Geography of Loss workshop

Life is made up of moments, many of them precious.

On March 17, I had the pleasure of co-teaching a workshop, "Geography of Loss, creating an art quilt map"  with Patti Digh, author of "Life is a Verb" and other books. You can see the description of the workshop here. We plan to teach this again, together, so stay tuned.

 

Our students wrote...

 and they composed with cloth...

 and they stitched...

and listened... 

 

and heard each other's stories...

Art does heal. 

Even Patti learned to stitch!

Thank you,  glorious women, for coming to the workshop
with open hearts and participating fully.
Thank you for spending your precious time with us.

from my sketckbook

 
Another layered journal page with vellum and more with my current vine obsession.

 

Spring in San Diego

 
It's beginning to feel like Spring in San Diego. How can we tell? The temperature has risen from 75 to 79 degrees? The sky is blue, the sun is shining? Everyone is going to the beach? oh yea, that's all year 'round.
 

I took these photos on a recent walk around my neighborhood.


Happy Spring!

Watercolor Sketchbook: Designs from Life

 I've got a  new online class starting on March 29 called "Watercolor Sketchbook: Designs from Life." I'm pretty excited about it!
Each week, you’ll draw, watercolor and create designs and you’ll be given optional methods to use and leverage that design in your own work. 
This is a great workshop for anyone interested in improving their drawing skills to create original designs for surface design on paper or cloth. At the end of the workshop, your sketchbook will contain a treasury of original images, your own unique visual vocabulary. 

Hope you join me! register now.

JaneLaFazio.com

http://JaneLaFazio.com

Dearest blog readers, did you know I have a newly redesigned website!?
(Thanks to web designer Holly Knott!) 

Check out all the drop down menus

My teaching schedule goes through 2013
with a trip to Cuba in  January 2013 just added!

I've got 3 galleries full of artwork, with more to come.

Hope you take a little time to explore JaneLaFazio.com.........thanks.

Stitch Ritual

detail ~ Stitch Ritual

Stitch Ritual by Jane LaFazio (60x24")

detail ~ Stitch Ritual 

detail ~ Stitch Ritual

detail ~ Stitch Ritual 

detail ~ Stitch Ritual 

You can see that I got help with this quilt and that I worked in my usual method. I created a bunch of small quilts, often stitching as my evening ritual, and then, when a deadline draws closer, I sew them all together to create a larger quilt.
I'd love your help writing my artist statement for this one....

20 prayer flags

Twenty prayer flags hang in my backyard. This, number 20, is for Mary.





You can join me and others and make your own prayer flags, and if you'd like, be part of The Prayer Flag Project.
And I wrote an article for Cloth Paper Scissors on prayer flags.

more vines and layers

more vines.

mono printed background.