New Work – “Mad Hatter”

New Work. Fewer Words. More Story.

"Mad Hatter" © Ayn Hanna Textile Painting, 29.5 x 27.5 in

"Mad Hatter" (detail) © Ayn Hanna

"Mad Hatter" (detail) © Ayn Hanna

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I had a dream…

last night

that I was Hillary Clinton’s assistant.

She was still Secretary of State, very strong, vibrant, and happy. (I was excited and happy too….waaaaaay less stressed in this role than I am in my current day job.) Hillary and Barack had stopped by our home for a dinner party. We were joined by […]

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 […]

Ready for my Art Cloth Workshop in Telluride

Art Cloth: Unique Hand-Printed Fabric is the workshop I’ll be teaching this coming weekend at the Ah Haa School for the Arts in Telluride, CO.

"4 Corners" (detail), Art Cloth (breakdown dye screen printing on cotton fabric) ©Ayn Hanna

This year we’ll be using procion MX dyes and breakdown screen-printing techniques (also known […]

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 […]

Black and Blue: Discharged Silk Scarves

Steaming right along in preparation for our Studio Tour event this coming weekend, I’ve been designing my first ever black silk scarves, using black scarf blanks and then drawing and printing on them with discharge paste to remove the color:

When discharging fabric, different value ranges can be achieved […]

More Fire, Smoke, Heat, and Eco-dyed Silk Scarves

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 […]

Art and Garden Parties

Weekend Road Trip – Art Parties

Is it really Monday? The weekend was a blur – It’s great to have such a creative family, although 2 solo show openings (one in Denver and one in Steamboat) on the same weekend is pretty over the top.

My partner, Barbara Gilhooly had a reception for her solo […]

A place you’ve got to see to believe

There are many beautiful mountain towns in Colorado, and then there’s Telluride, CO. Perched at 8750 feet above sea level in a box canyon with mountains all around, Telluride has to be one of the most beautiful (and cleanest) places on earth. Spending a week there, teaching an art cloth workshop was heavenly. Words […]