Catching Up

So, I didn't post in April, but that didn't mean I wasn't making things in April! A few fantastic trips, and one long illness, and I'm back with a few images. I hope to have even more studio time in May.

Books in Oregon!

I am honored to be coming to Oregon to make books with the Lakeridge High art students! (These are Montana Art students from a workshop in April.) See you all on the West Coast soon!

Bird Models!

Had a fantastic opportunity to sit in with students drawing live raptors. The owl was so calm, and the hawk flapped it's wings so close, I could feel the wind on my face!

Bird Bag

Bought this bag from an artist on the road. Birds.
Love the free form sewing machine stitching as line drawing. Does anyone know how this works? A special sewing machine foot? Jodie? I'd like to try it.

Shadow Shirts from April

Shadow photos got me thinking about the shadow a bird casts in flight. (Did you know even tiny just-hatched chickens panic when a shadow passes overhead? Instinct, I guess.) Played with a new way of bleaching by laying a cut out on the fabric and spraying the bleach on, creating a shadow in a sunburst image. (Might be interesting as water, too.)

Shadows

Playing with photos of shadows (Dad and I) in the park...

Shirts from March

More bleach drawings on shirts. Working to control the line.