Snake – A Year of Change

work in progress ©Ayn Hanna (MX reactive dye breakdown printing on cotton fabric)

(I have ~14 works in progress in the studio right now and I’ll share some of them in upcoming posts.  The one above was made using a breakdown dye printing process, demonstrated in this video by Committed to Cloth.)

Change is a [...]

In Fits and Starts: Another Work in Progress Wednesday

More pictures, less words.

Here’s the piece I’ve been working on.  See how it’s changed in the past week?

Work in progress ©Ayn Hanna

Little by little it’s revealing itself to me.

One moment, I have no idea what’s next, but force (discipline) myself to stay with it and next thing I know, it’s [...]

Work in Progress Wednesday

Here’s the piece I’ve got on my design wall right now.

Untitled (in progress) ©Ayn Hanna

It began as a piece of cloth that I had screenprinted a pattern on.  I left this cloth on my studio wall for months, living with it and contemplating what it wanted to become.  Eventually, an image began [...]

The Yin Yang of Creativity

Sweet Pea ©2006 Ayn Hanna, 60"x45", (cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton threads)

 Completion

My first completed art work of 2012 happens to also be my second ever bed quilt (queen size).  My first one was “Sweet Pea” (pictured above), a baby quilt for my friend Ginny’s boy, Ford.  I finished stitching the binding [...]

A Reunion of Sorts: Our Show at the Directions Gallery through Feb

Installing our show in the Directions gallery. Christy is on the ladder dealing with the lights, Barbara is working on installing her piece on the wall.

Ladies from the 80′s (and 90)

This past weekend, Barbara Gilhooly, Christy Martell, and I hung our group show in the Directions Gallery at the CSU Visual Arts [...]

My 2012 Goals

"LineScape #1" ©Ayn Hanna, 19"x20.5", Textile Painting

This is the first time I’ve published my list of Goals for the year.

I’ve established goals in previous years, often carrying them around in my head rather than writing them down.  Although I feel like I’ve accomplished many of the goals I’ve set (or at least [...]

Accomplishments in 2011

"LineScape #10" ©Ayn Hanna, 12"x12", Textile Painting

Above, one of my new textile paintings from my new “LineScapes” series.  I started this new series in Nov 2011.  It is based on my love of maps.  I’ll elaborate more in a future post.

As 2012 is off and running, I’m awash in looking both backwards [...]