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Archive for June, 2008

Mind spam anyone?

Posted in Inspiration, mind, practice, tagged , , , on June 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Christine Kane has done it again! Inspired and impressed me. Made me laugh and given me a practical tool for life.
For those who don’t know Christine, she’s a great songwriter too! Her blog offers inspiration and tools for living a more present, sane, creative, and rewarding life. Today’s post is titled What spam can teach [...]

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What’s in a name?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On Thursdays, Alyson Stanfield poses a question for artists on her Art Biz Blog. This week, she gave me an opportunity to talk about my name confusion when she posed the question “What’s in a name?”.

Just as I have always tended to do double majors in school and just as my work lives between the [...]

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The Joy of Quilting

Posted in Artwork, Thangkas, textile art, tibetan art, tagged , , , on June 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Today I stitched some pieces of what will become the background for my Chenrezig. I’m very excited about this piece and don’t know whether to call it a thangka, a quilt, or something else. The figure is purely traditional. I used the traditional piecing and applique techniques I was trained in by Tibetan masters in [...]

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Back from Nottingham

Posted in Thangkas, tagged , , on June 4, 2008 | Comments Off

Blogger’s block. Is this common a few months into the blogging life?
Today I received some hand-dyed fabric which I’ll use in the background of my Chenrezig piece. I’m very excited to move forward and finally finish it.
Nottingham was an interesting experience. My bags weighed 14.9 kg going and 15.2 coming back (sold cards but [...]

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