by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 23, 2024 | Art Quilt, Burlap, Collage, Denim, Expanded Painting, Experimentation, Failure, Found Materials, Jeans, Material Exploration, Quilting, Tyvek
Past failures are invaluable teaching toolsThis is my picking-up-the-pieces post, which is literally what I’m doing these days (and late nights).With the outlook looking very dark indeed I turned to my colourful stash of fabrics that I keep at eye level in a wine...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 20, 2024 | Collage, Creative Process, Doilies, Doily, Embroidery, Expanded Painting, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Grief, Hybrid Thinking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Political Art, Quilting, Textile Art, Textiles
Making ourselves whole through makingFirst there is shock. I saw it in a coffee shop in a small US city the morning Trump was elected — again. The place was full but hushed. “Are you okay?”, one customer after another whispered to the three female baristas. Nods....
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 4, 2024 | Assemblage, Fabric, Fast Fashion, Fiber Artist, Fibre, Flo, Ironing, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Meditation, Meditative, Quilt Block, Quilting, Sewing, Textile, Textiles, Trump
Working out those wrinkles is so satisfyingIf you’re uselessly wringing your hands right about now, pump some iron.Hear me out: Ironing is useful, which, in the few days left before the US election, is the opposite position of those of us watching who can’t vote or...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 3, 2024 | Collaboration, Cosplay, Costume, Critique, Found Materials, Grief, Halloween, Handmade, Inspiration, Material Exploration, Paper Sculpture, Papier Mache, Performance
This craftiest time of year is laced with painWhen you’ve recently lost a loved one, certain annual occasions are rough: Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries. For me, it’s Halloween. That’s when my brother was a full-steam-ahead creative force and crafty...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 25, 2024 | Counter Culture, Crochet, Found Materials, Fuzzy Logic, Goblin Core, Granny Square, Grannycore, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Knitting, Logo Sweater, Material Exploration, Needlework, Roses Against Violence, Seattle Art Museum, Spore, Vancouver, Xenobia Bailey
The Wet Coast is no place for this fuzzy fantasyThe trees are sun-kissed radiant red and gold as I hunker down to write this, in that little sliver of crisp and dry days between the months of dumb-dumb flipflops and the damn rain boots. Not that I’m complaining...
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