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Posted February 22nd, 2012 by Roxane Lessa

NICHE Award Winner!

I can hardly believe it.  I won the Decorative Fiber category for piece, Bubbles pictured here: 

Bubbles

 

The Niche Award is a competition for all working artists in the U.S. and Canada, sponsored by Niche Magazine.  To see all the winners, including moi, go to Niche Awards.  There are some amazing pieces in all media.  

In other big news, I haven’t been doing much art work lately, since I am getting my house ready to sell.  Whew, what a lot of work!  I miss working in the studio.  Add to that, traveling out of state for my daughter’s college dance auditions.  It’s hard to stay balanced physically and emotionally with all that going on.  But hopefully by this Summer, I should be able to focus once again on the art making.  For now I’ll fit it in where I can!  

So what’s new with you?  Taking any good classes lately?  Working on anything in your life?  I’d love to hear…..

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Posted February 4th, 2012 by Roxane Lessa

Teaching….love it!

This last week I had the privilege of teaching at the Pamlico Quilter’s Guild in NC and at Thimble Pleasures in Chapel Hill.  I loved discovering the town of Washington, NC right there on the sparkling river.  We got right down to business and got messy with color.  I was impressed with everyone’s courage to move past their comfort zones and create small abstract color studies.  Good job ladies and send me those pictures!

Next it was on to Chapel Hill, at Thimble Pleasures, one of my fav fabric stores.   Their collection of batiks is legendary.  We worked on the Fused Applique and Paint pattern:  Morning Glory and Angel’s Trumpets.  Everyone was a little timid, but they dove into the painting part after a bit of prodding!

painting begun on Morning Glory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not done, but more paint added

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some more:

Purple M.G.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue M.G.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angel's Trumpets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angel's Trumpets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had fun and again I want final pictures!

On another note:  I finished a red lace shawl for my friend and artist, Marina Bosetti, in exchange for a beautiful ceramic wall tile.

blocking shawl

cashmere, silk, & alpaca lace yarn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted January 16th, 2012 by Roxane Lessa

A Ship Without A Rudder

Or what making art means to me.  So the Holidays came and went, and all art making ceased.  Then the New Year came and went and I decided prior to selling my house, I needed to completely  clean, discard, recycle and Goodwill a huge pile of stuff that has accumulated.  So, still no art making.  I am about done with that project, but I noticed a strange feeling start to creep into my daily life.  Can you guess?  That’s right!  There’s no fun in my day to day.  Every day is feeling like the last one and there is no thrill or pride in what I accomplished (even thought it was necessary).  Conclusion:  I need to make art, cause when I don’t, I bore myself.  So what my house is cleaner and less cluttered? Even though, the OCD part of me is way happy right now.  Yes, it had to be done, but jeez what a way to live!!!!  This just confirms in a big way what I already knew–Suzy Homemaker I’m not.  ;-)

So what does making or enjoying art mean to YOU???

By the way, is the studio cleanup yet?  NO.  Saved the best mess for last.

On another note:  A brand NEW class I’m teaching at Bernina World of Sewing, ta-da!!!!   The Joy of Soy!  A 6 hour workshop extravaganza using soy wax resist and fabric paint to create your own one-of-a-kind fabric.  It’s a very fun and freeing way to do surface design.  I know you will love it as much as I do.  Call the store to register and get more info on their website.

Other news: I am teaching my Color Play for Quilters class at the Pamlico River Quilter’s Guild on Jan. 25.  That’s going to be fun too!

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