Come for the Open Studio, stay for the Summer Festival (Natsu Matsuri) in Onishi! Grab your Suica Card and jump on the train. Get out of the big city for a summer day trip! My latest work is an installation piece entitled: – Electric Butterflies – Demise & Disposal of the electronic personality. A technologicalContinue reading “Open Studio Invitation- Electric Butterflies Art Installation”
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Busy Week at Artist Residency in Gunma, Japan
An artist residency here at Shiro Oni Studio is about more than just making art. There’s making connections, eating amazing food, and learning new skills. Zipping around this little rural space on a hot pink fixed gear bike has been great fun. Here’s a random photo collection from this past week: Wifi! Not liking thisContinue reading “Busy Week at Artist Residency in Gunma, Japan”
First 48 Hours at Shiro Oni Studios
My first artist residency and already I’m loving just one more reason to be an artist! Onishi, in Gunma Prefecure, Japan is a very small town just outside Tokyo. Easy to get here by train, bus and/or car for a quick day trip yet still seems to be untouched by the big city life. ThatContinue reading “First 48 Hours at Shiro Oni Studios”
The Happy Accident: Following through on a Butterfly Mistake
As I sit and enjoy my meditative crocheting moments I often forget to count and all too often this leads to detrimental mistakes in my work which then needs to be ripped back and redone. Sometimes I just go with the flow and don’t worry if my cute little cherry blossom suddenly has 6 petals.Continue reading “The Happy Accident: Following through on a Butterfly Mistake”
Packing List for my Shiro Oni Artist Residency:
Later next month I’ll be going to Shiro Oni Studios in Gunma Prefecture here in Japan for an artist residency. I’m super excited to create the technology reclamation installation project I’ve had floating around in my head for over a year. Using my background in fibers and metals, building an installation using these materials togetherContinue reading “Packing List for my Shiro Oni Artist Residency:”
Art Book: Hand-embroidered Map with Sequins!
Got a lot done this weekend! In between my crochet projects and spring cleaning, I completed another hand-emboidered art book using modern flight maps and textured fabrics. Continuing my series of embellishing old world designs onto modern maps brought me to Paris and I remembered the Montgolfier Brothers are credited with the first manned flightContinue reading “Art Book: Hand-embroidered Map with Sequins!”
Hoooked Zpagetti Review – Throw Rug Serendipity
Update: 2023 – This rug was a fun workhorse of a piece that I continued to use daily until we needed to move again. At which time I did let it go. 10/10 would Hoooked Zpagetti again. Do they even still make it? Update: May 2015 – I have been using this rug daily sinceContinue reading “Hoooked Zpagetti Review – Throw Rug Serendipity”