couple more things to add here.
silk shibori ribbon and textiles, crystal teardrop,thread
what [...]

some catching up….

in my head i have written numerous “ghost posts” here but just haven’t been able to actually get them
written down on the computer. i have a laundry list of things going back to the Long Beach Quilt Festival and i’m not quite sure how or where to start.
in preparation for the show i spent [...]

all shiboried out

going at it full tilt in preparation for the show. i somehow managed to have the WHOLE weekend to myself to work and have been enjoying the results…..even got the indigo vat up and running today!
a few indigo pieces drying at the moment in addition to some lovely acid dyed scarves and of coarse….more flowers!
and [...]