Carol Wiebe

I just finished crocheting a hat that I am extremely pleased with, because it looks good and is comfy, too~the best of both worlds. The pattern is from a collection called Classic Crochet Cloches, designed by yarn-savvy Jennifer Hansen of Stitch Diva Studios. I used a plain, purple acrylic yarn but, buoyed by my success, I now intend to ply my hook using silk, linen, or a summer cotton in a quietly elegant eggshell with a pale lilac flower. My friend, Wendi, was kind enough t

I am really excited about the direction my work is taking me. I was going to save the revealing of the following pieces for my solo show, but decided to put them up anyway. “Saving” things is definitely overrated. I call it the Sunday Shoes Syndrome, because as a young girl I had shoes, and whole outfits, that could only be worn on Sundays for church. There were other occasions these Sunday clothes could be worn, but never just for ordinary events. SSS generalizes to ridiculo

I went to a local art ‘n craft sale this weekend, and found some beautiful painting/collage work by an artist named Laurie Skantzos. I also was quite taken with Rosa Murillo‘s sirens, another artist who uses collage and painting (to mention just a few) techniques in her work. Rosa is into found art . . . an intriguing concept whereby “artists all over the world are contributing to leave art to be found by someone who just happened to stop and see it unexpectedly, and to make