Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living It helps to remember that our practice is not about accomplishing anything – not about winning or losing – but about ceasing to struggle and relaxing as it is. That is what weContinue reading “W. LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS”
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H. I WAS THERE; NOW I AM HERE
Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living When I proposed this exhibition to the JCC on September 21,1992, I had two goals. I wanted to explore the interactive quality of art quilts, my artistic medium for over 20 years. Also,Continue reading “H. I WAS THERE; NOW I AM HERE”
C. JEWS ARE NOT QUILTERS QUILTERS ARE NOT JEWISH
Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living Quilt making generally regarded as an American form, most European-born women learned the skill here. Jews tended to congregate in large cities, associating almost exclusively with other Jews. For most, quiltmaking was anContinue reading “C. JEWS ARE NOT QUILTERS QUILTERS ARE NOT JEWISH”
A. TRUTH
Taken from A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living by Louise Silk Available as an ebook: A Patchwork Life: The Hands-On Guide To Living …feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach usContinue reading “A. TRUTH”
Flags
I want to start off by acknowledging that I am very aware that I have quite the advantage with this working at home situation. Having spent years alone in my studio, I very simply see this time as one more opportunity to hunker down with my current project: 14 flags to illustrate my in-process writing:Continue reading “Flags”
Going Virtual
In this day, the world is filled with stories. Here is mine: an opportunity of a lifetime having a solo exhibition in a beautiful downtown gallery with weekly demonstrations to be with the public and then a pandemic that requires everyone to stay home. Thank goodness, the sponsoring organization Contemporary Craft is onto creative alternativesContinue reading “Going Virtual”
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