11ISS in Japan: Part 1 – Inland Sea
In June and early July, I attended the 2018 International Shibori Symposium or 11ISS, in Nagoya, Tokyo and Yamagatsu, Japan, sponsored by the World Shibori Network. The 11ISS itinerary was an…
Art Partners: Brushes, and December tomatoes
Every drawing session reminds me of the importance of brushes. Depending on the surface used- fabric, slick paper, toothy paper or fabrics — different brushes perform differently and are a…
35 years of textile samples, part 2: stitched & clamped resists
In the previous post, I described needing a storage container and finding myself immersed in sorting through a career's worth of textile samples and explorations. Here is Part 2 of…
35 years of textile samples, part 3: stitch resist (shibori, tritik)
This is the third in a series of posts revisiting a treasure trove of textile samples made while learning new techniques. In search of a storage box, I found myself…