by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 10, 2015 | Inspiration, Motivation, Organization, Storage, Studio, Tools, Vancouver
There was no getting around it — literally. After a few weeks away from the studio I arrived viewing it with fresh yet loathsome eyes. There was no room to move here, let alone swing a cat. It suddenly dawned on me that the reason I bolted is I was enduring...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 6, 2014 | Blogs, Composition, Creative Process, Critique, Design, Distraction, Distracts, Expression, Ideas, Inspiration, Motivation, Painting, Pattern, Perception, Process, Studio, Writing
Distracts #1, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 33″W x 27″H. To me, the easiest part about carving out a place in the visual arts world is writing something about it. Yet most of my artist colleagues don’t know how I make myself do it on a weekly basis. Easy....
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 30, 2014 | Design, Fabric, Fabricating, Ideas, Innovation, Inspiration, Studio, Textile, Tools, Upcycling
The denim Dakota, from hedleyandbennett.com Most people will admit that their everyday clothes are a sort of uniform. Â We need to keep it pretty simple because we’re likely dressing in the dim of the still-dark morning when we’d rather spend those extra...
by Carlyn Yandle | Aug 29, 2013 | Culture, Motivation, Studio, Vancouver
They say some of the happiest people in the world live in the most precarious of circumstances. One theory says the self-reported happiness of these people is related to the fact that they live in the moment because a shaky future is too much to bear. This is how I...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jul 19, 2013 | Free Store, Gallery, Innovation, Networking, Photography, Process, Quilt, Raw Materials, Rug, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Studio, Textile, Upcycling, Use Object, Vancouver
Image found at vancouverisawesome.com I’ve been thinking for a long time that Vancouver needs a Free Store, just like the most popular ‘retail’ store on the Gulf Island of Lasqueti. And now there it is, inside the old vault of a former dim sum...
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 19, 2013 | Found Objects, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Knotting, Project, Studio, Upcycling
I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one who is aching to make a break from the indoors and take it all outside. Now that the weather is improving (well, theoretically at this writing) thoughts go to how to set up an outdoor setup for sketching, fabricating,...
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