by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 23, 2024 | Art Quilt, Burlap, Collage, Denim, Expanded Painting, Experimentation, Failure, Found Materials, Jeans, Material Exploration, Quilting, Tyvek
Past failures are invaluable teaching toolsThis is my picking-up-the-pieces post, which is literally what I’m doing these days (and late nights).With the outlook looking very dark indeed I turned to my colourful stash of fabrics that I keep at eye level in a wine...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 3, 2024 | Collaboration, Cosplay, Costume, Critique, Found Materials, Grief, Halloween, Handmade, Inspiration, Material Exploration, Paper Sculpture, Papier Mache, Performance
This craftiest time of year is laced with painWhen you’ve recently lost a loved one, certain annual occasions are rough: Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries. For me, it’s Halloween. That’s when my brother was a full-steam-ahead creative force and crafty...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 25, 2024 | Counter Culture, Crochet, Found Materials, Fuzzy Logic, Goblin Core, Granny Square, Grannycore, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Knitting, Logo Sweater, Material Exploration, Needlework, Roses Against Violence, Seattle Art Museum, Spore, Vancouver, Xenobia Bailey
The Wet Coast is no place for this fuzzy fantasyThe trees are sun-kissed radiant red and gold as I hunker down to write this, in that little sliver of crisp and dry days between the months of dumb-dumb flipflops and the damn rain boots. Not that I’m complaining...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 2, 2024 | Abject, Anxiety, Architecture, Artifact, Assemblage, Binding, Braiding, Dystopia, Found Materials, Handmaking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Material Exploration, Meditation, Scaffolds I, Seismic Rug
Hand-makers will be the change when or if ‘The Big One’ hitsOf all the things I fret over — a neighbourhood arsonist, identity theft, Trump burning it all down, an all-out war in the Middle East — ‘earthquake’ is not one of them. But it may seem like I’m...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 30, 2024 | Abstract Painting, Aesthetics, Art Discourse, Carlyn Yandle, Conceptual Craft, Distraction, Embroidery, Exploration, Fiber Arts, Hand Stitching, Intrusive Thoughts, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Material Exploration, Meditative, Painting
Dropping out is easy. This art practice is about tuning inFlat on my back in the chair last week, the dentist had just plunged the second needle into my eroded molar area and her assistant was now affixing the rubber dam. This is when my go-to flight response kicked...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 7, 2024 | Carlyn Yandle, Costume, Counter-culture, Creative Process, DIY, Dressed, Fabric, Fiber Artist, Fibre Arts, Halloween, Handmaking, Knitting, Making, Material Exploration, Quilting, Sewing, Stitching, Textile, Textile Art, Vancouver
The one great store that fuels textile dreams is closing due to small-business strugglesJudging by the early deluge of reactions on Reddit last week, we Vancouver makers are stunned to learn that our mecca for material and more is selling off its inventory and...
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