Smoke In The Air
Once upon a time, smoking was my habit. Hardly anyone of the people I have met over the last 24 years knows that I was once a smoker. It’s been a long time since my last cigarette, but I’ve thought many times how it was possible to stop. Not that
Das Gewohnheitstier
We humans are blessed with a unique tool to express ourselves: Language, – not only, but much of our communications are also non-verbal. Being a transplant into an area with a different language, after so many years, my own mother tongue sometimes seems strange. With the benefit of distance, I
Storm Season: The Angry Ocean
In winter, beaches in the Pacific Northwest aren’t for the faint of heart. The coastal line in Washington State is rough, much of it is pebbles or dark sand, and the water is cold. The stretches between the beaches are rocky headlands, with high cliffs and forests running almost into
Check The Box
A short time after my 18th birthday, I went to vote for the first time. I never missed an election since then, not once. How important this right had been for me hit me like a brick when I couldn’t vote after we moved to the USA. The emigration took
The Great Divide
Twenty-three years ago, I held a one-way ticket in my hand and had my mind set to make a life on the Northwest coast of the United States. Bill Clinton was still president, but impeachment hearings the year before had poisoned the political landscape. I tried to keep up with
Yellowstone
Since my Rust-Dying session last year, this gorgeous panel of big, round shapes was on my design wall and called me every day “What am I going to be?”, but muse was hiding. The algorithms of social media lately inundated me with an advertisement for “Your Photos into Digital Media”.
Rusty Stains
Being creative is the part I’m driven to, and once working, usually ideas keep flowing until the work is finished. However, most artwork starts with an empty page, blank canvas or in our fiber world, often with a piece of blank, most times white fabric. The dreaded Blank Canvas Syndrome
Lisa Jenni
Lisa Jenni Redmond, Washington State, USA Creating art is an integral part of me.I changed mediums, the focus keeps moving, I switched continents and needed to reinvent my social fabric, – I still create art. Before the move to the USA in 2000, I worked mostly in watercolor and illustration.
Bye, Bye Tie
Change of Pace! This first prompt spurs excitement for my first reveal as the newest member of Cloth in Common. What better metaphor for major changes in life, such as retirement or the pandemic we are finally mostly seeing in the rear mirror. My husband tells me stories of