According to my HoursTracker App, this past week, I have completed 17 hours 15 minutes of Research & Development and 47 minutes of Marketing. But just what have I accomplished in this time? I’m getting ready to place a big colored-copper wire order and wanted to be sure of the gauges, colors, prices and whichContinue reading “HoursTracker – Lepidoptera, Algebra & Crochet”
Author Archives: Studio Deanna
Good (Bad?) Enough to Bin It!
Yes! That really great idea I had that turned out to be not such a great idea is going in the Bin. More precisely, Michael Landy’s Art Bin at Yokohama’s Museum of Art. As mentioned in my Decluttering Art post, what cannot be reclaimed, repurposed or given away to even one’s mother to love will needContinue reading “Good (Bad?) Enough to Bin It!”
Study in Tunisian Crochet
Pulled out my 9″ long, I-sized Tunisian Crochet hook this past week to expand my crochet repertoire. A bit of inexpensive Red Heart Yarn, my Encyclopedia of Crochet by Donna Kooler, and a few YouTube videos and I was set. It turned out to be fairly easy to do and I enjoyed seeing the stitchContinue reading “Study in Tunisian Crochet”
Decluttering Artwork
Nothing escapes my decluttering madness when it starts and my creative endeavors are no exception. Sometimes I’m lucky and all the materials can be fully reclaimed. Hours and hours went into the meter long wide scarf I was making from a super yummy wool/cashmere mix but in reality it just looked like a pile ofContinue reading “Decluttering Artwork”
How long did it take you to make that?
I am often asked this question when someone is viewing one of my projects, same as many other artists hear. We could all answer years, decades or even a lifetime we have spent honing our skills, learning our craft, debating which subject matter in which medium will touch the viewer most. Simply printing a singleContinue reading “How long did it take you to make that?”
In-Between Large Projects
I can finally see the floor of my tatami room studio again! Finishing one big project and before jumping into the next big projects(s), I’ve spent my time “spring” cleaning my studio. As a very visual person I like to see all my options at one time. All my pieces, all my mediums displayed within easyContinue reading “In-Between Large Projects”
Electric Butterflies Art Installation – Photos: Shiro Oni
Now fully set up inside Kotoriya Studio, Electric Butterflies at Shiro Oni in Gunma, Japan, had its debut during Onishi’s summer festival called Natsu Matsuri. Created during my artist residency here, Electric Butterflies is an art installation exploring the demise & disposal of the electronic personality. It is a technological reclamation art installation project combiningContinue reading “Electric Butterflies Art Installation – Photos: Shiro Oni”