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Invitation to An Opening Reception

Invitation to An Opening Reception

View from the Other Side | © 2010 Cynthia Wenslow My diptych “View from the Other Side” is being exhibited from December 5 – 20, 2011 in the Dougherty Arts School Faculty Exhibit. Please join me at the opening reception Tuesday, December 6 from 6-8 p.m. Dougherty Arts School Faculty Exhibition Julia C. Butridge Gallery [...]

Garment Techniques in Art Quilts

Garment Techniques in Art Quilts

As I’ve mentioned before, when I was a child my Mom was seriously into sewing. She made beautiful garments and insisted that we learn the proper way to do so, as well. We were in 4-H (Mom was one of the leaders) and one year for the competition she helped me make a beautiful plaid [...]

The Canvas Project: a visual encyclopedia

The Canvas Project: a visual encyclopedia

Yesterday I opened the mailbox to find a slim volume from the Art House Coop. I’d nearly forgotten that The Canvas Project was going to be published! My 4″ x 4″ painting “Suburban” is included.

Creating Beads

Creating Beads

Every once in a while I get the urge to create something that has an especially tactile process. True, sewing allows me to fondle fabrics, and collage lets me play with paper and shapes and adhesives. But creating beads from polymer clay takes me back to childhood days of simply messing around with Play-Doh and [...]