My stomach lead the tour through Portland. I love Portland, its just a mere 3 hours drive from Seattle and packed full of great eateries! We drove down for my opening at the Hoffman Shop ...
I have a show coming up at the Hoffman Gallery Shop @ OCAC. I will be there for the opening on April 5th! Please come by if youre in Portland, its a wonderful campus!Hoffman Gallery ShopA...
I went out to inspect the yard a few days ago and found that most of my peony shoots had been chewed off! Fricken squirrels!!! I was so mad, all I could think of was the beautiful blooms ...
A sunset vigil for Japan, tonight at Golden Gardens in Ballard. More information on the Artists For Japan blog: http://artistsforjapan.blogspo t.com/A few pictures from the vigil:The wonderful p...
I was recently asked to make a panda crayon that was black and white. Ive tried many times in the past to incorporate different colors onto one crayons. I would melt one crayon and drip t...
I think the most satisfying room to remodel was the bathroom. This was the state of it when we bought our home. I called it the murder bathroom... its probably comparable to the Trainspot...
This is work from artist Takanori Aiba, my new art crush! Im going to write, "Mrs. Diem Aiba" all over my notebook! LOL just kidding!The amazing detail just blows me away and I love his...
Most of the house looked like this when we bought it. I believe the previous owner was in the middle of a remodel and ran short on funds? But later on we found out he had been living here...
As you guys have read on my previous post were planning to build a studio in the back yard. I thought I would do some catch-up work on blogging about this new "old" house of ours. ...
Ive been day dreaming about building my very own backyard studio. Ive been working from home since 2005 or 2006. It was just too cost prohibitive to rent a studio when I had no stable inc...
"A Rose By Any Other Name" 2012I will have some new work at the Wexler Gallery in Philadelphia. Unfortunately I wont be able to make it to the opening, but I hope youll stop by if youre...
A set of crayons I did for Jenny Hart back in December. We did a trade and I got a wonderful embroidery of Guy, see previous post. Its a carving of an ox and bull.Detail of "Ox" w...
I got this beautiful embroidery from Jenny Hart today! Ive long admired her work and jumped at the chance to do a trade with her. I made a set of crayons for Jenny and I asked her to do a...
The fine folks at Uppercase published an article about my work in Uppercase 11 and they chose my work for the cover! This issue came out in December, Im just getting around to posting it. If yo...
January 23rd, 2012 begins the Year of the Dragon. I usually dont celebrate holidays, birthdays or anniversaries, but this year I had the biggest urge to do all the "New Year" things.&nb...
I remember making paper blossoms for Lunar New Year decoration as a kid. Its a symbol for Spring, luck and prosperity. This is a fun and very simple project. You can make your own j...
2011 was a crazy busy year with moving and remodeling, but were really happy with our new home. I felt really overwhelmed for most of the year and a lot of projects got put on the back burner.&...
I have a set of new crayons that will be in a group show at GGibson Gallery in Seattle! Ill be at the reception tomorrow, please stop by if youre in town.G.GIBSON GALLERYWorks By: GALA BENT, DI...
I was driving with a friend yesterday when the news of Steve Jobs death hit the news. I was instantly floored and saddened, what a great loss. Ive never personally met Mr. Jobs, but his i...
I have some new works available on my website. Please go check it out.Ive also received a lot of emails inquiring about the carved crayons. I make them on a commissioned bases. Each...
I have a current show at SHOWstudio Shop in London. The Café1-9 Bruton Place London, W1J 6LTSeptember 8th - November 5th, 2011"The Cafe," an exhibition centered around coffee culture and...
Hello everyone, Im sooooo sorry for the lapse in posting. Hopefully Im back on the blogging horse again. Im very excited to be a part of Push Stitchery, curated by Jamie Chalmers (a.k.a. ...
This is Bellen Drakes family portrait, she was one of 2 winners from my Japan charity raffle. I had a lot of fun doing this. I would like to thank everyone who participated and helped pro...
Im in the summer issue of Textile Plus. Thank you Coco, Dorothé and everyone at Textiel Plus!Im so honored to be in the same issue as Nick Cave! I recently saw his work at the Seattle Art...
Im so excited about how this project turned out! I was approached by Matt Senga on behalf of Gescha to create the cover art for his new album "Crayon Politics". This is Geschas fi...
A few months ago Yasmine Tashk contacted me about KSAT, a Paris based zine focused on the idea of collaboration and artistic games. In this latest issue artists are paired up with musicians.&nb...
A recent commission for John & Jessica who got married on May 27th! Congrats guys, wishing you many happy years!Another shot from the side. I really like how the flower in her hair tu...
This was commissioned by Femke as gift to her friend who recently lost her dog Tom.Click on the picture above to see a larger image.Tom is missed. Sweet boy.If you can read Dutch heres Joyces blog ab...
Im so excited to be in the Rijswijk Museums 2011 Textile Biennale! Im honored to have my work featured on the poster. Its a wonderful line-up of artists, if you happen to be in the Nether...
Im so excited to be interviewed by D di Repubblica! Google Translate here I come :) Thank you Ilaria, it was great working with you. Image gallery here
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