Interview 2

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Glad to be back. I have been laid-up for a brief period recuperating from a motorcycle mishap. We are referring to it now as “the incident”. I would not normally show off my legs to just anyone, but since it’s just you and me . . . here is the new hardware that I am [...]

I just got back from a joint conference of the Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates. I am a member of both organizations. While this was not the first professional conference for artists I had attended, I thought it was the most useful. Rather than focus on techniques or professional development the focus [...]

Hi everyone,
Thank you to all of you who were able to drop by my studio last Saturday. The afternoon was great fun. Also, special thanks to the Log Cabin Quilters and my friend Cindy for the lovely flowers. (I have deftly managed to position them so they are not subject to cat attack.)
mong the guests [...]

ere are the final sketches for my next two works. I am working on them simultaneously. The dual processing has always presented challenges for me — I had difficulties keeping pieces for one work separate from the other. It was like throwing two 1000 piece puzzles together in one box and shaking it up before [...]

I ask ya, what is an artist to do when the bottom drops out of the art market? I do have skills that are easily applied to other projects, it’s true. So, now I am putting those skills to a bit more commercially viable use. In addition to completing some works in my Motorcyclist Portrait [...]

Argh!
Due to the inaction of the Michigan House Judiciary Committee, as of September 11th, the closure of the Department of History, Arts and Libraries became official. That means that the body that funds the arts-when there is money-the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, will be transferred from the Department of History, Arts and [...]

Wow, did I really go an entire month without a post here? And still no interview this month? Humm, I have been having way too much fun this summer. I was fortunate enough to have “the nieces” visit this month. We went to the Michigan Fiber Festival and the kids learned rigid heddle weaving. They [...]

I’ve been working on the editing for that new book, Portfolio 16, for a while now. It is a project that does command a lot of attention. Carol Myers in Indiana sent me a particularly interesting work called Shield. I love her work. She also had a very compelling image in one of the [...]

Hi everyone,

I thought you might like to see the traditional quilt top that will be loaded on to my long-arm quilting machine during my open studio next week. You might just have a chance to quilt a bit on it yourself!
Binky Patrol is my charity of choice these days. binkypatrol.org They provide covers (quilts, [...]

Hi everyone,
My niece, Madison, age 7, called me last summer and asked if I would make a quilt with her. I was very touched and said sure, I would. Then she lowered the boom. “I want it to be just like the one in my reader.” Humm? Apparently, there is a story in the McGraw-Hill [...]