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Lots of good stuff here this week, so let's begin!

An article from Marie-Therese Wisniowski about the history of fabric and dyes, HERE

An article over on Textile Artist with James Fox about his machine embroidery HERE

Elizabeth Barton has written a very interesting blog about learning, and discovering style, and the value of imitating other artists HERE (I haven't gone back to read the comments, but I'm sure they'll be interesting too!)

(This week's lunch-time project is sadly unfinished, I'll have to catch up over the weekend!)

The Tafa Forum has an article about men learning to embroider in prison HERE

Here's another article (a rather good one, I think) at Art Business.com on how to price your art HERE

In this week's eye candy, there's a stunningly beautiful book sculpture at Steampunk Tendencies HERE

In this week's "discomfitting art" link (lol) Figure/Ground Communication has done an interview (pictures at the bottom) with Anne Harris HERE

Over at Big Red and Shiny there is a review of Sonia Almeida's recent show "The Event We Call Seeing" at the Simone Subal Gallery in NYC (I'm sorry I didn't link to it before the show was over - it slipped through the cracks over the holidays), but I still think it's well worth reading as the review itself feels like you're talking to a friend and it's informative and offers a fresh perspective (Note: if you mouse over the picture in the header, you will be shown other pictures you can look at and click on). That article is HERE

And then my favourite this week (I must have gone back to that article 20 times since it was posted at Colossal); the wonderfully beautiful and totally temporary sculptures of Martin Hill over HERE

Hope you've had a great week and that your weekend is even better.

See you on Monday with...? 'Til then!

Good morning.

Happy Friday, and welcome to the linky post!

First up, we have Bella May Leonard's unusual "sculptural embroidery". As the name might imply it’s 3D, but in addition to her taking her embroidery up and out, she also uses unusual substrates, 'thread" and a collage/assemblage technique. Check it out HERE

Next we have simply eye candy. No interview, and just a small amount of text, but evocative photographs using a multiple exposure technique with surprising results. Check out Christopher Relander’s photography at his website HERE

It's an "oldie but a goodie" but since I pulled it up to remind myself about the corners this week, I thought you might be interested as well if you haven't seen it - check out Lyric Kinard's tutorial for gallery wrapped canvas HERE .

Next up, there's an interview with local Toronto artist Catherine Heard about her ... discomfiting work, HERE

Next: you may already be familiar with the work of "Mr. Finch" (and if you're not, I suggest you follow his blog - he doesn't post often, but when he does, his work is glorious!); but whether you're a follower or not, Colossal has done a feature on him, and I think you'll enjoy the peek. You can check it out HERE

And last but not least, Lithuanian artist Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė embroiders and cross-stitches metal objects (no really!) Check out her work and an interview with here HERE

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And... as you can see with my work this week, I didn't have a plan. (It's been the week's theme when it comes to my art.)

Over my lunches this week, I was mostly talking, giggling and indulging in a small amount of harmless gossip with my work chum through our lunches this week, rather than concentrating on my work.

So the resulting work doesn’t make a lot of sense, and I can't say there’s anything linking these disparate bits of stitchery (not to mention, the stitches holding my circles down are TERRIBLE, lol) but there’s something sort of charming about it. (At least, I think so!)

More work on the “winter birch” scene on Monday – it’s coming along and I’m quite pleased with it!

Until then, have a great weekend. Be safe out there!

First up, Cas Holmes - and an interview with her at World of Threads. When I was experimenting with surface design, I made all these cool things - but then didn't know what to do with them. Ms Holmes certainly does!

If I were to be a surface designer, rather than whatever it is I am now (lol) I would hope that one day my art would be as incredible as hers.

This review called "Selected Secrets From A Disillusioned Generation" by Christine Shan Shan Hou, of a show called Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and The New Psychodrama—Manhattan, 1970–1980, at the Whitney Museum of Art, not only sounds like a "must see" show if you're in the area, but the review itself offers insight into contemporary art. Excellent writing on the part of Ms Shan Shan Hou.

And Terry Jarrard-Dimond talks about juried shows again. At this point in my career, juried shows are a must - later, hopefully not - but I always love reading about them, and Terry offers insight with her experience and whys and wherefores.

Hope you have a great weekend!

First up - this article inspired a lot of talk around the water cooler: phew! Talk about mixed media!

Artist Anna Dumitriu makes storytelling quilts - out of superbugs!

"The quilt squares are made using natural and clinical antibiotics on Chromogenic (pigment-generating) agar in which the fabric has been embedded and inoculating the squares with bacteria, creating patterns that reflect the interaction between bacteria and antibiotics. The quilts are embroidered with thread dyed with saffron as well as with the antibiotic Vancomycin."

Check out the article and a video of the artist talking about her work in her own words, HERE

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Next up, photographer Nicholas Alan Cope and creative director Dustin Edward Arnold have combined forces as well as painting, chemistry, sculpture, fashion and installation, to make extremely beautiful, thought-provoking art.

Gorgeous, decomposing still-lifes, discomfiting "fashion" shoots, abstracts that examine the internal world of an object, and a new, very unexpected twist on florals are just some of the series they explore. I am very grateful to yatzer.com for introducing me to these inspiring artists.

Check out their digital retrospective HERE. The article isn't new, but is one that is certainly timeless.

For this week's Material Matters link, here are "Three branding opportunities most artists miss" by Lezley Davidson.

In the "crazy-like-whoa" category - did you know that Francis Bacon's triptych of Lucien Freud studies broke the world record for art sold at auction a couple of weeks ago? Click HERE to find out the eye-watering price paid for Three Studies of Lucian Freud.

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And finally, Will Kemp writes an amusing article about a trip to see Cézanne's studio* in France that also gives you a bit more insight into the artist himself. Check that out HERE in Will's article entitled "How to paint, sleep and nearly die like Cézanne".

*By the way, have you actually ever seen pictures of it? I actually keep a picture of it in my "inspiration" folder on my desk top - it's my dream studio!

P.S. Remember a couple of weeks ago when I talked about re-arranging how I blog a bit? I think I've figured it out.

Life/health permitting, it will go as follows:

Monday will be a process and/or talky post;
Wednesday will be the WIP (wordless or otherwise - why break with tradition?); and
Fridays will be my Friday'S-linky post and the current week's finish of the lunchtime project.

That seems workable for me at the current time and I hope will be entertaining for you.

Have a great weekend and see you on Monday!