Mingei!

Come and join me and two other artist and make some unique handmade gifts. I promise you will get messy and have fun...at least my project!! We will construct, paint, stamp and stencil holiday designs. This is a book that can be adopted for other special occasions. And if you're like me, collecting tickets and ephemera from vacations and such, what a great book to make to hold these reminders from our holiday!!

This is an Envelope Book. The envelopes are attached to an accordion spine. You can use bookboard or cardstock for the covers.

Join us for this annual Mingei tradition: a festive evening of art making at the Museum.  Enjoy refreshments and the company of new friends while creating personal handmade holiday gifts inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions and collection. Work with three local artists to:

• Make and embellish gourd rattles with Rosario Wilke
• Explore the wonder of blue through beaded rings with Phyllis Fogel (Studio 37 in Spanish Village)
• Experiment with stenciling and stamping techniques to create unique envelope notebooks with Liza Alvarez

Members, students and faculty: $30

Non-Members: $40

All materials included. Limited space available, reservations required.

To purchase tickets, please call 619-704-7498

Hope to see you there!!!!!!!

Fun things

 Big book made from a piece of cardboard that came with new bed sheets. The shape of the cardboard dictated the size and shape of this book. It's a great book for photos or scrapbooking or writting and collecting things!!!

 Rosie checking out the day journals.

Rosie hanging out by my outdoor studio!!

This from that....

I put together these journals from painted canvas, papers and other cloths.
Shabby upcycle!

I have a workshop coming up at the mingei. If you have ever wanted to make your own unique book, come and join me on Wednesday, December 12 at 5pm.

What now...

What will become of all this?

It's a new day

Making art.

 Rosie and I making art!!
Making prints on canvases!!

More later!

A book

 This is a book I started to make a couple of years ago.  I began it at my other house and then we had to move. So I packed everything up and forgot about it!! I came across it recently and decided to finish it! I sewed it this morning and started putting the pictures in!! What memories and fun!

 My little guy playing in the cool waters of Green Meadow Falls.

I will shoe you more pictures when I am done putting them in the book!

Happy Sunday!

Beach day in October!!!

Our cousins came to visit from New York. So off to the beach we went. What fun we had!!

 What a fun day we had! We hope they come back soon!!!!