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Work In Progress: Re-Working an old paper cut piece
I think I initially created this piece of work two years ago, and I’ve never been completely satisfied with it. I made it with two separate cut layers, and it didn’t quite work. I decided it was time...
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New Iteration of the Flowerburst Installation
Hammer Cut Stitch Repeat opened yesterday evening at Circle Craft gallery, and one of the pieces included in the show is my Flowerburst installation. This is the third time I’ve shown the piece, and...
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Expanding the Stitching Repertoire
Sashiko stitching has been a gateway technique fuelling my long-held desire to learn how to embroider. I decided I wanted to expand from the straight stitch used in sashiko, and learn how to add...
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Behind the Scenes While I Work
Last week I did a quick paper cut piece as both a warm up and a painting experiment using acrylic ink. I shot two time lapse videos with my iPhone during the cutting process, and then during the...
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Work In Progress: Embroidery on Paper Tests
I recently made the transition from stitching on cloth to paper, which was bound to happen sooner or later because I am a paper artist after all. I started with a small scrap piece of paper and made a...
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French Knot Embroidery in Paper
My experiments in making french knots on paper the other week led to working on a larger and more elaborate piece that I finished in the studio on Monday. I took many photos of my progress as I worked....
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Making Clothing New Again Through Sashiko Stitching
This is an upcycling project I was thinking about all summer and did not have a breakthrough on until two weeks ago, shortly after the French knot obsession began. The piece of clothing is a favourite...
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Drawing with Thread Workshop
I was excited to take the Drawing with Thread workshop taught by my friend Amanda Wood at Collage Collage last weekend. She is a textile artist working in weaving and stitching, and I was curious to...
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French Knots in Paper Too
I did not do as thorough a job of documenting this piece as I did with the first one. I chose to create a less elaborate design with this one, and work with larger circles in a slightly different way....
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Making Marks with Thread
I’ve been working on another clothing embellishment project in my head over the last few weeks, and when I sat down to finally start it on Monday I realized the idea was not going to work well with the...
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French Knots on Paper in Blue
I started working on a fourth French knots in paper piece during Culture Crawl weekend to keep myself occupied during the slow times, and also to demonstrate process to visitors. There are so many...
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Revisiting My Paper Cutting Sketchbook
I want to take my paper cutting work in a new direction incorporating different shapes because the usual ones are starting to feel stale. I’ve been working with them for five years now, and it is time...
View ArticleA Heart for the Day of Hearts
I drew this heart as a gift to give friends we were joining for dinner on Valentine’s Day. It’s inspired by line work I revisited last week as I worked on a commission that combines paper cut and...
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Work In Progress: Multiple Paper Cut Sketches
Before starting another 3D paper cut piece last week I decided to do a few small sketches to work out an idea I’ve had in my head for the last while. I wanted to make two half circles slightly offset...
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Work In Progress: Stitching a Denim Skirt
When I started this clothing embellishment project in February I thought I would end up using a traditional sashiko pattern as my chosen design, but the highly structured approach didn’t suit what I...
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Work In Progress: Spirals and Waves
Progress on this piece has been much slower than I would have liked but I managed to put the finishing touches on it yesterday. The actual size is 19.5″ x 19.5″ hand cut from 98lb Canson Mi-Teintes...
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Work in Progress: Sketching Triangles in a Circle
I started this piece so that I could shoot a quick hyperlapse earlier this week to share on Instagram. I’ve learned to not do this while working on something I want to turn out well. The tripod set up...
View ArticleThirty Days of Drawing Project
I decided to begin a thirty day project on the first day of May as a way to get inspired and generate new ideas. I’ve been feeling artistically stale and stagnant lately, and hoped it would be a good...
View ArticleThirty Days of Drawing Project – Part 2
Here is a second look inside my Paper-oh sketchbook and the 30 day drawing project I started on May 1st. This video includes work from May 9th through to May 21st. A post shared by Paper artist...
View ArticleThirty Days of Drawing Project – Part 3
A third look inside my 30 Days of Drawing Project sketchbook. This video includes day 22nd to the 31st. I should rename the project to 30 Days of Drawing +1 because there are 31 days in May. You can...
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