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 […]

November 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: About Me, Art Process, Drawing, Images, textile paintings | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

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 […]

September 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Art Process, Art Quilting Process, Artists, Drawing, Lectures and Workshops, textile paintings | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

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 […]

September 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Art Process, art quilts, Images, Making Art, textile paintings | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)