Shibori and other goodies at TAC

More Textile Arts Center projects! I can spend entire days in this place. I have made it a personal mission to make time to just play. Get my hands dirty with no specific project in mind. This is something we stop doing as adults even though its where the most fun and best ideas can happen.  This time around it was all about experimenting with Shibori and awesome dyeing techniques. This was so much fun, I tried ice dyeing and other cool stuff.

playing with color

Shibori

Ice Dyeing

All my goodies at home and some artwork I created inspired by my dyeing experiments

-Wendy

New Journal

I've always kept journals growing up. Actually, there are a few from my teenage years still living in a closet that I told myself I would burn someday because they are so silly. For some reason, I stopped keeping journals as an adult. I had forgotten how good it feels to jot down thoughts and dreams on paper. So I treated myself to a beautiful grown up journal. October has been a hectic month with lots of changes and decision making and this little guy has helped me sort out my thoughts.

I challenged myself to pour out my thoughts every day first thing. After doing so,I can start my day with a clear mind and clean slate. Harder said than done but I'm getting better at it. Some days when I don't feel like writing a little friend from last night's dream will sneak in and make a cameo appearance. With that said, here's a journal glimpse.

-Wendy

Inktober

So I discovered Inktober, halfway through October. Inktober is pretty much a monthly challenge of doing one ink drawing/ Illustration a day for the whole month of October. There was no way I was going to catch up but nonetheless I joined in on the fun. Because, why not? I had not idea what to start with and was just looking at a blank page, so this happened.

-Wendy