Blog: Other Art

Unraveling Your Creativity: a guided meditation for fiber artists

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For the last 15 years, I have heard it over and over again. Knitting is the new yoga. The idea being that the rhytmic motions of knitting would put you back into your body and you become relaxed. I find that the rhythms of fiber work can spark some crazy good creative...

The Woo of Reading Your Yarn Stash

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When I was doing shows, often Mom would help me work the booth. (Thanks Mom!!xo) Pretty early on she made a keen observation that a large majority of customers subconsciously bought yarn in colors that would match what they were wearing that day. Even if they spent a...

Why buy art?

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I frequent a coffee shop in the River Arts District. And being in the heart of the studio district, there is a lot of yummy art for sale. I had been eyeing this mug for months. Here is the link to the artist's website. This week was the week this mug was going to come...

What will your art look like in 2016?

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How did we get to the end of the year so fast? Oh... right, I am preoccupied with moving my life across state. And moving across state is filled with an insane number of unknowns. Where we will live? Will I be able to have my studio in my home or will I need to find...

How to Survive Harsh Criticism of Your Artwork

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One of the worst things about art school was the grueling weekly critiques of our work. There were tears, gnashing of teeth, anger, and a boatload of humility, dished out by not only your classmates but the teacher as well. I am not gonna lie it was hard. And you...

Make Magic. Make Art Everyday.

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The other day I decided to watch the documentary Muscle Shoals on Netflix. For the most part the only reason this movie was even on my radar, was I grew up about two hours East of Muscle Shoals, Alabama and my Girl Scout troop took a tour of the infamous...

How to Build an Art Community

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When I moved to Asheville I wanted an art community to become a part of. But once I got here, I was blown away by how disconnected that community was. In fact, there seemed to be a more cohesive art community in Birmingham. I became an artist not because I was part of...

The Fear of Losing the Art Mojo

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"I used to be an artist" When he said that, my jaw hit the floor. Jody was one of the most creatively brilliant guys in art school, and he had just told me he was no longer making work. We were maybe 5 years past graduation and I know he had been waiting tables. But I...

Be Brave. Show Your Work. Ignore the Nay-Sayers.

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This week marked a huge milestone for me. I actually posted my fiber art for sale on my site. Struggling against some still yet to be resolved tech issues (hello, Mercury retrograde) and a deep probing session with an awesome business/life coach, I hit the publish...

The 8 Truths About Creative Jobs

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I hear it all the time. "Oh how I wish I had a more creative job" It is usually coming from a fiberista who dreams of knitting all day instead of her accounting/administrative/nursing job. I get it. I used to dream about career knitting when I was in my former 9 to 5...

5 myths you should know about shooting good craft photography

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It is now so much easier than ever before to become an amateur photographer. Instagram, the quality of the phone cameras, apps that make even the lousiest images look HOT! Everyone has access to tools to become somewhat of a photographer. Despite all of these tools...

Why You Should Show Your Work

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One of my goals for 2015 was to spend more time doing my own fiber art, to build my body of work. It is so easy for me to get stuck on the hamster wheel of being a dye monkey and not actually working with the yarns and fibers that are such a big part of my art. I have...