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On to Ghost Ranch!

Meet up at Ghost Ranch in June! You know that old saying “The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away”? Well, indeed He does. Just ten or so days ago, I wrote about how excited I was to be finally attending an in-person fiber festival up at El Rancho de las Golondrinas near Santa Fe. Then, …

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We’re going to shows – in-person!

In-person events. Can you imagine it after over a year of hiding out from each other? But it’s starting to happen! High on Hooking and friend Catherine Kelly will be vending our first in-person show since November of 2019! We’ll be at the SPRING & FIBER FESTIVAL at EL RANCHO DE LAS GOLONDRINAS June 5/6. …

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“Automatic” hooking

      Automatic hooking – it sounds like a machine is involved. Or worse! Wink, wink! But when I typed automatic hooking, I was actually referencing the art technique developed by the Surrealists. For a quick idea of what I’m talking about, the following comes from Wikipedia:   Automatic drawing was developed by the …

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Teaching at CREATE DIY in June

CREATE DIY I really do miss – and prefer – teaching in person, but one of the Coronacootie’s most pernicious side effects is how it’s kept us all from one another. From family members, from friends, from students and teachers, you get the idea. But humans do adapt, and makers still gotta make, so Zoom …

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IN THE STUDIO – April 14 with Sayward Johnson

Join Sayward Johnson on In the Studio as she talks about her work and her artistic process!     Sayward Johnson is a copper and textile artist whose work explores her fascination with fabrics and sculptures that adhere to the laws of metal-smithing as well as those of textiles and, furthermore, present traditional textile patterns …

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