Blog: Other Art

Studio Awesome Day 7:

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So today has been busy with a deadline and I am doing what people do in their studios...make a mess. I am okay with the mess as a work in progress. The place where I fall down is when it all stays once the project is done...or gets pushed to the side. Now for me the...

Studio Awesome Day 6: Herding my art stuff gone astray

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Let me just say it took a ridiculous amount of time for me to round up JUST MY KNITTING NEEDLES. And I have not tackled the needles on the WIPs yet. I'll be honest, I am kind of afraid to inventory the WIPs because I know there are quite a few more than a few a...

Studio Awesome Day 4: Catch-Up Day

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I think I need a day to finish some of the tasks I have not completed for the week. Mainly clearing off the big drafting table and putting together the hall closet shelves. I also need to organize that closet, But I have a feeling what I will put in there could change...

Studio Awsome Day 3: Ouch…

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I am not sure how it happened. My guess is it was either moving the 75ish pounds of mill end yarn, or manipulating the plastic drawers out of the closet, over the boxes in the hall and up the stairs. I strained something in my thigh, back and butt. I am not immobile,...

Studio Awesome Day 2: Friday Five edition

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I am making a ballsy move today and tackling 5 tasks for Friday 5. No worries, they are kind of smallish tasks and kind of need to happen for the rest of the project Studio Awesome to move forward. Okay so today I am going to: Finish putting together shelves: UGH!!...

Studio Awesome Day 1: Books Books Books and more Books

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Woot! Day one. Coffee in hand. Young Living Motivation and Clarity essential oils in the diffuser. And a marathon of HGTV on the TV for background. I have decided to start with a task that is not too overwhelming, will have a big impact, and is very clearly defined....

31 Day Studio-Awesome Challenge

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Let me just say it is time for me to quit using the move as an excuse for not putting my nose to the grindstone and get my ass into the studio. I have been itching to finally be unencumbered, feed all the inspirations I have been amassing for months and make stuff....

The United States of All Things Yarny

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A couple of years ago I was in Taos for Jane Thornley's On Higher Ground Retreat. Jane always schedules this incredible retreat the week following the Taos fiber and wool festival in October. I had arrived a couple of days early to see the festival and explore a part...

Creative Space Sacred Space

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The guy that moved us was also an artist. We were talking about the joys and woes of having a space at home vs. a space outside of home. And it is true it is a catch 22. You want the convenience of being able to feed those late night inspirations without having to...

My New Studio: Week 1

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It's all happening.... We officially moved what I imagine will be the first of many loads across state. It was a small load really that consisted of my most fragile fiber art equipment and things we needed to be able to stay here as we migrate across state. So I...

How to Make Better Art

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I get it. It is overwhelming to follow the dream of being an artist. Let me start by dispelling that overwhelm. You already are an artist. As I have written so many times (like here and here), just by setting the intention to be an artist, you are already an artist....

Making Art: The Yin and Yang of Creative Ebb and Flow

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Think about it for a minute. The world seems to work in a series of opposites. Dark/Light, Good/Evil, Right Brain/Left Brain. Even nature works in cycles through opposites...growth/decay, night/day, high tide/low tide, winter/summer, ebb/flow. I think the Chinese...