by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 16, 2024 | Boro, Clay Yandle, Collage, Culture, Denim, Embroidery, Fabrication, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Jeans, Landscape, Narrative, Patchwork, Quilting, Recycle, Sashiko, Slow Craft
This one’s for my brother, on his second memorial Father’s Day.I started the artwork just after returning from his ashes-scattering ceremony on one of the Gulf Islands, as he requested in the few weeks before his death. I had suggested a flotilla led by his...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 7, 2024 | Anxiety, Art Quilt, Carlyn Yandle, Collaboration, Colour, Conceptual Craft, Connection, Craftsmanship, Embroidery, Forage, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Heirloom, Linen, Quilt, Quilt Block, Quilting, Sewing, Slow Craft, Textiles
Is it easy to cut up hand-embroidered linen tablecloths, runners, pillowcases?It is not. As an adequate hand-stitcher I understand the skill, labour, time and patience that goes into each linen. I understand the desire to cherish these vintage domestic-craft objects...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 2, 2024 | Abstract Painting, Anxiety, Art Discourse, Art Quilt, Carlyn Yandle, Circular Thinking, Color, Colour, Conceptual Craft, Creative Process, Distraction, Experimentation, Exploration, Fabric, Fiber Artist, Fiber Arts, Flow, Geometric Art, Hand Stitching, Hybrid Thinking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Mathematics, Needlework, Painting, Perception, Playing, Quilt, Quilt Block, Visual Field
I opened up my studio yesterday to the public to get some general feedback on a new series of paintings. Because even though I’m compelled to keep working on it and even though I’m enjoying a growing proficiency in this mash-up of stitching and painting I’m having...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 22, 2022 | Community Building, Costume, DIY, Fashion, Halloween, Handmade, Performance, Recycling, Sewing, Textile, Thrift Stores, Thrifting, Upcycling, Value Village
Just a week before Halloween — prime creative costume time — we in these parts are again reminded of the tragic, toxic end to our local Value Village.The general love-hate relationship came to a fiery finish one summer night four months ago yet I can’t shake thoughts...
by Carlyn Yandle | Aug 31, 2022 | Carlyn Yandle, Collaboration, Collage, Covid, Craft, Embellishment, Embroidery, Fabric, Fashion, Feminist, Feminist Art, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Hand Stitching, Handwork, Pandemic, Stitching, Tattoo, Text, Textile, Unbridled, Upcycling
Exploring tattoo tropes (Carlyn Yandle photo) Thirty years ago this month I floated down the aisle in a pearly silk dress. Recently I pulled this relic out of deep storage to give it new life.It is a ballerina-length A-line number, a fitted silhouette of crisp,...
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