Mud, Glorious Mud Part 2
There's an intimate relationship between dry soil and liquid soy milk. Get too much soy milk, and it will bleed into the fabric, possibly smearing any stamping or painting you do. Get too little soy...
View ArticleMud, Glorious Mud Part 3
I am about to head off to the kitchen to find my mud/soy solution and give mud printing another go today. While I worked printing the last round of mud cloth, I recorded some of my thoughts about the...
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Charu said to mix the henna with water and instant coffee and put it into a container with the fabric and some iron. I happen to have an old charcoal iron box. You may never have seen one of these....
View ArticleQuarke Artists’ Retreat
This week the small group Quilt Artists of Kenya (Quarke) is having their first ever art quilt retreat. Once settled in, we expect to spend three days making art quilts and enjoying each other's...
View ArticleQuArKe at Manyika House Retreat
It seems QuArKe, the Quilt Artists of Kenya, have established a new tradition--an annual retreat at Manyika House. Continue reading →
View ArticleWork on Display in Nairobi
One of my pieces, along with others from QuArKe (Quilt Artists of Kenya) will be on display at the Friends of the Arts Exhibition at the International School of Kenya, April 11-16. Continue reading →
View ArticleI am SAQA
Studio Art Quilt Associates, of which I am a member, sponsors a program that promotes their Juried Artist Members. Each month, a new "I am SAQA" advertisement appears, and for the month of October,...
View ArticleMud Cloth Happy Endings
So, last year - before I got committed to opening a new online quilt class Web site (QuiltEd Online) - I was fooling around with mud, glorious mud! It's hard to say whether it was messier working with...
View ArticleBlooming Baringo!
It does not happen often, perhaps once or twice a year, that the Acacia mellifora, "wait-a-bit" trees blossom - but they are doing it now! I turned my morning dog-walking session into a photo op, and...
View ArticleOnline Art Quilt Portfolio Video
Yesterday, I successfully uploaded a slideshow of my art quilt portfolio and made it into a video on YouTube. Here's how I did it: Continue reading → The post Online Art Quilt Portfolio Video appeared...
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