by Elaine | Aug 25, 2020 | My Art & Studio
A local art center put out a call for people to make a quilt square relating to the pandemic for a community quilt. How to express this whole thing/mess in one square? I was stumped. I was going to forget about it, but the organizer texted and in texting back that I...
by Elaine | Jun 10, 2020 | My Art & Studio
The black and white fabric has skeletons. When I started thinking about making this a couple of weeks ago, it was going to be about Covid-19 and the failures of the various governments to protect citizens. Then it changed to being about police brutality and racism....
by Elaine | May 14, 2020 | My Art & Studio
Quilting during a Global Pandemic I’ve long struggled with whether to be a quilter or not, and if yes, what kind. This struggle has mostly looked like not quilting. Partly, this is because my mother-in-law is a prolific quilter, I’ve seriously lost count...
by Elaine | Jan 2, 2020 | My Art & Studio
In this quilt top, I’ve combined found quilt blocks from two different and unknown quilters, into one. My creative constraints for this type of project are: No new quilt blocks (well, okay, I had to make just one block in order to make this work, using squares...
by Elaine | May 22, 2014 | My Art & Studio
As an artist, my job is to notice things, including things about my art. I do my photo series, Through the Windshield, and I’ve been noticing themes in what I choose to photograph. This is useful. (Apparently, I like to photograph ghost signs, rusty things,...
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