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Back to School

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House Bill 60 in Utah allows adults 62 and over to audit any public university/college courses for just $25 a semester. The law was passed in 1977, and as a youngster of 22 working at the University of Utah, I remember hearing about the benefit for seniors and felt very excited to get older. Here we are, 40 years later and I've finally reached the ripe ol' age of 62. I signed up for my first class in Relief Printmaking.  I am enjoying this class immensely. The professor,  Justin Diggle , is a talented printmaker, and all of the students in class are wonderful artists. I'm humbled by their enthusiasm and skills. I didn't realize what I was missing out on by being at home working on my art. The class is teaching me new skills, and challenging me to grow as well. I look forward to more classes in the future.  Some of the mark making work from the class My mark making/printing on top. Fish - experiments in mark making and printing So far we have worked on mark making, and c...
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Award of Excellence

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 Murder in the Garden won an Award of Excellence at the Form, Not Function: Biennial Quilt Show. This is the first time I have won an award at a quilt show and I'm thrilled. If you are in the New Albany, Indiana/Louisville, Kentucky area before April 12th, then stop in to the Floyd County Carnegie Libary Cultural Arts Center to have a look at all the beautiful fiber art on display! Quilt judge, Michelle Amos , standing in front of Murder in the Garden, at the Cultural Arts Center. Opening Night at the Form, Not Function show. Quilt Judge, Kevin Womack , discussing the show on opening night. I don't have a photo of the third judge, Terry Jarrard-Diamond . I wish I had been able to attend the show's opening but family stuff kept me home. The photos of all of the quilts are online at this link , and as always, I'm certain they are even more amazing in person.
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Form Not Function: Quilt Art Biennial

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  Murder in the Garden was accepted in to the Form, Not Function: Quilt Art Biennial . The show is January 16 - April 12, 2025 at The Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center in New Albany, Indiana. One hundred and sixty-two artists submitted 350+ works and only 20 were selected.  I am honored to be one of the selected artists. Mindy Brown Alexandria, VA Fluid Dynamics #2 Betty Busby http://bbusbyarts.com/    @bettybusby Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Signs of Life Lisa Chin Salt Lake City, UT Murder in the Garden Shin-hee Chin www.shinheechin.com @shinheechin McPherson, KS Wintering Sandy Curran Newport News, VA Age is Relative Kim Eichler-Messmer http://kimemquilts.com @kimemquilts  Kansas City, KS Reverberate Valerie Goodwin www.valeriegoodwinart.com @valeriegoodwinart  Tallahassee, FL Meanderings of an Imaginary River Marla Hattabaugh @mchquilts Scottsdale, AZ Village Life lI Linda Witte Henke www.lindahenke.com Westfield, IN Kristallnacht L...
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Photo Emulsion Screen Printing

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 I flew up to Seattle Washington to visit my family, but first I spent a few days with my friend Liz Kettle . We took a Photo Emulsion Screen Printing class with Dana Harris Seeger at Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN). Liz and I The light source we used to expose our screens. Liz getting up and close and personal with the light. Rinsing off the screens Drying off the screens after washing them out. Dana showing us how to pull a print. All of our prints were pulled on to fabric. Liz's beautiful branch prints My wild and crazy prints. Liz's yard is so gorgeous! Morning sunshine coming through the Japanese Maple tree. Waterfall in Liz's yard Creek flowing away from waterfall. Burned wood sculpture made by a previous owner.
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Risograph training

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 The Risograph is a digital screen printing machine. A stencil screen is created in the machine and then prints are made. The machine we used does one color at a time. Multiple color prints must go through the machine multiple times, each color requiring a new screen. It's not a commonly used machine these days. Many schools have these treasures sitting away in a corner somewhere. The University of Utah Book Arts Program ran a training session on their machine. Now I'm able to schedule time on the machine and print whatever I would like to.  Risograph Machines We were paired in to groups and given black and white images to put together to make a two color print during our training. I traded prints with a couple of other groups. Unfortunately I didn't write down the name of two who made this image. They were an author and artist if I remember correctly. The Bearded Jeweler ,  Ben Cosner , and his wife, Rebecca Stuhff, created this image. This is the print my partner, Phoeb...
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Botanical Leaf Printing

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These handsome birds joined me at the local cemetery while I searched for leaves to use in Roxanne Vigos ' Botanical Leaf Printing Class on October 12 & 26. Our first experiments were arranged on long stips of cotton fabric.  The fabric had been dipped in a mordant of iron solution, or alum, then rolled up on wooden chop sticks and tied tightly. One of my leaf "corn dogs" The bundles were then steamed for about an hour. Steamed "corn dog" The color changes always amaze me. We also created some leaf printed pages of paper. Both pieces started with an alum soak and an hour of steaming. Small strip on left was dipped in a quick iron bath after steaming. During the second session pieces were printed on silk. Page from our USDG newsletter
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