Art And Nature

Felting Creation

By Karen ⋅ June 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I decided the other day to try my hand at felt making. I have read some about making it and seen so many really creative things made from it so, being always up for trying something new, away I go… I used some hand died roving to start my process. I laid four alternating layers [...]

Some of the Time, Some of the Fiber Comes From…

By Karen ⋅ January 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When we lived down in deep South Texas, there were a lot of sheep and goats, mostly goats. We had an opportunity to go out to the Rocking R Ranch when they were shearing the Angora goats. Jim took some great photographs of the process. There were a lot of goats to be sheared but [...]

Winter Dreams

By Karen ⋅ January 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I started working on this new fiber, spinning and adding other glitz and locks to it, I have spun about 1/6th of the fiber and filled my bobbin! This is called “Winter Dreams” it is in soft yellow, pink, lavender and blues with darker shades of gold and burgundy. Perfect for these cold wet winter [...]

Let the Spinning Begin

By Karen ⋅ December 29, 2010 ⋅ One comment

My new spinning wheel, the Lendrum DT is here and set up. I have already spun my first skein of yarn and now I am working on the second one. The pictures I posted are of the second skein on the wheel. The fiber is dyed in pinks, blues, yellows and orange, I am adding [...]

A Yarn to Spin

By Karen ⋅ December 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I am so excited, I am getting a new spinning wheel for Christmas. It is a Lendrum Double Treadle with a jumbo flyer. I am going to make art yarns to use in my fiber work on the loom and in mixed media. “Art yarns” are a big change in the hand-spinning community. Unlike the [...]

The Art of Weaving

By Karen ⋅ July 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Today, most of our textile needs are supplied by commercially woven cloth. A large and complex cloth making industry uses automated machines to produce these textiles. Then you have us, a handful of artisans making cloth on hand looms, in home studios or small weaving businesses, who weave to be weaving, making wonderful pieces of [...]

Texas Discovery Garden Reception and Demo Painting

By Sharen ⋅ April 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Last weekend was a flurry of artistic activities. We hung my exhibit “The Nature of Flowers” at Texas Discovery Gardens Sunday before the opening on Monday the 22nd. After a ton of things to make it happen, Friday night was upon us, and the reception for the exhibit. I’m not going to lie, I was [...]

Exhibition at the Gallery at Texas Discovery Gardens

By Sharen ⋅ March 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

It feels like Christmas! Having my work on exhibit in the Gallery at Texas Discovery Gardens is so amazing. I feel so very blessed to be able to intertwine my art with such a beautiful venue that supports our environment. My work will be on exhibition beginning March 22 and ending July 31, 2010. There [...]

Longwing and Jatropha

By Sharen ⋅ February 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I have almost finished my piece “Zebra Longwing and Jatropha”. This is the piece I am doing for the Organic in the City event for Texas Discovery Gardens. I was able to get pictures of the Zebra Longwing and the Jatropha plant on one of my visits to the Butterfly House and Gardens at Texas [...]

Sunflowers and Summer

By Sharen ⋅ February 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This is a commissioned piece I just completed for a client. My client, who is the owner of Summer I, incurred some damage to that painting and wanted me to repaint the piece for them. I changed it up a bit and added some new elements. The bold red geraniums and the sun touched sunflowers [...]

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