This is one from a while back but I still look at it every day because I really like the technique that helped me get those smudgy shapes in white and black. It’s a technique I learned from Chery Baird, who I mention here often. It involves a torn...
I love color, so it’s kind of weird for me to work in neutrals, but it really does make you work a little harder atcomposition. These two pieces go way back to my first collage class, probably more than 10 years ago. I had been quilting for quite a...
I’ve posted about this group before, the paper pals collage club hosted by Lucie Duclos and the Winslow Art CenterIt’s one of those things that turned out to be a blessing during Covid, because I don’t think I ever would’ve had access to this group...
In July 2021 I finally got to go back to an in person art workshop. Even better, it was back in Atlanta with the tireless and talented Chery Baird through Spruill Arts Center. And to top it off, my dear friend Deb Lehman was there painting right...
I love living in Chicago, but I do miss my Atlanta quilting community. Several years ago, a small neighborhood bee I was part of decided to try an experiment, combining a book club with our quilting challenge. To keep it manageable we picked a 12 x...
One of the perks of being in Ali Manning’s Handmade Book Club are occasional workshops with teachers she brings in. One recent Sunday, Bel Mills of Scrap Paper Circus led a workshop using business reply envelopes to make this mail art wallet. Lots...
I recently spent a delightful afternoon taking a class from Carolina Oneto (#carolina_oneto) learning this modern version of the English Paper Piecing technique applied to creating tranparent effects. I've worked with transparencies with paper and...
Yes, I've joined another group. The Winslow Art Center in Bainbridge Island Washington, like many other schools, offered online classes for the first time this year, and I joined a three month prototype with Lucie Duclos called Paper Pals Collage...
I don't really know why this structure is called Sewn Boards, but I can tell you that a lot of work goes in to it that winds up being covered up. This is another project with the #HandmadeBookClub, and it was my first experience with using...
I've shown this paper before, apparently it's one of my favorites. I'd already used it for some drop spine and clamshell boxes, along with a small coptic notebook, but I really like the Secret Belgian Binding too (thanks again, @barizakistudio and...