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Awkward family moment informs art-making aesthetic

by | Jul 14, 2024 | Activism, Aesthetics, Aging, Art Discourse, Art Show, Beauty, Carlyn Yandle, Creative Process, Critique, Dissent, Domestic, Embroidery, Fabric, Fiber, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Flow, Found Materials, Fuckwit, Garment, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Handmaking, Ideas, Inspiration, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Knotting, Macrame, Material Exploration, Motivation, Needlework, Painting, Scaffolds, Unbridled, Wall Hanging, Wearable Art

When I first started out as a suburban-newspaper reporter I had a single original artwork tacked to the wall in my basement suite. It was a life-sized acrylic-on-paper, a nude holding her maybe-pregnant belly against a landscape of spewing factories and...