Archive

Sight and Sound have always been linked for me. I’ve noticed that I listen to different types of music depending on the work I’m doing. I tend to listen to more upbeat music when I’m printing, typically latin influenced. It keeps me and the printing loose. I lean more toward classical, even minimalist classical when […]

Not a new punk band, rather a description of my week. Started the week out at my mother-in-laws in Connecticut to attend the funeral of my husband’s aunt Gloria Outwater (Schrader). In addition to the strong women in my birth family I’ve had the pleasure of knowing a number of other strong (and strong-willed) women, […]

There are pros and cons to having your studio in your house. Pros Cons The biggest one – it’s much cheaper than renting a space. The con is that you end up with artwork in various stages of completion and art supplies all over your living space. Short commute: whenever I want to work I’m […]

And there is more than one way to do trapunto quilting.   In the hand-quilting method you hand-sew a piece of cloth (generally muslin) onto the back of the quilt face, following the pattern of the trapunto quilting you wish to achieve, leaving a small opening. You then stuff cotton or wool quilt batting (the kind […]