This is a photo of the spider sculpture on the front lawn of the Kemper Art Museum. One day, I caught this squirrel hanging out on the spider. Most every one has departed from Kansas City. We have one week of post-conference workshops that start tomorrow. I will get latecomers checked in tomorrow morning. After [...]

This morning, we heard a lecture on the amazing textile life of Vicoria Rivers from UC Davis. She has had such a full and interesting life as a textile artist. The rest of the day was filled with demos. First up was Kerr Grabowski’s demo of making water soluble elements permanent of fabric. She used [...]

The rain and clouds disappeared and today was absolutely delightful, despite the demeanor of the Crying Giant. I got to have an extra hour of sleep as I was given the morning off from the registration table. Yesterday was quite grueling as I had to stay in registration for most of the day and I [...]

This was the day I have been dreading — finishing my workshop and supervising the registration of the 200+ people arriving for the conference that starts tomorrow. I survived, but I am tired. I have to do this one more time – in the morning – and then I can relax and enjoy the conference. [...]

Here is the missing photo of my mini paper assemblages: Here is the adorable Alice demonstrating for us. My only problem with my workshop is the cramped space and the lack of sewing machines in good working order. As an SDA employeed (even though I did not get a discount), I want others to have [...]