Creative work is such an internal process... while sharing it in thought on paper calls up a willingness to be in community. Giving voice to what we see and learn in making is a gift to be shared. Looking to connect with a new idea from a different vantage point, I always feel you there, across the table as I write and sketch.
-Diane
Diane's Journal
July/Aug -Working in WOOD
Wood has carved deep roots through generations of my Swedish family. I have always been a 'stick' person...collecting special ones and finding ways to integrate them into my daily life....
July/Aug -Working in WOOD
Wood has carved deep roots through generations of my Swedish family. I have always been a 'stick' person...collecting special ones and finding ways to integrate them into my daily life....
September: Neutral Colors & The Brush Alphabet...
Fall Designing starts now! Time for a new vest in my everyday wardrobe. The white stenciled linen (printed with the Brush Alphabet Stencil) was a favorite shirt in its first life. Now...
September: Neutral Colors & The Brush Alphabet...
Fall Designing starts now! Time for a new vest in my everyday wardrobe. The white stenciled linen (printed with the Brush Alphabet Stencil) was a favorite shirt in its first life. Now...
Steeped in Summer Lavender & Purple-
August = ONE COLOR: Purple ONE STENCIL: The Calla Lilly I loved visiting Los Pablanos this summer ( a Beautiful Lavender Farm in the Southwest). It has re-inspired my...
Steeped in Summer Lavender & Purple-
August = ONE COLOR: Purple ONE STENCIL: The Calla Lilly I loved visiting Los Pablanos this summer ( a Beautiful Lavender Farm in the Southwest). It has re-inspired my...
1 Color=GREEN • 1 Stencil=SPRING LEAVES
GREEN=Opening, popping, emerging & unfurling everywhere. Spring in Oregon is pulling me up and forward into lighter colors. At the tips of new shoots and in splendid carpets across the hillsides, it is...
1 Color=GREEN • 1 Stencil=SPRING LEAVES
GREEN=Opening, popping, emerging & unfurling everywhere. Spring in Oregon is pulling me up and forward into lighter colors. At the tips of new shoots and in splendid carpets across the hillsides, it is...
Designing a Neckline: 3 Variations
How can it be….are we into August already? With a string of high heat weeks, I just want something light and simple to wear. So I am living in a collection of River...
Designing a Neckline: 3 Variations
How can it be….are we into August already? With a string of high heat weeks, I just want something light and simple to wear. So I am living in a collection of River...
Color in Winter
These stenciled suiting pieces, pinned on dressforms, show what the finished shirt will look like- November in my Studio- Inspired by another incredible Design Outside the Lines Retreat here in...
Color in Winter
These stenciled suiting pieces, pinned on dressforms, show what the finished shirt will look like- November in my Studio- Inspired by another incredible Design Outside the Lines Retreat here in...