Archive for October, 2009

Shu….time is a flyin’!  And, yes, I’m having fun.  I started back to school August 21 and life has been a whirlwind ever since.  I’m taking three studio classes this semester: weaving, lampworking and fabric design.  I am learning a lot and keeping quite busy.  Hence the apology.

I feel I must apologize for neglecting my blog and blogland friends.  I promise to not stay away this long again. 

The photo above is from my first weaving project of the semester.  The theme was Small Made Large-take a small amount of weaving and activating a larger area.  I did a series of 4 x 6 weavings, three with glass rods through them to help activate the area between them all.  Pretty successful I think.

This piece is from my first Lampworking project of the semester.  The assignment was joining-attaching multiple pieces/rods of glass.  I chose to make glass disks and some crocheted disks as well.  I have a wonderful instructor, Emilio Santini.  He is so knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge with all of us.  Oh, and he’s very patient.

Though I do not have any photos from my Fabric Design class, I am learning a lot there as well from another great instructor, Julia Pfaff.  We’ve been learning various fabric dyeing techniques such as shibori, which is a Japenese dyeing technique, used from many, many years.  Loving it!

I promise to keep posting….regularly!