SeaStrands Studio Weblog

I picked up some sari silk yarn today at the local wool store, Wool Trends. It's fabulous stuff and should prove eminently useful as I work through some of my next projects (another couple of books, a series of boxes and some bowls and vases). I have great hopes for it! [...]

Ah, I love having an chance to play with some new products. Recently I wandered through Kent Hardware store (Kent are the spawn of Irving, a New Brunswick company) and discovered that they are ceasing to carry the Pebeo line of art supplies. The remainder of the paints were seriously discounted (I paid $1.30 CDN [...]

It’s not really “work” work, but…

I’ve been knitting a lot, lately, in and around other things. I don’t knit in the warmer months as I find my hands just get too sweaty, but cold winter evenings are perfect for clicking together needles (I like bamboo) and wool. This winter, I’ve discovered the joys of felting [...]

A recent studio play session yielded a personal frivolity: an mp3 player case for my personal use. I’ve fitted it with a piece of velcro for an adjustable armband, but one could just as easily make a belt loop.

Did I mention that I made myself a matching coffee cup sleeve?
Nice to have time to fool [...]

The deadline for Art Procurement has been  extended until January 22. Further details on the Provincial Art Procurement  Program (2006) are available on The Rooms website.
http://www.therooms.ca/artgallery/appnl_2006.asp
Please note that for artwork to be considered, artists are required to  submit images of the work in either 35 mm slide format, photographs or   digital files on a clearly [...]

So is my German, for that matter.
(As an aside, I actually do read and speak some German, the former more than the latter. French, too, quite fluently, when in practice. I’ve studied varying amounts of Latin, Hebrew, Russian as well as a smidgen of Greek, so I can generally pick out most Romance languages reasonably [...]

What have I been up to? Well, mostly taking a break. I took a few days off over the holidays to spend with John, Katherine and the dogs and it was wonderful. Now that I’m sick, I figure it must be time to get to work again. Evidently I overdosed on Christmas. Explains my sudden [...]

Quilty friends are the kind of people who understand that it is possible to fall in love with a piece of fabric. Incredibly Good quilty friends actually give you the piece in question. The batik below was made by Shelley Bauer and I actually had to stop myself from buying it several times. It’s incredibly [...]