Tag Archives: textile art

The SAQA Auction

By Marka | Published: 6/30/2010
I have been mounting my work on stretched archival canvases more and more. It seems easier for someone to see it as art and to immediately see that it’s ready to hang, because it has a wire the same way a picture has. I also like the way a canvas lifts the work away from [...]
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By Marka | Published: 3/21/2010
What an inspiring place to work!!
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By Marka | Published: 3/21/2010
Had a wonderful experience a couple weeks ago. I had the pleasure of attending the Connecting Threads Conference at Asilomar, on the Monterey Peninsula. What a great time! I took a class from Lura Schwarz Smith, using digital images in my textile work. Lura is a wonderful teacher, who made us do things we never [...]
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Fast Friday Fabric Challenge

By Marka | Published: 10/4/2009
I have been looking at this group’s website for a couple years now, and have thought how great it would be to be part of their first week of each month challenges. The work done by the people in this group has got to be one of the more inspiring groups for quilt artists around. [...]
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New WIP

By Marka | Published: 9/18/2009
I’ve been working on this challenge for our Desert Quilters for too long now. The challenge was to create art that reflects the essence of what you think of when you think of spices. I went in one direction then another. I’m progressing finally, after trying out all kinds of arrangements and ideas. I [...]
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