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Artist Alicja Kozlowska is not only on a mission to bring Pop Art back to todayās art scene. Sheās also...
A KitKat, a can of sardines, a pack of cigs. Amazing three dimensional work.

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Beyond fabric and thread Limitless. Thatās how so many artists describe the creative medium of textiles. Time and time again...
Check out the amazing work of these artists! I especially am drawn to Debbie Smyth, Lisa Kokin, and Rosie James.
The (destructive?) allure of the unfinished
Above: A spread from my sketchbook exploring mark making inspired by nature. Background image by Deeana Garcia via Pexels
Iām mesmerized watching Eva Kalienās reels of her mixed media sketches, but inevitably I want her to have stopped way sooner than she does.Ā
I am drawn to some of Eva Kitokās early embroidery work, where parts of the composition are outlined with stitch, but otherwise incomplete. Ditto the embroidery of Tilleke Schwarz.
And more times than not, I love my own sketches more than I do the finished piece.
What is it that appeals to me about the unfinished or almost finished, the quick sketches in the sketchbook vs the realized art? When something is provisional, it means that I havenāt committed. That it still has the possibility to be brilliant. That there are questions unanswered still.
Itās like I get to be 25 all over again, starting my first job as an eager young ādressed for successā professional with PhD in hand, not the person whoās wrapping up a career at at least my 10th employer, having been fired and laid off more than enough times for the scales to have fallen from my eyes.Ā
Unfinished things could still be something not yet determined, but maybe wonderful.
Perhaps this is why Iāve always enjoyed generating lots of ideas ā maybe too much, why I spend (waste?) so much time exploring all possibilities. As a designer, itās been a way to head off having to actually commit to an idea, and having the implementation ā the design ā come up short of the vision.
Maybe this is why itās been hard to get rid of art supplies and books that I bought with the idea of: Iām going to pursue [insert here: encaustic, painting, jewelry making, scratchboard]. I dabble in things, occasionally produce pieces that to other peopleās eyes are really good, but quickly move on, in case I might have to commit and fail.
Maybe thatās why itās felt momentous to get rid of supplies these past few months. Giving them to someone who will actually use them is my way of dealing with accepting Iām not going to actually do X. Itās deciding to focus on a couple of media and let go of the rest. Itās accepting that my life is careening toward being "finished" and itās not going to meet up to the mental sketches I had of it in my 20s, 30s, and 40s.
Going through an old notebook recently, I came across this thought: āI feel like I am in unending mourning for the person I should have become, yet uncertain exactly who that person is.ā Iām not sure how much closer I am to knowing that person now than when I wrote that in 2013. But I have come to know that always imagining the cool things I could do blinds me to appreciating and valuing the cool things I have done. Shame on me!
The joy of hand stitching
In January, I started doing an Instagram-based challenge, #52tagshannemade, started by Anne Brooke. Each week, she posts a video to YouTube with that weekās theme. The themes have alternated between particular stitches, such as pistil or bullion, or concepts, such as wrapping or hidden treasure.
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Chapman uses simple stitch and shapes to create evocative places in fabric. Itās inspiring me to think about reviving an abandoned piece of my own work: screen-printed abstract houses on canvas that I intended to layer with fabric and stitch. Many years before I actually took up embroidery.

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9 things I learned from the 100DayProject
When 2021ās 100 Day Project kicked off in January, I intended to spend 4 minutes doing a 4-inch square cut and paste collage each day, using two prompts from a set I created. For example, type and complementary colors or cut paper and geometric. (See the entire series on Instagram.)
That lasted about two weeks. Maybe three. š It felt like I kept drawing the same two prompts from the box. It started to feel way too constricting (aka, I got bored), and I definitely was spending more than 4 minutes most days.
Hereās what I learned this year:
1. Abstract compositions are deceptively hard.
Above: Nine collages playing with shapes and translucent red paper.
2. I swing wildly between craving structure and wanting to let loose.
3. Posting to the Instagram community connected me to artists whose work or words gave me inspiration to keep going and try something different when I was ready to stop (thanks, Jon Townsend and Bhupali Gupte).
Above: Four collages inspired by Jon Townsendās work.
4. This is a great way to start the day when you wake up way too early (which happened a lot in the dark months of pandemic self-isolation).
5. I admire layering and randomness in othersā work but I really struggle to break free of my minimalist, must-be-a-reason-for-everything style. Iām sure my background in writing about science and training in graphic design has a lot to do with this.
Above: A series of collages using bits and pieces of images of buildings to create surrealist architecture.
6. Iām improving at dissecting what I respond to in others' work and engaging in formal analysis of compositions (see 5.)
Above: Collages inspired by Bhupali Gupteās work and exploring layering.
7. As in every year's 100 Day Project, thereās a lot to be said to just keep going.
Above: After convincing myself to keep going, I did a series of ālandscapesā made up of bits and pieces placed at random to build up the horizon.
8. I am still in love with type.
Above: Type-based collages.
9. I probably donāt push myself as much as I should. Thereās a reason they call it a comfort zone. Itās comfortable! When the outside world seems to be going to hell in a hand basket, comfort is a valuable commodity. And, you know, thatās okay!
Roadblocks are just part of the journey
A recent article in the Textile Artist prompted some self-reflection on where I am in my āstitcher's journey.ā The author, Louise Etheridge, identified four stages, with recommendations of how to progress from one to the next.
As in most things, Iām somewhere between two stages, depending which day of the week you ask me! š
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Another set of small analog collages.

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The extended growing season that was 2020
If your 2020 was anything like mine, you alternated between anxiety, anger, and despair, with a big dose of āWhat the hell day is this?ā thrown in. Enmeshed in the day to day, I forgot about the many ways that I grew as an artist and crafter, thanks to being isolated and forcibly retired from my weekly game of basketball with the āorthopedic squad.ā
Looking back over the year, hereās some things I noted.
Pandemic-induced insomnia collages, Series 3.
Pandemic-induced insomnia collages, Series 2.
A lady asked me how much it cost to make her a purse of a well known style in cotton fabric of a particular design and colour. Ā£35 - I said. She said she thought that was a bit dear for a purse. I asked her how much she thought it would cost her to make one then. She thought about Ā£10 as you can get similar in Primarni for Ā£8 OK, so for Ā£10 do it yourself I said Her reply was - I donāt know how to. I said for Ā£10 Iāll teach you how to. So besides saving you Ā£25 youāll get the knowledge if you ever want to make another. She seemed pleased and agreed. OK I said, youāll need a machine, cutting mat, rotary cutter, rivet press and the pattern. Oh wellā¦.. I donāt have many of things and I canāt justify buying all that just to make one purse. Well then for another Ā£10 more Iāll lend you my stuff to you so you can do it at my house. Okay, she says. Great, I replied, come round on Tuesday afternoon and weāll make a start Oh, I canāt come on Tuesday Iām having my hair done! Sorry, but Iām only available Tuesday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other bags and purses. Bugger, that means Iāll have to miss my haircut. Oh, I forgot, I said, to make one yourself you also have to pay for the sundry costs. Now sheās confused ā what on earth are they?? Fabric search time, electric, wear and tear on the machine, blades for the cutter etc She looks at me and says ā but thatās ridiculous you can absorb all that cost as you are charging me to borrow your stuff. I could, I said, but Iām not spending time looking for the fabric you need you can do that yourself ā you need 3 fat quarters of fabric, buckram, woven interfacing, non woven interfacing, a lock, rivets and matching thread. So she then says - Iāve been thinking, I think Iād rather pay you the Ā£35. Itās too complicated to make one for myself, it wouldnāt be as well made and it would cost me a hell of a lot more than Ā£35. When you pay for a hand crafted item, you pay not only for the material used, but also: - knowledge - experience - tools - services - time - enthusiasm Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain item can you estimate the actual cost.
Series 1 from the pandemic-induced insomnia collages.

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More black and white collages thanks to pandemic insomnia.
Collage twinchies, October 2020.
Mostly black and white analog collages, each about two inches square. When Iāve awakened much too early during the pandemic, I soothe myself by doing quick collages from paper scraps.