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....
HOME Stencil: 3 Design Tips for Printing a Shirt
'DESIGNING with a stencil is when you take it farther than just printing a design'. Here are 3 Design Tips that can change your work: Starting with a solid color...
HOME Stencil: 3 Design Tips for Printing a Shirt
'DESIGNING with a stencil is when you take it farther than just printing a design'. Here are 3 Design Tips that can change your work: Starting with a solid color...
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...
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...
A Divine RainCoat!
This awsome raincoat started with the vibrant, painted fabric by a master of the painted cloth, Miles Frode. We used using Jacquard Fabric Paints for this coat. He has created a...
A Divine RainCoat!
This awsome raincoat started with the vibrant, painted fabric by a master of the painted cloth, Miles Frode. We used using Jacquard Fabric Paints for this coat. He has created a...
Exploring New Color Combos
Fall always inspires a new intensity of color in my creative palette: Deeper colors in tones and shades of the colors I love to work with. Tones? Shades?…Tints? what’s the...
Exploring New Color Combos
Fall always inspires a new intensity of color in my creative palette: Deeper colors in tones and shades of the colors I love to work with. Tones? Shades?…Tints? what’s the...