Category Fabric

Sunflowers on a warm pink day

Armed with fabric from Spoonflower.com and a bit of desire here is a new tie for a sweet summer day. It would be perfect with lemon aid and a shaded hammock. I have been scared of the sewing machine ever…

Checkerish. Is that a word?

I had a great day in class today. It was great to see the students work and see great potential. I have a really great bunch of students this semester. Art-i-fact #011513v001 A pewter checkerish pattern. I will print it…

Art-i-fact #004

Tidy Messiness. Thank you Mike Laughead for that accurate description of my work. At least I hope it is a good thing to say about my work. Art-i-fact #004

Art-i-fact #003

Today the Art-i-fact is more painterly and maybe a bit clownish. Art-i-fact #003 I once talked to a bow-tie-wearing gentleman that told me that he always wanted to be sure that his bow ties didn’t look “clownish.” Since then I…

Art-i-fact #002

Two days in a row and the second Art-i-fact of the year. It feels good to make images. I have found that my head is filled with ideas, but they are not in a visual form. The only way I…

First post of 2013

Welcome to 2013. Like many of you I have some New Year’s resolutions. One of mine is to create something “art-i-fact” every day. For today I have created a pattern called titled the very imaginative name, Pattern #001-2013. Art-i-fact #001…

Back to School

Back to School | This past month I started taking a class from Camp Pikaland | The Sellable Sketch, taught by Michelle Fifis of Pattern Observer and have discovered a few things that should have been second nature to me…