I am getting psyched about the SPIN Silk Painters International Festival at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee this fall! I am planning my workshops, trying to figure out what to bring, what to share: I think we … Continue reading
This autumn’s Silk Painters International (SPIN) Festival promises to be fun! The Festival will be at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, September 28 through October 5. There are lots of great teachers doing workshops that week, … Continue reading
What are your summer projects? What’s new with you? I am neglecting some stuff I SHOULD be doing to paint birds and butterflies and frogs… … Continue reading
The Costume Industry Coalition presents SHOWSTOPPERS an exhibit in Times Square celebrating the artisans, artists and craftspeople who bring the costumes of the theater to life: https://www.showstoppersnyc.com/ Please come to visit this amazing exhibit. It is detailed, moving, educational, and … Continue reading
Ginny Clow and I enjoyed our appearance at Showstoppers in Times Square! Ginny painted on something for Lion King, and I “fantasy aged” a Hidden Folk costume for the Frozen tour. We enjoyed chatting with the visitors about what we … Continue reading
Today was my first Zoom costume painting workshop, hosted by University of North Carolina and the inimitable Rachel Pollock (of https://la-bricoleuse.blogspot.com/ fame). I think we would have had a lot more fun had we been in person together making stuff … Continue reading
This unprecedented pandemic has made our interior spaces really important. I have been so grateful that my studio is now in my home. If my studio was still on Warren Street or Vestry Street, I would not have gotten to … Continue reading
I spent much of December painting these HOT clothes, designed by Juan Gatti, and made by the extraordinary artists at John Kristiansen NYC. These smokin’ hot performers will be seen shortly in the Saxony Theater at the Faena hotel in … Continue reading
In celebration of my new book, Stencil Craft: Techniques for Art, Fashion and Home (Look Inside! http://amzn.to/1K5rhJV), I am excited to share with you some ideas about the multiple uses for stencils: Beyond numbers on your mailbox! This beautiful sample … Continue reading
A wonderful puzzle: a giant nylon parachute makes an undulating lake from which three witchy ladies rise up. Its not magical unless it looks like Sandra Woodall’s wonderful sketch for the Ladies of the Lake for The Cincinnati Ballet’s Camelot. … Continue reading
