Blog: Art Weaving
Choosing Warp Yarn for Wild Art Weaving
So after a nice morning struggle with some serious writer's block, I decided it was a video kind of day. I have had several questions about warping for art weaving on a rigid heddle loom. So in today's blog, I am going to just walk you guys through selecting warp yarn...
How to find new art ideas
I have a confession. I have been holding out on you guys big time. I have been brewing the final installment of the 4 part weaving series for a couple of months now. And for what ever reason the inertia has been heavy. What I owe you is a post on what to create using...
How to Survive Harsh Criticism of Your Artwork
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.
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
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...
Art Weaving Part 3: Creating Fabric
If you have been following my Instagram, you will see I have been obsessed with all things weaving since I came back from On Higher Ground Fiber Workshops in Taos last October. Debra Lambert of Picasso Moon taught an awesome class on weaving, sent me home with a loom,...
The Fear of Losing the Art Mojo
"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.
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...
Art Weaving Part 2: Warping
If you have been following my Instagram, you will see I have been obsessed with all things weaving since I came back from On Higher Ground Fiber Workshops in Taos last October. Debra Lambert of Picasso Moon taught an awesome class on weaving, sent me home with a loom,...
The 8 Truths About Creative Jobs
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
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
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...
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