by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 1, 2013 | Edward Burtynsky, Environmental Art, Expression, Fiber, Ideas, Inspiration, Installation, Knotting, Macrame, Mural, Net, Photography, Public Art, Scale, Sculpture, Textile, Vancouver, Visual Field
They say if you want someone’s attention, whisper. Or maybe that was just a line from a Whisper pantyhose commercial back in the ’70s.Whispering to get attention isn’t easy in an image-packed urban landscape where slick marketing messages infiltrate...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 29, 2013 | Collage, Creative Process, Fiber, Ideas, Inspiration, Newspapers, Research
This week’s clippings, destined for my over-stuffed sketchbook. I’m addicted to Google Images and I’m not happy about it. For the last several decades, most of my ideas have come from markings on wood pulp, specifically newspapers. And even though it’s now...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 22, 2013 | Art Discourse, Art History, Art School, Artist Statement, Creative Process, Crochet, Cultural Studies, Doilies, Doily, Ideas, Joseph Beuys, Knotting, Maker, Performance, Performance Art, Process, Project, Social History
My biggest obstacle is over-thinking — not to be confused with big thinking. Over-thinking is my umbrella term for all the second-guessing, the predicting, the analyzing and the re-thinking that can turn my mind into a maelstrom. It’s unproductive and it’s...
by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 8, 2013 | Art Discourse, Creative Process, Critique, Ideas, Perception, Process
I do so love a shit-disturber, whether it’s fearless Middle-East reporter/author Robert Fisk ripping apart mainstream media last Saturday night downtown or the venerable art critic Jan Verwoert at UBC Wednesday night, talking about “irreconcilable ape-shittedness.”...
by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 1, 2013 | Art, Assemblage, Creative Process, Design, Eastside Culture Crawl, Fabricating, Found Objects, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Maker, Process, Project
My mother might remember this: as a kid, I once declared that I could handle a stint in jail, because I would spend the time dressing up the place by making decorations out of any old bits and pieces. Not a huge leap, as making something out of nothing was already my...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 25, 2013 | Creative Process, Ideas, Inspiration, Pattern, Project
This would be the sequel to the New Year’s resolution post a couple of weeks back, in which I vowed to part ways with years of art projects from past classes and phases, and future artworks that just are not going to happen. I used to help people shed their clutter...
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