The Studio Door
This is the door to my studio. When I open that door I step into a space that is mine alone, though I’m always happy to have visitors! It is only a short walk, across the front yard and over a little bridge, from my house, but it is a
There is Light on the Other Side
Regina Marzlin The theme of “Doors, Portals and Openings” sent my thoughts spinning in so many directions! It was hard to focus on one design and decide early on what was feasible and doable for me. I wanted to show light that shines through a doorway and therefore settled on
NOW Ichigo Ichie
一期一会 (Once in a while) Mikiko Takase 5/30/2021 A person passes through a doorway to enter a room. Another person goes through the doorway to exit the room. That moment can never be exactly repeated. The moment is unique. Do we attend to the moment? Do we look or
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
I have been fortunate enough to teach a few times in Italy in a little hilltop town called Orvieto. We stayed in a 14th century convent which has been converted into a B&B complete with nuns and a childcare centre. It is a lovely place to stay and teach. The
Pandemic Peeps
Susan J Lapham May 2021 A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about how the pandemic has allowed us to have peeps into our fellow artists’ studios, however large or small, fancy or simple. For me, video conferencing has been a part of my work and school life
Change of perspective
Doerte-Ina Liebing We are thinking about and working with the prompt “Doors, openings and portals” during this two months. This themes are giving a lot of possibilities. You would think it is very comfortable. You might think that this makes it easy. But I think it’s not that easy when
Doors, Openings, and Portals
The final prompt for Cloth in Common’s round 2 is Doors, Openings, and Portals. If that’s not broad enough, I don’t know what is. These terms can take you from a means of access, to the 1960’s band The Doors, to video games of the 21st century. I hope everyone
Things fall apart
Shame is such a destructive thing, especially for young people and children, who may carry childhood shame into adulthood where it affects their lives, undermining their sense of self and their ability to succeed in relationships, in their work, in their self worth. This was a painful theme for me