quilts – Page 5

crayon on brown paper

13 Apr

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 »

caught up with the blog, held up by a spider

22 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK ELEVEN – (march 16-19) I have caught up to real time – that is real time plus a few days which helps to give the past week perspective. Instead of forging ahead downstairs I have been held up – ... 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

Jan Mullen 1

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 »