lace

this was the highlight of my week! i got the exact effect that i've been wanting with this lace design. i can't wait to make more and more and more!!!

arty-school things

a new print i'm working on! it's inspired by an antique clutch purse i have...bunches of pearls in scalloped patterning. i really wanted just a blush of pink, but it turned out to be a bit more of a bubblegum. i'm okay with bubblegum! 2 more stencils to go!

the reception for 'a paper+cloth dream' was last night. christina and simon came! this is christina taking a one-handed picture of my name. i made this print for her...it's owls, magnolias and a torchon lace background. after i printed it, i realized that it also reminds me of my granny. her late husband (my mom's dad) loved owls and she has always loved magnolias! i may have to print another one.

i love these girls!

my print - 'grey garden' 

our department chair, richard, in his super cute vest 

my lace print was the first print you see when you walk in the gallery!

i made a hat. i wet felted the wool into a hat shape, needle felted it to death, then nuno felted some silk organza...dipped them both in indigo, and sewed the whole thing together! voila!

goodbye weekend, i'll miss you

i had a lazy night in on friday and watched 'girls just want to have fun'. why are 80's dance movies so good!?

coffee! beans are from sightglass

i finished my weaving for tomorrow's critique. it's just a sampler of swedish huck lace. it reminds me a lot of the weavings from copan in guatemala...though, not nearly as beautiful! 

i read 'shopgirl' by steve martin on saturday night. i was a little skeptical because i really didn't like the movie when i saw it so many years ago. the book is WAY better, as is often the case. you really get a better sense of the characters and the intent (known or unknown) of their actions. i think it helps that i don't have to think of steve martin as the 'bad guy.' i hated that about the movie. i prefer to think of steve martin like this :

(the first song i learned on my ukulele!)

or my favorite :