Upcoming Classes in Ohio

Upcoming Classes in Ohio

We’re getting ready to travel to Ohio and see family and friends as well as do some art and music. I’ve got three classes (etching metal bracelets, patina on metal and kumihimo) lined up at Gahanna Bead Studio at 1082 N. Hamilton Rd. Gahanna, Ohio.  I grew...
Wonderful Watercolor Fun

Wonderful Watercolor Fun

We didn’t do the usual Springtime Dyeing Days marathon with shibori and tiedyed textiles and clothing. I have plenty of both for the moment, and have been working on overpainting, adding metallic accents, and taking the textiles I have already dyed to the next...
Knit Knack

Knit Knack

2015 is already cycling into Spring, and I’m practicing old skills and learning new ones. This year I’ve learned to knit, thanks to Donnie and the Knit WIP gang. I started with a scarf with just knitting, then on to practicing knit and purl stitch combos....
Rounding Out The Year

Rounding Out The Year

Most of the artists I know have projects that are awaiting their attention while they work on one thing or another. I have lots of them myself, and I cycle around in what I’m working on at any given time; web updates, polymer clay, writing or laying out books,...
Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies

We still have a few inches of snow on the ground here at the 2nd of May, but flowers are starting to pop up inside–metal flowers, that is. I’ve been anodizing titanium flowers that I cut and formed and placing them with etched metals and patinaed...