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More, More, More As the High Park fire continues to rage (now 56,000 acres burned and 45% contained), 1700+ firefighters are battling it, many people remain evacuated, and at least 181 homes are known to have been lost so far. And the fire conditions remain at “Red Flag” warning levels….very high temps, high winds, and […] My Major “Scores” this year at Brimfield In this previous post, I told the story of my recent trip to the Brimfield Antique Show. Since I flew out there for the show and couldn’t schlep some of the treasures I found home with me on the plane, I shipped a big box home and it […] An Artist Book from year’s Past I was reminded today of this artist book that I made several years ago. The image below is on my Flickr photo stream and a wonderful fan just added it to her favorites list this morning, which “ping-ed” me and led me to look at this again.
Influenced by Jude Hill’s Contemporary Boro teachings, I’ve been working to incorporate some fabric weaving into my work. Here’s my latest piece in the LineScape series, almost complete: LineScape #15 in progress, layered cotton fabrics, stitching (12"x12") ©Ayn Hanna I’ve combined some of my own hand-dyed fabrics with some old soft used stripey […] This piece is continued from here. Work in Progress – state 5 ©Ayn Hanna Combining my layered techniques now also with something new for me – hand stitching. As this piece is evolving, it’s becoming an important part of my story, a combination and convergence of many things, with ties back to multiple […] the exterminator told us. “They can make themselves small to squeeze through the tiniest of holes in the floor and then “poof” back up like umbrellas.” "NYC Journal", Artist Book, 9"x6", original woodcuts and linocuts on rice paper, text printed on rives heavyweight, hand bound with linen cover) We’d been having a problem […] Work in Progress this week: Work in progress state 4 ©Ayn Hanna It’s evolving. Here’s the previous photo I posted of this piece a couple weeks ago: Work in progress state 3 ©Ayn Hanna And I’m continuing on my first attempts at cloth weaving. Here’s the first of the woven blocks […] linen napkin eco-dyed with tea A Different Direction Over the past week, I’ve reconnected with Jude Hill’s Spirit Cloth blog. It’s a soulful place where I take refuge when the daily noise gets too loud. The texture, layers, and spirit cloth draw me in. A place where slowness and contemplation is honored. I’ve […] More pictures, less words. Here’s the piece I’ve been working on. See how it’s changed in the past week? Work in progress ©Ayn Hanna Little by little it’s revealing itself to me. One moment, I have no idea what’s next, but force (discipline) myself to stay with it and next thing I know, […] Here’s the piece I’ve got on my design wall right now. Untitled (in progress) ©Ayn Hanna It began as a piece of cloth that I had screenprinted a pattern on. I left this cloth on my studio wall for months, living with it and contemplating what it wanted to become. Eventually, an image […] |
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