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The Plan was a test, to try and let the little bundles rest for 30 days before the big reveal. silk with eucalyptus, hibiscus, rose petals, tin can-wrapped, steamed, left to rest for 11 days The reality is, after 11 days, I noticed the first signs of “little fuzzies” starting to appear on […] 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 […] (Fair Warning : Not for those who can’t stand clutter or visual chaos) Antiques week at Brimfield
For the truly hardy, the Brimfield Antiques Show is the largest outdoor antiques show in the world, with over 6,000 dealers and 130,000+ visitors during the course of the week. While it is convenient to […] After my Artist’s Talk last Monday, I was in a meditative mood this past week. I spent many hours taking apart all these silk ties – prepping them to be usable for my textile work. ties on the lines Thinking about the making while doing something else Doing things like this is a […] I’m still basking in the warmth of all the appreciation I felt from the audience during my artist talk Monday night at the FRCQ meeting in Denver – what a wonderful group! I shared my life journey of becoming an artist, my path from printmaking to textiles, and discussed my creative process and inspiration as […] 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 […] One thing we have in abundance here in the mountain west: Rusty old horseshoes silk, horseshoe-wrapped, vinegar, juniper dye bath Top piece: cotton, bundled with plant material, steamed. Bottom 2 pieces: silk, bundled with horseshoes, dyed in juniper dye bath. (detail view) Top, Cotton bundled w/plant materials […] We had such fabulous warm weather this past weekend, I just couldn’t help myself. I got out my pots and buckets, soy milk and alum, silk and cotton, and browsed the yard with my clippers. Plants for the dye pots, (from L to R) Juniper, some purple-ish bush from the front yard, holly, […] LineScape #12 (Fields and Highways) ©2011 Ayn Hanna, 31.5"x40", Textile Painting (cotton fabrics hand-dyed and silk screened by the artist, cotton stitching) M.A.P.S. * M.A.P.S * M.A.P.S Remember those treasure maps from teen adventure stories, oftentimes one of the few visual pages in a paperback full of text? And board games too, the […] |
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