I’ve been researching my family tree for many years and have quite a lot of data on various branches. The families in my tree have been in the USA for many generations. Not being eager to add my DNA to a database to learn nationalities, this map documents my attempt to find the immigrants in my family tree. Click the …
Unleash Your Creativity with Acrylic Painting Classes in Walled Lake
I don’t get a lot happier than this…new artwork to wake up to and paint under my nails. I was offered gloves, but that’s on me. I sort of like the reminder of how my dad’s hands would look after a day refinishing furniture. To my great delight, I recently discovered that a teaching art studio had opened in downtown …
Playing with small strands and color in circular weaving
On my circle loom tonight. I was asked where I found a circle loom—it’s just a round knitting loom warped in a circle. You can do it with embroidery hoops too…good tutorials on YouTube. I figured out a way to add really short threads…like 3 to 5 inches. Being able to add so many different shades of green and blue …
Pocket procreate on iPad with rubber stylus
Drawing in Pocket Procreate on my flight home…turbulent, so I only used dots. Fun and somehow echoes all the spectacles of New York City.
Always on the watch for inspiration
On the airport wall at La Guardia Terminal A…Looks like a quilt to me.
Reviewing my woven circles…where is this going?
Considering my woven circles from Spring 2023…the first few were worked on small embroidery hoops, then I found larger knitting looms. I can really see my progress, as I didn’t initially understand how to finish the warp threads to capture all the woven strands. They are interesting as a group – I can see how a whole bunch of them …
Becoming an Artist by Accident
From my current vantage point at almost 56, I can see how these “side projects” can carry you from one place to another. One time to another. A project creates continuity, a place to return, to remember where you were and where you want to go. And the kicker…it doesn’t matter how they turn out. It’s the doing that matters.
Rock Painting
Summer 2020 – all over the planet, people are looking for ways to entertain themselves at home. In my quest to stay home and stay safe, our little-used outside balcony beckoned. I have a folding camp table and a couple outdoor chairs – maybe I could make a little outdoor art studio. My sister had given me a set of …
Ellie’s Mountains Baby Quilt
I like making quilts. I really like helping other people discover the joy of quilting. My niece, Kimberly, has been a frequent collaborator—the two of us have spent countless hours together in my studio, cutting, pressing and sewing our way to a new quilt. My latest baby quilt is for Kimmy, as she and her husband Steve, just welcomed their …
Mixing asymmetry with symmetry
Last night’s Procreate mandala…going for an imperfect look by mixing a little asymmetry with the symmetry. It’s mostly symmetrical, but I did draw in some elements separately so it wouldn’t be exactly symmetrical.