Scarf Ball 9 Patch and lots more Eye Candy

one-of-a-kind hand printed 100% silk scarves ©2014 Ayn Hanna

This weekend is the big 3 day American Craft Council Show in Baltimore, Feb 21-23, at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Art for your Body

I’ll have over 60 of my one-of-a-kind hand-printed silk scarves available for sale in my booth #719 at the show. […]

Open Studio Photos and a Big Announcement

Our 4th ever annual Hanna-Gilhooly Holiday Open House was another big fun festive event with a steady stream of visitors throughout the day and into the night. The cherry on top was that almost all of my students from my Oct. Eco-Dye Playshop came by and each brought samples of their wonderful dyed fabric results […]

Over hill and dale

Art, Aspen, airplanes, apple trees, campfires, cows, chickens, sheep, horses, pigs, mountains, hot springs, farms, family, and fried foods.

2 weekends, lots of travel, people, and places – a good rousting change of scenery, a momentary respite from the corporate grind, and a spinning wheel of new perspectives and gratitude.

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Fabricating Fresh Art – New Legacies Show Opening this Friday, July 12

The annual New Legacies Contemporary Art Quilts exhibit at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center opens this week and I am honored to have 2 of my textile paintings included again in this year’s show.

It seems that this is also my summer of media fame, as I was invited by a local newspaper reporter to […]

Finding a Way

"Finding a Way" ©2011 Ayn Hanna, 28"x12", Textile Painting (discharged cotton fabric, cotton batting, cotton thread)

Wow, it’s been awhile….and so much going on.

In the last few weeks, I have:

Finished 2 pieces for upcoming shows (including the one above for the SDA members show at the annual conference in MN this […]

A respite from the wintry blahs: My Work in a Local Show Today and Tomorrow

It’s the wintry blah time and right on schedule, we’ve had some of the coldest – just want to make you curl up in your jammies all day under a blanket by a fire, eating soup and watching movies – weather of the season. I haven’t actually done any of that curling up stuff, I […]

Crossing the bridge that I’ve come to

I’m pissed. My fierce-ness is flying freely right now and it’s a good time for everyone to give me a wide, wide birth. I’m responsible for my own happiness, and yep, my own anger too. Truth is, I’m actually really deep down very, very sad, and mad at myself for creating this situation I’m in.

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