Austin, TX
1. What is sitting on the edges of your work table? Pushed to the very edges of my work table is a stack of watercolor paper and Copic markers that I use for playing with designs.
2.
If someone looked beneath the surface, what could be revealed that we
might not know about you? This is my fifth career and the only one for
which I have had no formal education. However, I think my previous
careers have all helped me to get to this place. I spent a large chunk
of my life with a passion for rockclimbing. I think the things that I
learned there have carried over to my work as an artist, including the
willingness to take risks in my work.
3.
What occupies the space between your sewing machine and your cutting
table? My sewing machine sits on my cutting table. I have a small
assortment of tools occupying the space which include: a paintbrush for
removing lint from my machine, a small screwdriver, a small pair of
scissors, and a small pair of tweezers. These could easily go inside a
little swinging drawer on my sewing machine, but I prefer them out.
4.
What is the most exquisite moment in your artistic life? It is
impossible to pick a favorite exquisite moment. I have been so
fortunate to have so many. The moment when a quilt top is finally
finished and seeing an idea come to life, or when the last stitch has
gone in to attach a label to the back. Every single time a quilt has
been juried into an exhibit. Teaching, lecturing, being published, and
selling. Guild meetings and group projects. Dinners out with friends
whom I have met along the way. It has all been so very good!
5.
Do you have daily rituals in your studio? I like starting my day with a
cup of coffee on my front deck with one or more of my cats.
6.
Reflecting on the quilts that you have made, which one stands out to
you? Right now I am consumed with a project that I am currently working
on involving tiny piecing. The pieces are 1/4" in size after being sewn
together. It shows a progression of my work regarding urban
development but has been brought together in a new way. I am loving the
process!
7.
What do you have an affinity for in your work? I really like my work to
have a high level of craftsmanship. Sometimes I achieve my goals, and
sometimes I do not. I consider the mistakes part of the process and
part of my path to be a lifelong learner.
8.
What kinds of patterns do you use in your work to create interest and
texture? I love patterns in my work as much as I love disrupting the
patterns. If I make a wave pattern, I like the point where the
repetition of the pattern gets offset just a bit creating a new shape in
the space between the waves.
9.
What personal iconography is identifiable to you exclusively in your
work? I don't know how to answer this one, but I have been told by
multiple people that they can recognize my work even if my style
changes.
10.
What was your inspiration for the Best of Dinner at Eight? Going into
nature allows me time to reflect on my life and gain perspective. It is
also a time when I can just be in the present and stop thinking. It is
ironic that leaving my studio in this way allows me to come back in to
my studio and create. It was a moment like this that inspired me to
make The Heron, the Kayak, and the Grebes.
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