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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(…)

A Video Preview

I just can’t put “Lone Stars III” down! As I gushed yesterday, I really think every quilt lover should have this book. While creating this little video preview I was thumbing through the volume at random, and every single quilt was a stunner. Take a look and you’ll see what I mean. For an autographed(…)

Lone Stars III

I was so jazzed when my copy of “Lone Stars III: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2011″ by Karoline “Karey” Patterson Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant Puentes arrived on my doorstep. I know several of the artists included, as well as knowing many of the other names from email discussion lists such as QuiltArt and the(…)

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