Jun 7, 2017 | Creative Inspiration, How to think like an artist, Uncategorized
Let me clear something up, your art is not your technique. Technique involve process of habit, muscle memory, physical skills of precision. Art involves right brain creative genius being brought into form through your technique. Techniques are just a way to express...
May 31, 2017 | How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist
Procrastination. I have to admit, I am so freaking guilty of procrastinating in a big way when it comes to making art. Seriously? I love art. WTH am I doing? Why do chose to do laundry over getting into the studio I love, sitting with an obscene amount of great yarn...
Apr 26, 2017 | How to think like an artist
Yes. Last month I saw an exhibit of painted and stitched tissue paper hanging from the ceiling. It was fiber art exhibited in a gallery. My lizard brain stood in front of this work gobsmacked, all it saw was colorful tissue paper. My creative brain saw movement color...
Apr 5, 2017 | dyeing fiber and yarn, How to think like an artist, What I am working on, yarn spinning
Check this out. This is my most recent yarn… It was made from this fiber I dyed a couple of weeks ago. The first in the new dye space. So this fiber was a miss mash of mill ends, farm wool, angora from my late great bunnies, and sole roving ends. I could not...
Mar 29, 2017 | Art Journaling for fiber artists., How to think like an artist
So, today, Fiberista, I have a new video for you. I was looking through some old posts trying to think of what we would talk about today and I found this post where I shared a video of my art journal. Can you believe that was 6 weeks ago? I have to say, my journal has...
Mar 15, 2017 | How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist
For the longest time, the idea of making a body of work and really embracing the idea of being an artist was just overwhelming for me. I have always done creative stuff. Not just little crafts. I would take art classes and learn some intensive techniques like...
