Things are changing in the rented studio space downtown. The space where I have been winding beams and doing woodwork looks like it is going to turn into a cooperatively run gallery and, maybe, a coffee shop. To that end, I've started setting up a...
[Lunar Calendar Design]In designing my new life as a printmaker, I anticipated lots of expenses in tools and materials. What I didn't necessarily expect, however, was how much education I was going to need.Before my Summer weaving show season starts, I'm getting serious about studying...
Today's post is really more of a photo essay. I had already ground a bunch of black slate and yellow ochre into fine powders, water-sorted to keep the finest pigment particles, and dried the results of that sorting.[Water-sorted black slate pigment powder, still wet]I was...
I recently remembered a lesson taught to me by a friend who has experience purifying clay for pottery. Water can be used to sort the sizes of particles. Time is the factor that sorts them - larger particles settle first while the tiny particles that...
A while back I think I posted that I was interested in exploring the use of local pigments in my ink. I probably said something like, "I am sure I can control myself and keep this from consuming too much of my time." Well, if...
For anyone who's following along, I'm sorry for the lag in posting. This is the season when I need to focus on show applications and cloth production for the upcoming show season. That means there isn't much time for developing a new business, much less...