1. Name Game Contest: Today will be spent completing the winning prize! Do you know what should I name my Tropical Butterfly Garden art installation? Be sure you are following my blog, Instagram or Twitter to catch the launch and upcoming details. 2. I’ve compiled a list of the flora, fauna and butterflies I’m including inContinue reading “The Upcoming Week in my Tatami Room Studio”
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Studio Progress Report – Oct 10
It’s been a busy week in my studio. Quite a few hours continuing my lepidoptera and biology research. A few hours sketching, a few hours of construction, a few hours re-organizing the studio all add up to a lot of hours! My order of Zebra Wire, colored copper wire arrived – Half of a rainforestContinue reading “Studio Progress Report – Oct 10”
SPUN Fiber Exhibition – Opening Night is October 17
One of my wire & fiber crochet pieces was accepted into the SPUN Fiber Exhibit in New York! It’s great to be included with these other amazing artists! After seeing the creative names they have given their pieces I clearly need to up my name game. “Flower” is just so “meh” when compared to ‘Colors ofContinue reading “SPUN Fiber Exhibition – Opening Night is October 17”
Lepidoptera and the limits of Google
Seeking the scientific details needed to properly build my Tropical Butterfly Garden installation I have found big gaps and a lot of inconsistent information out on the internet. Butterflies are in the scientific order Lepidoptera and to my untrained eye, seem so very distinctive from one another. Yet my in depth studies are showing thereContinue reading “Lepidoptera and the limits of Google”
Not just for Spinners – Tokyo Spinning Party!
Friends and I visited the Tokyo Spinning Party on Monday. A show full of fleeces, silks, spindles, batts, workshops, and lots of other colorful yarn-y goodness. White Romany, approx US$10.00 for 3oz. 5 Ladies in a Felting Class Is spinning popular in Japan? Happy Spinning’s booth full of batts was cleaned out! Completely! Yes, spinningContinue reading “Not just for Spinners – Tokyo Spinning Party!”
A Booth at the Tokyo Art Book Fair 2014
My first book fair and, according to Zine’s Mate, it is the largest in Asia! My boothmates definitely agree that it’s huge, the amount of art books, zines, paper supplies, printers, and all the accessories seems to cover acres of booths. Tokyo Art Byte Critique’s Booth No. H-05 has been enjoying the amazing flood ofContinue reading “A Booth at the Tokyo Art Book Fair 2014”
Buttons, Buttons, Buttons…
Today is all about the buttons! Putting those finishing touches on my Travel Journals for the Tokyo Art Book Fair this weekend. For every 5 buttons I sew, there is a small Pumpkin Kit Kat reward! Button, button, button, button, button, pumpkin kit kat, button, button, button…