by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 30, 2012 | Fiber, Fibre, Industry, Inspiration, Production, Sculpture
Reason #372 why it’s so great to be in a shared studio: inspiration from your fellow artists. Like in the candy-store story shared by one studio-mate.In the old days I would research and cite the original source of the story but pfffffft! I’m an artist...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 28, 2011 | Collaboration, Fiber, Network, Process, Project, Public Art
It’s alive — and threatening to take over. Since one of my studio-mates and I started our own Social Network (working title) a couple of months back the thing has become The Thing that won’t be ignored. It hangs heavily on a few ceiling hooks, on the verge...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 7, 2011 | Art School, Painting, Perception
There’s an old story in our family about my brother who, as a tyke in montessori, pointed out a stain on the dining room wallpaper and said it looked like Chad. Or maybe it was a U.S. state. (It wasn’t my story.)That’s what an education can do for...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 30, 2011 | Collaboration, Fabric, Fibre, Quilt
From left: Gees Bend quilter collective members Revil Mosley, China Pettway and Louisiana Bendolph sing their life.(Photo from theartblog.org) I finally got to hear from some of the amazing Gees Bend quilters at the Maiwa Textile Symposium on Granville Island a...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 12, 2011 | Painting, Process, Psychedelic
The only thing I miss about being 20 is going out of my mind. Or into my mind. Or just getting out of my context, for many lost hours. I miss those moments of ecstasy. There are really no opportunities for someone like me to explore the thrill of the edge, the sensory...
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