Something About Nothing

Art and Soul Portland is always wonderful. This year I taught a couple of stamp carving classes, and a silk scarf painting class. My students were wonderful and created some beautiful pieces. A lot of the same people come to Art and Soul which means you get to meet up with old friends, but there are always new people to meet too. There are usually an average of 4 - 500 people who attend, meaning you are bound to find someone you connect with. Doris Arndt's class A few of the books cut by The Book Ladies, Lark and Lara. One of Libby Williamson's fun classes. There is always a big party to kick off the event.  This year there was even a photo booth! Libby pretending that she has had too much before she even drank anything. Glenny Moir getting some sparkle added to her hair Libby and I had breakfast with Jill Berry. It was Pi Day during Art and Soul so of course we had Pie! Vendor night is a...

One of the first projects we did in Carol Soderlund's class was to make interesting critters from commercial dyed black fabric and various tools using basic Itajime folds.  We discharged our critters in a bleach bath. The folds and do dads acted as a resist. After a rinse, an anti chlor bath, and then several hours of drying we over-dyed the pieces. Here are a few of my creations:  A medallion fold, some clamps, clothes pins and a set of acrylic squares. A simple fan fold two ways, a couple credit cards and some rubber bands.  A flag fold, two credit cards, clamps and clothes pins.   Another flag fold, some wooden rectangles and clothes pins.   A double fan fold and clothes pins.  This double fan fold, two mason jar lids, washers and rubber bands produced. . . . . . this piece:  I love the funky images that appeared because of the washers being shoved into the lay...

I wrote about my class with Judy Coates Perez and now it's time to write about all the other wonderful classes I attended. I really enjoyed the Friday Sampler class. There were 25 teachers!  I couldn't make it to all the demos so I had to pick and choose a few favorites. I sat in on Lesley Riley's TAP class.  I am a huge fan of TAP (transfer artist paper) and it was great to learn from the inventor of the product.  I have been using TAP for a few years now but I did learn a thing or two about the product. Lesley is one of those teachers I have been friends with on-line and it was great to talk with her after class.   It is so wonderful to meet my on-line friends in person!  Phillipa Naylor , quilter extraordinary, spoke at the first luncheon I attended on Thursday and was very entertaining.  She has a beautiful British accent and is very funny as well.  She started out as a fashion designer and is always dressed impeccably and to ...