FIND ME ON INSTAGRAM Shadows of weeds, near and far; cyanotype on cotto How are you doing, friends? I'm learning that I do Yesterday when my son and I left the house we surp When I told my son about #transmundanetuesdays and Thursday morning flashback to a favorite project. The pattern I couldn't stop recoloring now has a n Color twin of yesterday's tropical leaves, now wit Tropical leaf design, prompted by the MIID Winter In between making ALL THE COLORFUL GEOMETRICS, I'v Can't stop won't stop recoloring. 😂 #win For the MIID Winter School trend brief "Visionary, Pattern inspired by bead curtains. I made it for t The Make It In Design Winter and Summer Schools ar Textile repeat pattern made from cyanotypes of ran When in doubt, make marks. ⠀ ⠀ #surfacep I set myself a simple list of art goals this year: Just seeing how watercolor looks on polymer clay. When you’re on the phone for ages but you need t Amid the holiday bustle, I'm still trying out litt Friends, Society6 is having a special artist promo Long ago when I was a new knitter--15 years ago ma Such a fast turnaround from Thanksgiving to Christ Surprise sun today, so I have some cyanotypes cook Mashing up cyanotypes, reflection and geometric co
![Shadows of weeds, near and far; cyanotype on cotton sateen. It's amazing and kind of startling to me to realize that in the time we've been staying at home, muddling along with homeschooling and stepping on each other's feet (metaphorically, mostly), the sunlight on our porches has changed from slanted and early Spring-ish to strong, nearly Summer. ⠀
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Last year at this time I was gathering materials and studying up on cyanotype, then all through the summer and fall I worked on it--when alone, while my son was at school or camp. And before, if you'd asked me to describe how I create, I don't think "alone" would even have occurred to me to say. It would have been like saying "I also breathe." It's only in this time of no-aloneness that this powerful habit has become visible to me. Wait until I'm alone. When I'm alone, I will think about this. I will do [x, y or z] when I'm alone. ⠀
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I'm curious now, is aloneness really essential to me, or is it a habit I could change? It looks like I'll have lots of time to practice working not-alone this year, so I might as well test it out. How is staying at home working out for you, friends? Are you a Jane Austen, writing away on a side table while your family chatters around you? Or a Virginia Woolf, in need of a room of your own?](https://www.dianakelleydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)