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Attraction, repulsion wrapped up in one sculpture project

Attraction, repulsion wrapped up in one sculpture project

by | Jun 5, 2019 | Activism, Assemblage, Children, Collaboration, Community, Creative Process, Environment, Experimentation, Fiber Arts, Foraging, Found Materials, Found Objects, Foundlings, Innovation, Knotting, Mixed Media, Playing, Project, Sculpture, Styrophobe, Trash, Trash Art

At first I thought all this must still be debris from the Japan tsunami. But that was eight years ago and the surf in my remote neck of the woods keeps throwing up snarls of monofilament netting, plastic shards, nylon rope, bits of fibreglass hulls, and styrofoam. So...
Materials matter, and Those of loved ones gone can live on

Materials matter, and Those of loved ones gone can live on

by | May 26, 2018 | Art, Challenge, Composition, Craft, Creative Process, Design, Domestic, Fabric, Failure, Fiber, Fibre, Fibre Arts, Film, Found Materials, Found Objects, Garment, Innovation, Inspiration, Making, Quilt, Quilting, Recycle, Sewing, Upcycling, Use Object, Use Objects, Wool

Clockwise from top left: Great-Grandfather Quilt; Dad’s Throw; Tie Cushion. (Carlyn Yandle photos) Materialistic. People say it like it’s a bad thing.But there’s not necessarily anything selfish or hoardy or wasteful about feeling deeply connected to...
Am I blue? Yes, and grey and silver too

Am I blue? Yes, and grey and silver too

by | Mar 29, 2017 | Art, Color, Craft, Creative Process, Design, Doilies, Dyeing, Experimentation, Fabric, Found Objects, Innovation, Quilt, Quilting, Sewing, Stitching, Work Wraps

“Your hair seems blue,” a friend noted over dinner.It really is. I’ve joined the blue-rinse gang — emphasis on the blue. Denim blue is an unnatural hair hue that seems only natural now that I’m surrounded by heaps of old jeans and altering all those tones of...