Wednesday, December 8

the wonderful world of trade....

my fabulous color theory class has included several painting projects. i now appreciate anyone who can successfully work with paint, and i am fascinated by everybody's individual style. i have a classmate who is already a painter so she showed superior skills to the rest of us who had never played around with the stuff. i fell in love with one of her paintings......



and i asked her if she would be willing to let me have it. she suggested a trade. i was flattered. i am always excited when i find people who enjoy and support my craftiness. i quilt and she crochets (and she often includes it in her artwork) and we are both looking at exploring womens 'craft' and how it can/will overlap the art world. what a great exploration!

here is the quilt i made for her.

it's about 38" x 45" and it was super fun (and quick) to make.

here's the back:


i hand quilted it and love, love, love the way it turned out. it was my first experience handquilting, and i am a convert. i am now excited to handquilt everything. i feel like it gives me more creative control.


i'm always excited to have great pieces of art from people i know. thanks for trading with me allyson.

Monday, December 6

the pressure is on.....

this is my final week before finals so there is a huge push to finish projects and get papers written. what better time to post. apparently procrastinating brings out the inspiration. lol.

the least stressful of my classes has been color theory. very fun, very mellow and lots of room for creative expression. i love that.


for the latest project i chose to recolor 'jacqueline with flowers' by pablo picasso. this was the result....

i had a lot of fun with this and am pretty happy with the result. i might consider doing this again, just to see what wacky color combos i can create.

my teacher suggested making this into a quilt..... i might take that on.

stay tuned.