Artists and Their Art – A Preview of the upcoming Fort Collins Studio Tour

Last Friday night was the opening reception for the Fort Collins Studio Tour Preview Exhibition at the Lincoln Center. There are over 60 artists participating in this year’s studio tour which will be happening this coming Sat/Sun June 22 and 23 from 10am-5pm both days, and many of them were in attendance at the opening.

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Upcoming Shows – Places to See My Work (and Me) in Person

This textile painting below, “LineScape #12 (Fields and Highways), along with “LineScape #23 (Mad Hatter) were both juried into the New Legacies Show at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. The exhibit runs from July 9 – August 31, with opening reception on […]

Let there be Light & Color and Shows, Talks, and Workshops

The home/studio remodel continues and I now have three new 8 foot long lights in my work space!

not the greatest photo, but you get the idea!

I had no idea how dark it was and how much my eyes must have been straining with the old lighting. Look at the difference below […]

Seasons Greetings and Holiday Show Photos

Wishing you a very safe, merry, love-filled Holiday Season and best wishes for a wonderful New Year to come!

Holiday Show Photos

Our 2012 Hanna-Hooly Holiday Open House was a big fun party with a non-stop flow of visitors throughout the entire day. We estimate we saw around 200 people […]

Gettin’ Lucky, Seeing Friends, and Making More Scarves

Over the past couple of weeks, the last hurrahs of summer and the start of the fall semester have brought visits from friends and some new energy in the studio.

First, a visit from Marvelous Marg and Jay (aka Mr. Higgins) and a few days off from my day job, gave Marg and I a […]

Black and Blue: Discharged Silk Scarves

Steaming right along in preparation for our Studio Tour event this coming weekend, I’ve been designing my first ever black silk scarves, using black scarf blanks and then drawing and printing on them with discharge paste to remove the color:

When discharging fabric, different value ranges can be achieved […]

Woven LineScape

Influenced by Jude Hill’s Contemporary Boro teachings, I’ve been working to incorporate some fabric weaving into my work. Here’s my latest piece in the LineScape series, almost complete:

LineScape #15 in progress, layered cotton fabrics, stitching (12"x12") ©Ayn Hanna

I’ve combined some of my own hand-dyed fabrics with some old soft used stripey […]

The Studio with work in progress

For those that haven’t been to visit my studio, or that have only been here during planned Studio Tour visits (when my studio is all cleaned up for visitors!), I thought I’d give you a glimpse of what the studio really looks like most of the time, when I’m in the middle of my creative […]

Virtual Tour of my Taft Canyon Art Studio

Thanks to my brother Paul, here is a video virtual tour of my studio as it was set up for the Fort Collins Studio Tour in June:

In the part of the studio where my long arm quilting machine lives, I hung several newly completed textile paintings, including several small kitschy cowgirl pieces on […]

Joying My Way to Joy: An “Art All the Time” Weekend!

The Studio Tour was a great time. I’ll post some photos (and maybe even a video!) soon, for those who want a virtual tour.

Textile Paint Mixology Table

In the Studio: Art Cloth Weekend Workshop

With my nieces in town this month, I have some eager artists ready to play in the studio […]