Edna's Blog

Holiday Projects-Valentine’s Day

Edna — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:22:57 +0000

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and this year Chinese New Year begins at the same time. 2010 will be the Year of the Tiger. I’ll have to incorporate the tiger theme into a future post, because tigers are one of my favorite animals. In fact, I have a beautiful hand-painted stuffed tiger on a wicker [...]

Hi, I’m Back!

Edna — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:56:58 +0000

At last, something new on my page! It’s been a long dry spell, but I’m back in the swing of things now. To be truthful, the world of fine art has been consuming my time the last couple of months: I had a show in October, with all the matting, framing and such, and I [...]

A New Year for WindWriters

Edna — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:42:25 +0000

Our guild generally takes the summer off, and regular meetings commence in September after school starts and all the hustle and bustle settles down, so we consider September to be the start of a new year for WindWriters. Our guild is committed to the study of letterforms as a basic focus for all members. Often we [...]

A Workshop with Martin Jackson

Edna — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:43:24 +0000

Our guild recently had the opportunity to take a two-day workshop with Canadian calligrapher Martin Jackson, and nine of us had the pleasure of working with Martin for two full and exciting days. When we first approached Martin about coming to Ellensburg for a weekend, he gave us several options to choose from among the classes [...]

Nightmare in Ellensburg: Part Three

Edna — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:50:55 +0000

Operation ‘Studio Scrapeout’ had been postponed for a couple of weeks while I went on a matting and framing binge (remember all the unfinished paintings cluttering up the calligraphy studio?). And to make matters even worse, I foolishly agreed to do a show of my paintings in October, and October is upon us! I gave up [...]