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Archives for April 2015

A Super-Sized Paintstik Rubbing in Sunny Mexico

April 30, 2015 ShellyStokes

As we begin our tour of Rubbing Plate Roundup, I just couldn’t resist showing you a super-sized rubbing I made from a patio table in Chapala, Mexico. It’s slightly off topic, but Paintstik Rubbings are the first chapter in the book. (Wink, wink!) You’ll just have to pretend along with me that I’m working from […]

Filed Under: Blog, Exploring Design, Making Rubbings

Folklorio Dancer 3: All Dressed Up With Stunning Stitches

April 23, 2015 ShellyStokes

At the beginning of my art residency here in Chapala, I created a stencil from an image of a dancer, and then painted her up using my extreme stenciling technique. She was quite lovely in the shimmering iridescent Paintstik colors, but I wanted to give her dress a bit of pizzazz. So, I dug into […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fabric Art Tools, Hand Stitching & Embroidery

The Ancient Art of Salvador Vasquez

April 16, 2015 ShellyStokes

A couple of weeks ago, I spent a day with Zahava Sherez and Joan Bowers, two of the artists here in Chapala for the Residency Program. Zahava arranged for a driver to take us to Tonola and Tlaquepaque, both on the outskirts of Guadalajara.   Our first stop in Tonola was to meet Salvador Vasquez, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Artist, Studio News & Updates Tagged With: Vacation memories

The Magical World of Aztec Studio

April 9, 2015 ShellyStokes

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Victoria Schmidt suggested that we visit her friends Janice Kimball and Francisco Urzua in the neighboring town of Ajijic. Janice is an artist, writer and designer of tapestries and Francisco is a master weaver in the old tradition, working on a loom that has come down through generations […]

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It’s Simple With Stencils — or — Fabulous Miniature Quilts… FAST!

April 2, 2015 ShellyStokes

Just when I think I have have seen (and done) it all, someone comes up with a brilliant new way to use my much beloved Paintstiks on fabric. Today, I’m excited to tell you that Michelle Watts of www.jmichellewatts.com has just released a new line of patterns for creating amazingly accurate miniature quilts with incredibly […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fabric Art Tools, Featured Artist, Stenciling Tagged With: Stencils

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