Tag: Creativity

  • Check out Creative Time and Space

    Rice Freeman-Zachery does a review of her wonderful book and talks about a project she is starting on her blog to help you be ready to be more creative in 2011.

  • The UnValentine Party

    Last night a group of friends came over for an artist play date that of course also had a menu of yummy food and drink, because we need to feed our tummies as well as our souls. The majority of us belong to the broken hearts club right now, but our newbie Sara who I…

  • The Woman in Orange

    Who is this amazing looking woman in orange making such a striking figure at festival? Well it is none other than Ricë Freeman-Zachery the author of Creative Time and Space a wonderful new book that I am thrilled to have been included in. We finally ran into each other Saturday night at the end of…

  • Group art making in the wee hours

    On Wednesday Leslie and Jamie ran to Texas Art Supply and picked up some fun after hours art supplies, which included a two yard piece of primed canvas, various sponge and paint brushes and acrylic paints. After dinner we gathered in their room in our jammies and started painting. No theme, just put some color…

  • Ooh, I’m so excited, look what came in the mail!

    I placed a pre-order for Creative Time and Space by Ricë Freeman-Zachery from Amazon, and it arrived this afternoon, just in time for me to get in some good airport reading tomorrow. Yay!This book is so cool, please forgive the bad/fuzzy photos, the sun is going down and I am anxious to give you a…

  • Coming soon to a book store near you!

    Coming soon to a book store near you!

    Ricë Freeman-Zachery who wrote Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists has written a new book that is due to come out very soon called Creative Time and Space. This is what the editorial review says about the book:   “With a fresh approach and an A-list group of contributing artists, Creative…

  • The beautiful math that links coral, crochet and hyperbolic geometry

    Another fabulous Ted talk. I have a fascination with many scientific and mathematical ideas, although many times I have a hard time grasping the full concepts, none the less when there is an overlap of scientific and artistic ideas it so interesting. I am probably especially drawn to these kind of things because my dad…

  • It’s almost here!

    The first annual Quilting Arts Gifts magazine is soon to hit the shelves at a store near you or you can order your copy here. I have two projects in this special issue, an advent calendar and ornaments that are little painted quilts with embossed metal frames. The stocking on the cover was made by…