Martianknits

This has been a fall of filling the idea tank. I traveled, took classes, went to 2 exhibits and shared ideas with other creatives. You know I traveled and I owe you some France photos. Texture on Juno Beach Mont ST. Michel Inside the town at Mont St. Michel   Church in Norville Church in Dieppe Classes or workshops are a good way to fill up the idea tank. Classes I choose to take are usually in a technique or art form I wouldn't choose to do on my own. It helps to get out of a creative rut and there is a real possibility that the technique will inform future work. A few days after getting back from France I took a workshop in Zentangle influenced hooking. I wasn't very good at it. But I got a new angle with which to approach surface design. all seeing tree  My resulting piece is nothing like Zentangle but uses its principles. The next course I took was a 3 day intensive with Alice Vander Vennen with techniques and methods fairly new to me. Fi...

My husband and I have only really been able to travel since selling my business and downsizing our house. I have figured out why I like traveling so much. Traveling brings newness and change. It gets one out of the day to day struggle. It is an excuse to forget that overdue bill or a looming deadline. In putting oneself in an unfamiliar situation or country you have to  be totally present to new customs, foods, languages etc.. Just the mere fact that I have to be open to all around me allows for new creative pathways inside me. (Does that make sense to anyone but me?) Boat on River Yar on Isle of Wight I do not take your usual Tourist photos when traveling. I am interested in textures, light and colors of a new area.  I take fewer photos because I am more interested in just being present in the moment. That being said I had to take a photo of the beautiful refurbished church my friend Jules and his wife  live in. It is stunning both in and out.  We stayed in...