This weekend I went to the Stitch, Hobby & Craft trade show in Birmingham, England. (Otherwise known as Stitches.) This show is a great place to catch up with what’s going on in the industry, talk to old friends and…
Author: Sara Naumann
I took this photo at an installation at the SMART Project Space—the exhibition has been replaced with a new one, but the theme here was Utopias, and this portion of the exhibit was a twist on the Andy Warhol notion…
Hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day—perhaps one that was a bit more romantic than mine…Keith is working on a massive project with a deadline presentation on Thursday, and Anna is on Day Four of her pink eye. I’m doing…
Oh, mistakes… I hope I’m not the only one out there who makes big fat, irreparable mistakes. (I’m specifically talking about mistakes in art—life mistakes are a totally different post!) Last week I was working on some pendants as examples…
No wonder my art supplies were frozen! It’s been cold around here—cold enough for people to skate and play ice-hockey on the canals. I love how the sunset shines through the trees, and how the boats are frozen along the…
Art & Soul Virginia is coming up soon! It always happens like this: If you want to teach at an art retreat like Art & Soul, you have to submit workshop proposals (with descriptions, photos of the projects and a…
I think I’ve described my bicycle shed art space before, right? Here are the things I like about it— 1) It’s a dedicated room so I can leave projects-in-progress 2) It’s a place where I can paint and glue and…
Today I have the fabulous opportunity to chat with fiber artist Liz Kettle. I’ll get to meet Liz in person at Art & Soul Virginia, where she’s teaching four classes on stitching, needle felting and fiber arts. I’m totally intrigued…