Have You Met… Lilli Lanier?

San Francisco-based artist Lilli Lanier (@lillilanier) has recently delved into woven origami works. They amaze me on so many levels, and she doesn’t even use glue! In addition to her own amazing work, she has also worked as a teaching artist for the past 15 years. I...

Tutorial: Quick Improv Pincushion

Remember the binge I went on last week that resulted in eight pincushions that illustrated a glossary of colour terms? Here’s how I made them. These use the tiniest of scraps; each measures 1″ wide and 2″ to 3″ long. And they’re so quick...
Colour Post: A Glossary of Colour, in Pincushions

Colour Post: A Glossary of Colour, in Pincushions

I have been following Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts for a little while now, and I have seen her produce pin cushions on a daily basis. What a great way to use up scraps. I was particularly enamoured with Day 8 of this current round of production and made one...

Pier 21: Individual to Collective

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts describing and documenting The Here & Elsewhere Bee, my project as the 2017 Artist-in-Residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. A list of the subsequent posts related to the project can be found at the...