Opens Jan 31, 2020 After you have designed the composition, everything else you do is merely execution – not that execution is by any means trivial,…
Better late than never, right? I love looking at the past year to see what I’ve accomplished. I’ve got big plans for 2020 – mostly involving…
Equipment review for live demonstration teaching…
Sometimes I jump a little too soon. I absolutely love The Marker’s Yearbook that I reviewed in my last post, and wanted to add to it’s…
At the beginning of December I made an impulse purchase. I think I might have been scrolling Instagram. I’m telling you friends – Instagram marketing works.…
Because who doesn’t need a chain string of vintage thimbles that make lovely tinkling jingle sounds every time you move, right? Seriously – I had way…
Walking around a RenFaire all day I knew I was going to need a bag or purse or pouch of some kind to hold all the…
Sometimes I go a little overboard with things. Like the idea I had a year ago that I was going to try leather working. I bought…
November in North Carolina can be either lovely or cold. The weekend we were going to be spending the day outside at the RenFair was going…
I should be doing all kinds of other things right now. Instead, I’ll show you costume I’m working on.I didn’t have time to get it done…
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Online: The Artist’s Toolbox part 1 The Elements [Jan 31, 2020]
November 18, 2019Wake Up Your Artist’s Eyes Opens Jan 31, 2020 After you have designed the composition, everything else you do is merely execution – not that execution…
A Video walk-through of the Better World exhibition at the International Quilt Festival in Houston Texas, October 2019.…
I’ve got 8 classes and 3 lectures to give this month. Time to get busy. I think many students have no idea how much time it…
A necessary stop – well worth a day. Devastating in just the right way. I learned much more history than I knew before.…
I’ve been working on a project for the past month. Not only is it another wonderful way to use my time while traveling but it is…
You can find the online shop and purchase your own amazing Kaross artwork at https://kaross.co.za/pages/product…
Over the next few days I’ll share with you my recent trip to Johannesburg, South Africa to teach at the National Quilt Symposium. …
For once I had enough presence of mind to take photos of my process as I worked. I thought I’d share with you my process for…
Go behind the scenes with artist Lyric Kinard as she hangs her solo show at the Cary Art Center.…
If you missed part 1 of this tutorial you can find it here or scroll to the previous post. I’m mounting these small embroideries to give…
The small embroideries I’ve made for my solo show, Sone, Water, Time, are lovely little pieces of art. But most of the general public doesn’t have…
It’s down to the last few weeks of getting ready for my solo show. I would love to see you there if you are nearby Cary,…
Why I choose to resist, Threads of Resistance…
wise words about handling rejection from David Walker and Terry Grant.…
My good and very talented friend, Sue Bleiweiss has just published an ebook that I think you will find very useful. Get all my tips, hints…
How to manage rejection of your artwork…
how to photograph your art - by Sarah Ann Smith…
How to organize yourself when entering art and quilt shows.…
venues for an art quilter to show her work.…
What are your motivations for showing your artwork?…
quilt show - the difference between judging and jurying…
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Showing Your Work: the jury process
April 30, 2019Entering shows - how the fine art jury process works…
A peek at Lyric's progress on work for her solo show in Cary, NC July 2019.…
The Whitney Plantation and Slave Museum…
I thought I’d show you some of the student work from the Gulf States Quilt Association’s seminar a few weeks ago. Playful Portraiture, Making Faces is…
Student Spotlights from Lyric Kinard's Abstract-A-Licious class…
In the last post you saw all the lovely outcomes, all the pretty pictures, all the wonderful things about the bag I made for my New…
I obsess about what to pack when I travel. Perhaps it is a reaction to being a traveling textile teacher who ALWAYS ends up with the…
abstract imagery inspired and derived from the Sydney Opera House.…
A quick drive to the airport at 4 in the morning and we leave what has become my favorite country in the world. Goodbye New Zealand.…
A visit to the Kauri Museum, north island New Zealand.…
A day at Clapham's National Clock Museum in Whangarei, New Zealand.…
Diving at Poor Knights Island, New Zealand…
In Whangarei, which is north of Auckland, I spent a day teaching, then lecturing for the lovely quilters there. Class was held in a clubhouse for…
Register for The Artist's Toolbox online and become the artist you always wanted to be.…
A visit to Mitai Maori village in Rotorua New Zealand.…
A photo tour of Hobbiton with traveling textile teacher, Lyric Kinard…
Rafting the Kaituna River and Okere Falls in New Zealand…
The landscape of New Zealand’s north island is both similar and very different from the south island. We had drizzly wet weather and bright sun –…
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Travels: from Wellington, through Palmerston North, and a few little stops in between
March 10, 2019Travel from Wellington to Palmerston North in New Zealand with traveling textile teacher Lyric Kinard.…
A very quick view of Wellington, New Zealand.…
Galipoli, the scale of our war. Exhibit at Te Papa about World War 1 and New Zealand's soldiers in Galipoli.…
See New Zealand from the air.…
Meet the quilters in New Zealand with traveling textile teacher, Lyric Kinard.…
Travel with Lyric to Invercargill New Zealand…
Te Anau and the glowworm caves in New Zealand.…
Another morning, another long (4-5hr) bus ride. But like all other days spent traveling, this day’s scenery was magical. This time we walked ourselves up the…
Next morning it was up bright and early again to catch a bus – this time for fun! The clouds in the surrounding hills and mountains…
There is a train that crosses the New Zealand Alps and it is a spectacular ride no matter the weather. Enjoy… New Zealand is a very…
Learn abstract design online with Lyric Kinard.…
Before we headed out of town we visited the port of Greymouth, a notoriously dangerous river entry into the docks with unpredictable swells, river flooding and…
The Greymouth coast was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Sue Roper with a sack full of mussels for our lunch.Tidepools full of tiny sea creatures. Imagine living in…
Freshly back from our ATV rainforest adventure Sue Roper asked if I wanted to suit up and go tend her beehive with her. Um. ABSOLUTELY YES!!!!…