quilt patterns – Page 2

monday, tuesday, wednesday….

10 Aug

WEEK THIRTY- ONE – (august 3 – 9) monday – feathering the nest #2 is finished. tuesday – photo day for feathering #1 & #2. wednesday – a quick visit to NEW INDIAN TEXTILES @ Fremantle Arts Centre, organisation for ... Read more »

chasing warmth

27 Jul

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-NINE – (july 20-26) The first half of the week was spent finishing the first FEATHERING piece. Firstly, I needed to pin down the feathers needing hand stitch to hold them in securely in place. The feathers are three ... Read more »

the photo in my head

2 Jun

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WEEK TWENTY-ONE – ( may 25 -31) It fascinates me that on a new work there is a disconnect between what is in my head – that is, what I actually see like it has been photographed already – to ... Read more »

baby bunting & cosey corner

4 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK SEVENTEEN– (april 28 – may 3) As you are now likely aware from recent posts, I have been working, very slowly for a couple of years and very quickly of late, to re-edit my older STARGAZEY quilt patterns, updating ... Read more »

a trumpet at mid morn

28 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK SIXTEEN – (april 20 – 27) When I set up this Black Swan project, and this blog, I did it like all the proper business plans I’ve written ….ooops that would be none! These formulaic plans, this way of ... Read more »

crayon on brown paper

13 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK FOURTEEN – (april 6 – 12) Exhibition time this week was spent at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (UWA) to see Yirrkala Drawings. Interestingly I went prepared to not enjoy this show despite friends, whose opinion I value, lauding it. ... Read more »

easter, eaters, art

7 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTEEN – (march 30 – april 5) I’ve feathered another set of samples this week – this time Formica – a small and rather ugly sample set of my fathers. They were slippery-shiny and the black pen has improved ... Read more »

a play with porcelain

14 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK SEVEN – (february 16-17) The feathers are moving along slowly and my mind turns to clay. I am considering the part that the quill/shaft could play in making these paint chip feathers come together. For some works I see ... Read more »

quietly, slowly

12 Mar

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WEEK FIVE – (february 2-5) In-between attending to other commitments I quietly and slowly whittle away my pile of paint chips – transforming them into feathers. I love this stage of a project when I am obsessed with wanting to ... Read more »

still reading

9 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWO – january 12-15 Lots of info to sort through. Lots of leads to follow…some have already sparked thoughts, some will lead to dead ends but that’s ok. I tend to start a project covering all bases then discarding. ... Read more »