Leah's Quilt

I finally finished my friend Leah's quilt!  It is by far the hardest quilt I have ever made!  There are a few mistakes in it here and there, but overall I was very pleased.  I just hope that she is, too!  It is currently in transit via the US Postal Service to her home.  My next project is a t-shirt quilt for a colleague's son.  I have started cutting out the pieces. I just need to finish cutting them so I can move on to sewing them.  Pics of it's progress to follow.

HSU Art Teacher Retreat 2012

HSU Art Teacher Retreat 2012, a set on Flickr.

These are photos of some the various artworks created by myself and other fellow art teachers this week at the Henderson State University Summer Intensive Art Teacher Retreat. I had such a good time! I have one mask and one pen and ink portrait in this set. My mask is the one that has bronze feathers on the top and back of the head. My pen and ink drawing is a portrait of my husband. I hope you enjoy browsing through these!

Pen and Ink Drawing

Finished pen and ink drawing.

Final Mask

Printmaking Day 2

My morning class for the art retreat is pen and ink. I am doing a portrait of my husband. This is what I have so far.

Mask Making Day 2

These are images from a week long art teacher retreat at HSU that I have been attending this week. My afternoon class is mask making. I am reproducing a Haida mask from the northwest coast artists. The other is one I am designing on my own. These are just the beginnings. I will post more after class this afternoon.

All layers of color are now sewn together!

All that is left to do now is fill in the corners and make the shape more rectangular instead of circular.