Creating Art to Order

A good-sized batch of my scarves will be winging it’s way toward the east coast soon

It will include 12 of the eco-printed variety

And, 12 of my breakdown screen-printed kind, too

July 16th, 2014 | Tags: , , , | Category: Art Business, Art Process, breakdown screen printing, Eco dye, silkscreen printing on fabric, wholesale selling | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Spirit in the Making

Recuperative studio time. Quiet reflection, drawing marks on the cloth with wet paste, watching the image disappear as the paste dries in the sun, then magically re-appear with the steam. The wind took a break for a day. The sun was warm, the cloth cooperative, giving up it’s color without too much fight.

March 20th, 2014 | Tags: , , , | Category: Art Business, Art Process, Being An Artist, creative process, Making Art, The Studio | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

Scarf Ball 9 Patch and lots more Eye Candy

one-of-a-kind hand printed 100% silk scarves ©2014 Ayn Hanna

This weekend is the big 3 day American Craft Council Show in Baltimore, Feb 21-23, at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Art for your Body

I’ll have over 60 of my one-of-a-kind hand-printed silk scarves available for sale in my booth #719 at the show. […]

Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

An irresistible urge to Paint

Do you ever feel so constrained, and boxed-in by the stifling structure of the day job, that you need to find some way of breaking free and letting loose? I sure do.

And funny thing is, even working with the textile medium (at least in the way that I do) […]

What’s on the Long Arm Wednesday and Horseshoe Market this Saturday!

"A&B" (in progress) – one of 8 textile paintings currently on the long arm machine

I use my long arm machine a bit differently than most who have them – rather than quilt large functional quilts, I put a huge backing fabric and layer of batting on the frame, then layer (like […]

Did someone say pillows?

Yes siree, the Hanna-Dyed line of domestic goods is expanding….and now includes Pillows!

These are handmade from pieces of hand-printed 100% pimatex cotton which absorbs dye beautifully.

"Geometric Layers" pillows by Hanna-Dyed (18" and 16" hand-printed cotton with faux down inserts)

Printed using the oh-so-much-fun deconstructed screen-printing process, each piece is a one-of-a-kind […]

Bundle Bouquets and Holiday Shows

Show #1 in Minneapolis, MN at Gallery 360

Back from the quick weekend trip to MN for the show opening at Gallery 360 (the show will run through Jan 13th) and on to preparing for 2 more upcoming shows, the scarf bundling and ornament stitching are continuing full speed ahead.

Bucket o' Bundles

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Back from High-Altitude Hippie-ville

Ah Telluride….my students were Fantastic, the class was fun, and a good time was had by all!

Ann getting an up close view of my demo

Nancy, Kathy, and Michele printing their art cloth pieces

Ann watches as I modify the pre-printed texture on the screen; Ann's art cloth […]

The waaaaaaiting is the hardest part

Anticipation…

Anticipaaaaaaation is … making me wait.

It’s keeping me waaaaaaaaaiiiting.

I’m going to try to let these 15 scarves passively cook in the sun and rest for a whole month before unbundling this time, to see just how much more of the natural plant color and texture might […]

Prepping for my breakdown screen-printing workshop at Ah Haa in August

Various paraphernalia used for breakdown screen printing process

I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen family too.

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks of fire, rain, and family. The comings and goings of my Spanish family who thankfully visit from Madrid each summer and some rare vacation time for me […]