A bunch of new small works are emerging….

Small Tangled Webs and Wall Drawings emerging from within.

Several small textile paintings all in a row on the long arm machine, ready for stitching.

Tangled Web #5 revealing itself in stages:

Tangled Web 5, states 1(left) and 2(right).

The studio is abuzz with abundant creativity

And I’m so […]

Happy Veterans Day: A Navy Quilt Challenge Award Winner

"Keep Your Mach Up, Always Check Your Six" ©2010 Ayn Hanna, 41"x42", Textile Painting (Cotton Fabric, Fabric Paint & Ink, Cotton Thread, Cotton Batting)

Openings and Closings

“You are a Navy Quilt Challenge Winner!”

What a nice message to find in my email inbox on this Veterans’ Day. “Keep Your Mach Up, Always […]

Hand Stitching a New Wall Drawing

"Wall Drawing#3" ©2010 Ayn Hanna, 18" x 17.5", Textile Painting (cotton & velvet fabrics, fabric paint, cotton embroidery threads)

I started this latest piece from the Wall Drawing series during a Leslie Gabrielse workshop in September. I first posted some thoughts from this workshop experience here.

While the subject matter and imagery are […]

The Eagle has Landed: Navy Textile Paintings Done and Delivered

 

"Keep Your Mach Up, Always Check Your Six" ©2010 Ayn Hanna, 41"x42", Textile Painting (Cotton Fabric, Fabric Paint & Ink, Cotton Thread, Cotton Batting)

 

It feels like graduation, and like working in a factory. After several weeks of emails, web research, sketching, designing, dye-painting, carving, stamping, stenciling and stitching, the Navy […]

Drawing in the Expanded Field & Navy Quilts Update, Part 3

 

First of 2 quilts in progress for the Navy Quilting Challenge, loaded on the long arm and ready for quilting.

 

This past week has been a blur – day job, pilates, working on the 2 navy quilts, and an art show opening, Drawing in the Expanded Field, on Wed night.

Drawing […]

Fall down 7 times, get up 8: Perseverance and Appreciation

"Wall Drawing #2" ©2010 Ayn Hanna, 36"x43", Textile Painting (5 layers cotton fabric hand-dyed by the artist, cotton thread)

I rarely give up. Sometimes it gets me in trouble. Other times, it gets me great results. I’m still learning about boundaries and deciphering which situations I need to keep pushing through, which ones […]

Fabric has “history”. Paint does not.

High Peaks Camp, Estes Park, CO

During this past weekend, I got to attend an Art workshop at the High Peaks Camp in Estes Park. 15 other textile artists and I spent 3 days learning from Leslie Gabrielse, a fabulous fiber artist from The Netherlands.

I have admired Leslie’s work from the first […]

Dye Painting: Navy Quilts – Part 2

Simply irRESISTible show opens today at Some Things Looming Gallery in Reading, PA.

My Tangled Webs #1 and #4 are included in this show. If you’re in the Philadelphia, PA area, please check it out. There is an opening reception 4-6pm today and the show will be up through Nov14.

Click on the link above […]

Panthers and Tigers and Whales, oh My!

Nose of an F-8U Crusader plane, dye painted on fabric

Since “Captain Bill” (the subject of my textile painting entry for the Navy Quilt Show) was a Naval Aviator and Test Pilot, he flew all manner of aircraft. I have a list of at least 13 different planes he’s flown, and that’s only […]

Are You Ready for Some Football (and ART)?

"Mixed Salad" (c) 2007 Ayn Hanna, 11.5"x11.5" Textile painting (cotton fabric, cotton batting, cotton threads)

September. Fall. One of my favorite times of the year.

The smell of hatch’s green chilis roasting at the farmers’ markets, crisp morning air, Baseball playoffs just around the corner, FOOTBALL season starting, and lots of ART going […]