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Studio Notes: Texture Tactility Tactile Textile

April 18, 2022

Today I am sharing some explorations into "tactile textiles,", a term coined, as  understand it, by Anni Albers, tactile textile artist/weaver! Such works and materials become spaces, places, rooms, lands, terrain, forests...tactile explorations into the unknown, guided by, among other things, … [Read more...] about Studio Notes: Texture Tactility Tactile Textile

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Anni Albers, Bind, BOOK BOARD, Cord, Fiber, Glue, hemp, HEMP CORD, In the Studio, Jute, jute cord, Knot, Layer, Materiality, Materials, Sew, Spiral, Stitich, String, Studio, Studio notes, Studio shots, Tactile textile, tactility, Textile, Texture, touch, typewriter ribbon, Wrap

NEW WORK in 2021: “Forest Through The Trees”

December 20, 2021

I was happy to finally be able to have Elon Schoenholz Photography in to photograph works completed during 2021... fast away the old year passes... Here I share "Forest through The Trees", 15 x 42 x 12", made of book board, canvas, hemp cord, ribbon, typewriter ribbon, acrylic paint, wood. It is … [Read more...] about NEW WORK in 2021: “Forest Through The Trees”

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, New Work, Work Tagged With: 2021 Work, Accordion Fold, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Black, Books To Boxes, Boxes, Canvas, COLOR, Conceptual Works, Constructions, Contemporary Artist, Covers, Elon Schoenholz Photography, Fiber, HEMP CORD, Labor, Los Angles Artists, minimalist, Mixed media, Monochrome, New Work, Repetition, Sculpture, Spiral, Stitch, Stitching, Textiles, Three-dimensional works, Work

NEW WORK in 2021: Red Notebook (“Here’s To The Red, White and Blue”)

November 15, 2021

I was happy to finally be able to have Elon Schoenholz Photography in to photographs works completed/created during 2021, which continues to race by. Part of an ensemble, suite, or installation of works entitled, "Here's To The Red, White and Blue", Red Notebook is structured as a "traditional" … [Read more...] about NEW WORK in 2021: Red Notebook (“Here’s To The Red, White and Blue”)

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, New Work, Work Tagged With: 2021 Work, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Black, Book as Art, Codex, Coil, COLOR, Conceptual Book, Conceptual Works, Constructions, Contemporary Artist, Covers, Elon Schoenholz Photography, Fiber, HEMP CORD, Los Angles Artists, Mark Rothko, Mixed media, New Work, Pages, Red, Rothko, Sculpture, SIGNATURE, SINGLE SIGNATURE BOOK, Spiral, Stitch, Stitching, Textiles, Three-dimensional works, White and Blue, Work

Preparing for: Crafting our Stories By Hand Online

August 5, 2020

I am thrilled to be preparing to teach: The Art of the Book: Crafting Our Stories By Hand  ONLINE! Visual Feast...Eye Candy...Material World Crafting Histories: Bookmaking with Debra Disman -  an Online Workshop Series Colorful packets of bookmaking materials The Art of the … [Read more...] about Preparing for: Crafting our Stories By Hand Online

Filed Under: Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: Andres Payan, Andres Payan Estradfa, Aroha Philanthropies, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Book Arts, Bookmaking, Community Artmaking, Craft Contemporary, Craft Contemporary Museum, Crafting Our Stories By Hand, Debra Disman, Handmade Books, HEMP CORD, Older Adyults, ONE-OF-A-KIND HANDMADE BOOKS, Online Art programs, Online Art Workshops for Seniors, Online Bookmaking, Online learning, Seniors, Seniors making Books, Story, Story making, The Art of the Book, The Art of the Book: Crafting Our Stories By Hand, TTagboard

Making Journals at the Granada Hills Branch Library

March 21, 2020

  It was a pleasure to lead a "journal-making" workshop/program at the Granada Hills Branch Library as part of my Artist Residency there, supported by the wonderful Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Who knew creating a journal, traditionally a place to record daily thoughts, … [Read more...] about Making Journals at the Granada Hills Branch Library

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, ARTISTS, Artists' Books, BOOKS, Student Work, Teaching Artist Tagged With: AIR, ARTIST BOOKS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Bookmaking, Books made by Hand, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist in Residence Program, Community, Community Arts, Community Arts programs, DCA, DCA AIR, Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, FAMILY ARTMAKING, Family Bookmaking, Granada Hills Public Library, Handmade Books, Handmade sewn books, HEMP CORD, Journal, Journal-making, journaling, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles Public Library, Public Library, SEWN BOOK BINDINGS, Sewn pages, SIGNATURE, SINGLE SIGNATURE, Single Signature Binding, SINGLE SIGNATURE BOOK, Single Signature Books, STEAM, Washi Tape

Story Time

June 6, 2018

  Story Time: BedTime Story I I am repeating a bit in this post, lingering in my Studio Residency and show of work at Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean in Santa Monica. I showed a work titled "BedTime Story I", featuring, or shall I say employing tiny masks; faces of clay, made by … [Read more...] about Story Time

Filed Under: Artist in Residence, Artists' Books, New Work, Work Tagged With: Accordion Fold, Art Work, ARTIST'S BOOKS, Artists' oo, Book Form, Books made by Hand, Ceramic Faces, Ceramics, Clay, Clay Masks, Cloth, Collaboration, Fabric, Handmade Books, HEMP CORD, Judy Disman, Mask, Sewing, Stitiching, Textiles

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