by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 11, 2026 | Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Apocalypse Now, Art Blog, Conceptual Craft, Creative Process, Distracts, Doilies, ECU, ECUAD MFA, Emily Carr University, Fiber Arts, Material Exploration, Painting, Petrochemical, Upcycle
A pretty and pretty repellent tapestry composed of a lot of bad decisions and ignorance is having a moment.It had a benign beginning eight years ago: to approach painting like making a quilt. It started when I discovered I could pour viscous acrylic paint onto acetate...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 21, 2026 | Art Blog, Carlyn Yandle, Collage, Creative Process, Dyeing, Found Materials, Inspiration, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Making Is Connecting, Material Exploration, Mobile Art Practice, Painting, Pattern, Photography, Playing, Travel Art
Making space for the creative process, at home or awayThe following is a public service announcement for all those cowering from the liquid gunmetal-grey skies on this bone-chilling coast: Crank up the Vitamin D. We need 800-1000 IUs per day so pop a supplement or a...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 5, 2025 | Abundance, Accumulations, Art Quilt, Collection, Creative Process, Edward Burtynsky, Hearth, Hoarding, Overabundance, Painting, Pattern, Pop-Up, PopUp, Quilt Block, Quilting, Repetition, Scale
I’ve learned to live with a head full of bees but these days it’s all about wasps.So. Many. Wasps. Wasps that retreated indoors last week after the pest-control guy shot up the kitchen fan vent with a killer powder. Wasps that just wouldn’t stay away even...
by Carlyn Yandle | May 1, 2025 | Abstract, Abstract Embroidery, Art Blog, Artist, Creative Process, Dyeing, Embroidery, Exploration, Expression, Fashion Revolution, Fiber, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Improvisation, Linen, Mend In Public Day, Mixed Media, Mobile Art Practice, Painting, Practice, Sampler, Stitching, Travel Art
Escaping the dark world of scrolling the socials“Take it outside” was a standard parenting directive back in the 1900s, shouted at the kids when pro-wrestling or trying to extricate a running shoe from the dog’s lock-jaw or whining for no reason. Taking it outside is...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 18, 2025 | Abstract Painting, Carlyn Yandle, Crochet, Embroidery, Entanglements, Fiber Artist, Fibre, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Handmaking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, LA Fires, Mapping, Material Exploration, Mixed Media, Mushroom, Mycelium, Nature, Painting, Pattern, Renewal, Repairing Is Caring, Spore, Vancouver
Mushrooms and more for troubled times When you spend a good portion of your winter cowering from the cold and the rain, it’s hard to fathom the fiery desert winds that are obliterating entire neighbourhoods just a three-hour flight south. In the near-real-time images...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 4, 2025 | Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Carlyn Yandle, Creative Process, Distraction, Distracts, Fiber Artist, Geometric Art, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Painting, Pattern, Personalispolitical, Political Art, Process, Quilt Painting, Trump, Vancouver
Depicting a distracted mind might not be helping Disrupting the grid, upending predictable patterns. Acrylic on canvas, sewing pins, 24” x 24” (Carlyn Yandle) If the person I share the bed with is to be believed, this morning (as of this writing) I announced in my...
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