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Around here we have a saying: You do what you can, then you go to bed. For the first part of this year, I’ve done what I can – 2 big shows in a 3 month span (including travel), entered the wholesale market and wrote my first orders, and kept up the full time day […] I was recently interviewed by the American Craft Council on what it means to me to be representing the Surface Design Association as an invited artist to the Feb 21-23 American Craft Council Baltimore show. “Orchid Grid #1 through #9″, Nine 8″x8” textile paintings, each mounted to birch panels. ©2014 Ayn Hanna The […] A few months ago, I had assembled a group of dye drawings on 13 large silk screen frames and spent a day printing these out on cloth, sharing a few photos of that work in process in a previous post. Below are some of the fruits from that day of printing in the studio:
One of the great mysteries of the Universe for many Artists is how to achieve success making a living doing the work we love to do. We each have our own struggles (resistance) to overcome and have to find our own way. But how to do it, where to start? “LineScape #27″, […] My artist talk on Monday night for RMCQ went well – despite the winter storm warning (AND the men’s college basketball championship), we had a pretty good turnout. Not sure that the basketball championship really kept anyone from attending, although I’m thankful I wasn’t also competing with a season premiere of Downton Abbey. April 12th, 2013 | Tags: artist talk, eco-dye, textile art workshop | Category: About Me, Art Business, Being An Artist, Dyeing Fabric, Eco dye, Lectures and Workshops, Teaching | Comments are closed Happy St. Pat’s Day! Although mostly Swedish, I have some Irish roots too. Here’s some GREEN in honor of the day…. LineScape #21 textile painting (WIP) detail #1 This piece has been in progress for a couple years now. I’ve recently been re-inspired to finish it as it plays well with the other […] It might be a Zen thing. It’s definitely my favorite recurring dream. I’m playing golf, enjoying the great outdoors, warm weather & sunshine. Feeling good and strong physically and emotionally, swinging the club. I tee up the ball, take a practice swing or two, and launch a great drive (I know it’s so because of […] Carpet arrives tomorrow. Today I realized I’m gonna kinda miss this ol’ bare bathroom floor.
Over the past several weeks, I’ve watched the unpretentious marks develop into unplanned compositions, recording the history and story of this old floor. It reminds me of […] So here we are, 2013 – the whirl and whiz of year end holidays are but a blur and the reality of a new year is setting in. The New Year’s Eve Gala in Telluride was a smashing success, and a whole lot of fun! (Snow, cold, mountains, a great feast, meeting lots of great […] |
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