by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 2, 2015 | Aesthetics, Bull Kelp, Construction, Craft, Creative Process, Deep Craft, Failure, Foraging, Ideas, Industrial Design, Meditative, Nature, Sculpture, Seaweed
A Christmas Day king tide served up some thick snarls of bull kelp and I seized on an idea. Kelp Skein, in progress. (Carlyn Yandle photo) Actually, I had no particular idea in mind; only quite a bit of wonder at the quantity of the stuff. After dragging great hunks...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 12, 2014 | Art, Artist, Caroline Eriksson, Ceca Georgieva, Christmas, Color, Colour, Craft, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Culture, DSquared2, Emily Blincoe, Gingerbread, Ideas, Maker, Making, Meditative, Performance Art, Sculpture
It’s not too late to say, Nay! I will not be coerced into this coming two-week commercial frenzy. I will steer my little ship into calmer waters! Instead of joining the throngs of harried consumers grabbing up plastic chocolate-pooping reindeer and ironic...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 5, 2014 | Art Show, Craft, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Crochet, Cultural Hub, Culture, Dear Human, Design, Exhibit, Fabricating, Festival, Fiber, Fibre Arts, Fuzzy Logic, Gallery, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Knitting, Lecture, Maker, Openings, Playing, Process, Project, Rachael Ashe, Spore, TO DO, Toronto Design Offsite, Vancouver
It’s getting close to a decade since I packed it all in: my needles and wool, my sewing machine and fabrics, my mid-level-management career. There was more to explore.I’ve been mixing it up with a wide range of materials (and makers) ever since but even...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 13, 2014 | Art, Cartoon, Creative Process, Draw Down, Drawing, Expression, Ideas, Mural, Playing, Social Engagement, Vancouver
Remember when you were a kid you knew you could give a drawing as a present to any adult and that adult would love it, even though you would definitely not like a drawing-present yourself?It’s one of those things that separates the kids from the adults. You know...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 6, 2014 | Blogs, Composition, Creative Process, Critique, Design, Distraction, Distracts, Expression, Ideas, Inspiration, Motivation, Painting, Pattern, Perception, Process, Studio, Writing
Distracts #1, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 33″W x 27″H. To me, the easiest part about carving out a place in the visual arts world is writing something about it. Yet most of my artist colleagues don’t know how I make myself do it on a weekly basis. Easy....
by Carlyn Yandle | May 29, 2014 | Art Discourse, Billy Patko, Craft, Crafts, Creative Process, Crochet, Douglas-coupland, Exhibit, Found Objects, Gallery, Handwork, Hot Art Wet City, Ideas, Inspiration, Lynda Barry, Playing, Process, Project, Rachael Ashe, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Vancouver
I would rather watch the little kids in my life play than watch the best TV. But it’s tricky because they don’t like to be observed and if they feel I’m too interested, they are on to me and it all comes to a halt. I have to refrain from the urge to...
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