Posted in artwork, expat life, textile art, tagged quilt, words for step relationships on April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In my ongoing efforts to expand my skills, I’ve been taking a machine quilting class from Ramona Conconi in Melide (Lugano), Switzerland. And I also did a Saturday workshop in serigraphy (silkscreen printing) with her. This quilt is a result of both lessons.
The print is from a photo of my stepdaughter which I took on [...]
Posted in artwork, tagged mixed media, online art classes on March 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just finished an online course with Alma Stoller through Joggles.com. It was great fun and allowed me to be spontaneous in a way the slow and precise nature of my usual artwork doesn’t allow. Here’s the portrait I created:
Thanks Alma for a liberating experience!
Posted in artwork, buddhist, documentary, thangka, tibetan art, tagged Creating Buddhas, documentary, fabric thangka, film, Tara, Tibetan applique on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
A trailer of the documentary film, Creating Buddhas, has been posted on the Soulful Media website. Isadora filmed my final stitches to the Green Tara thangka a couple of weeks ago and will complete editing in the coming months. She’s done some beautiful film work and conducted some insightful interviews with renowned scholars of Tibetan [...]
Posted in artwork, thangka, tagged eclipse, film, Tara on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
We finished Green Tara today!
Isadora Leidenfrost is here shooting the last footage for the documentary film “Creating Buddhas”. Tomorrow we’ll visit Drupon Samten at Drikung Kyobpa Choling for consecration.
There was a lunar eclipse this evening, and we’ve decided to take that as an auspicious sign.
How wonderful it is to be able to see and [...]
Posted in artwork, textile art on February 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My “Three Mongolians” was selected for inclusion in New Fibers 2008, an initiative of the Fiber Arts Network of Michigan, juried by Patricia Malarcher of the Surface Design Association. The show will run from May 6 through July 24 at two locations in Michigan — the University Art Gallery at Eastern Michigan University and [...]
