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...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 10, 2013 | Art School, Collage, Found Objects, Ideas, Project, Sculpture
My New Year’s resolution this year is D&D: Divest and Dance.The idea is that if I clear some space by divesting myself of my art stuff I’ll have more room to dance. Or maybe it was: I’ll be doing a happy dance if I can get rid of some of that stuff. I don’t...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jul 18, 2012 | Additive, Art, Assemblage, Collaboration, Collage, Failure, Found Objects, Painting, Pattern, Process, Project
You’d think the biggest challenge of artists is deciding what to make. But every artist I know is challenged by deciding what not to make. There are so many competing pursuits that tend to be part of the lives of creative types: gardening, music, cooking,...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 26, 2012 | Art, Collaboration, Craft, Crafts, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Installation, Knotting, Macrame, Maker, Net, Network, Process, Project, Public Art, Sculpture, Textile
Artist friend and Maker Faire participant Rachael Ashe In his speech to graduates of Toronto’s York University this month, one of my favourite journalists, CBC Radio’s Michael Enright, advised the next working generation to “learn how to fix something. Or make...
by Carlyn Yandle | May 30, 2012 | Additive, Beauty, Design, Fiber, Fibre, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Nature, Process, Production, Project, Quilt
Woven corners are a sign of a fine cedar-shingle job. It’s probably more Little House on the Prairie than the slightly unsettling modern survivalist culture that has me generally pre-occupied with designs for off-the-grid living, untethered to hydro heating and...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 28, 2011 | Collaboration, Fiber, Network, Process, Project, Public Art
It’s alive — and threatening to take over. Since one of my studio-mates and I started our own Social Network (working title) a couple of months back the thing has become The Thing that won’t be ignored. It hangs heavily on a few ceiling hooks, on the verge...
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