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!”
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Tokyo Artbook Fair 2014: Interview with Lyle Nisenholz
Fellow Art Byte Critique artist, Lyle, will also have his work at Tokyo Art Book Fair, Sept 19 – 21.
FOUND! – No Longer Seeking Australian Yarn Dyer :)
Are you a reliable, indy yarn dyer in Australia? I am creating a large scale wire & yarn hand-crocheted Tropical Butterfly Garden art installation in Queensland, Australia to be completed in March/April of 2015. To construct this large piece I am seeking a reliable yarn source for specially dyed yarns the colors of various butterflies,Continue reading “FOUND! – No Longer Seeking Australian Yarn Dyer :)”
There’s a Portfolio here, too!
Yes, Finally! This artist has an online portfolio here. Found my way between preparations for the Tokyo Art Book Fair and R & D on my next installation project, I’ve updated my website to a cleaner, portfolio supported theme called Illustratr. I haven’t decided if it’s best to add any descriptions such as, materials usedContinue reading “There’s a Portfolio here, too!”
Art Bin Participation at Yokohama Museum of Art
By appointment, I got my chance to throw my bad bit of art into Michael Landy’s Art Bin installation located inside the Yokohama Museum of Art. An interesting western idea being executed in a most Japanese way. Mentioned in an earlier post, I created a large black snowflake that turned out to look like aContinue reading “Art Bin Participation at Yokohama Museum of Art”
HoursTracker – Lepidoptera, Algebra & Crochet
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”
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!”