Another Kind of Surface Design
Sometimes you just have to visit the beach.The Iowa River's treacherous flooding from one year ago caused water to cross over the Coralville Dam's spillway for only the second time…
Hammerpress Letterpress Studio, Kansas City
Hammerpress Letterpress Studio is a charming, larger-scale letterpress shop that takes on the production of posters, cards and other projects. Finding it was one of the unexpected bonuses of attending…
Who knew?
My daughter just received her PhD from the University of Chicago (Go Math Women!) The cost to purchase this stunning ensemble is $800. Fellow fiber artists, don't you see an…
Surface Design Conference, Day 4
It was my job to introduce sculptor Jerry Bleem, who led us on an entertaining tour through the worlds of ten outsider artists in his talk, Off the Grid: Unconscious…
Surface Design Conference, Day 3
I'm deep into over-stimulation by now and loving it. We can only attend one third of the concurrent sessions available, so this listing will not be complete as far as…
Exhibit Day at the Surface Design Conference
Exhibitions at the BelgerA wonderful warehouse space in itself, complete with old fashioned freight elevator and loading dock for trucks. Here's a list of all the shows I attended.Stitches in…
Day One at the 2009 Surface Design Conference
Regional Meet-and-Greet breakfasts highlight the many accomplished longtime members and new attendees at this event. Morning keynote speaker Harmony Susalla, gave a fascinating talk, "Organic Cotton: Beyond Oatmeal and Granola…
Surface Design Conference, Kansas City
Greetings from the Kansas City Art Institute, where the biennial International Surface Design Association Conference is about to begin. I've been here a number of times already, always with talented,…
Time for a Road Trip
The Wall Street Journal just posted a piece on traveling the summer "quilt circuit" with all definitions of the word included. That's right, you read it correctly, The Wall Street…