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Posts from ‘June, 2006’

Stop the — no, start the presses!

My press just arrived!! All the pieces were included, and it actually WORKS!! I’m stunned! And thrilled! I’m strilled!!! I was all set to be disappointed that something was left out of the box, or it would be broken. It’s too bad that poor quality and lousy service are the norm anymore, isn’t it? I’m [...]

Artistic integrity vs. needing to eat

I just successfully wrestled with an artistic dilemma. I want to make a second piece for the upcoming Mukilteo art show, and I asked K what she thought about the colors. I was thinking about changing the palette entirely to cool blues and silvers because I would like to work with those colors for awhile. [...]

Mandala #1 completed

So, finally, I finished the collage Mandala #1 over the weekend. It was fairly labor-intensive, and is one I’m planning to enter in the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival juried art show in September. Now I have to find out where to buy (and develop) slide film, and hope I can take decent slides of my work, [...]

New shop, new show

I found a really neat shop today while looking for fibers for my Mandala w.i.p., Village Yarn and Tea Shop. The owner was there, and helped me find some stuff, and asked me what I was working on. I told her, and we talked about mandalas for a few minutes, then she said she hangs [...]