Quilts: 1700-2010

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has just opened its first exhibition of British quilts to rave reviews. The 65 pieces on view span 300 years and include new works specifically commissioned for the exhibit by contemporary artists.

Although most of us won't be able to travel to Great Britain to view it in person, there are still resources available to us online:

• Quilts: 1700-2010 About the Exhibition - "The exhibition [is] presented chronologically and thematically...[with] contemporary works...woven throughout following the themes: 'The Domestic Landscape', 'Private Thoughts, Public Debates', 'British Eccentricity', ' Making a Living' and 'Memory and Memorial'. Together the quilts document love, marriage, births, deaths, periods of intense patriotic fervour, regional and national identity and developments in taste and fashion."
  http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/quilts-1700-2010/exhibition/index.html
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• Quilts: 1700-2010 Exhibition Curator's Blog - This is a fascinating journal that allows us to be a "fly on the wall". It "...chart[s] the progress of the exhibition, providing an unique 'behind the scenes' look at a process which is both complex and challenging." Whether you start from the beginning or work your way through it backwards, you'll enjoy reading it.
  http://www.vam.ac.uk/things-to-do/blogs/quilts-hidden-histories-untold-stories/home
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• Quilts: 1700-2010 Videos - Along with the exhibition trailer, there are videos featuring the contemporary artists (Jo Budd, Caren Garfen, Diana Harrison and Susan Stockwell) discussing the pieces they created for the exhibition.
  http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/quilts-1700-2010/videos/index.html
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• Quilt of Quilts: Share your quilt's story with the world - This is an online exhibit of quilt pictures that anyone around the world can contribute to by uploading a picture of their quilt. It includes the ability for you to "Share your quilt's story and tell the world what it means to you. Your quilt can be commented on and rated by other site visitors."
  
  http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/
  
  

  NOTE: In light of the copyright issues we have been considering recently, you may want to consider this carefully before doing it.

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  Quilts and Quilting - The Strand, the BBC's  daily show on arts, culture and entertainment aired a 13-minute segment about how "...this artfrom has often taken it's inspiration from hardships and injustice." It includes interviews with the exhibit curator and with Gwendolyn Magee (me).
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/2010/03/100317_strand_quilts.shtml
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  Bloggers - A number of British bloggers were invited to a press preview. Sandra Wyman was one and has written a great report on her blog (with many pictures). Over the next week she intends to post at least two other segments to her blog.
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  Sandra Wyman, The Dyers Hand Blog
  http://thedyershand.blogspot.com/2010/03/quilts-1700-2010-at-v-part-one.html

Conceptual Textiles: Lace in Translation

     Lace Fence, Close-Up, Demarkersvan, 2009

     1000 Gallon Oil Tank, Cal Lane 2009

Lace In Translation - This exhibit is a collaboration between 3 art/design teams to create site-specific works using designs from the Quaker Lace Company collection as inspiration. They reinterpreted the textile based designs using industrial materials and tools. (Be sure to click on the 'Video and Images' link at the top of the page to view a 12:38 minute documentary)

http://www.laceintranslation.com/

Note: The exhibit is on view through April 3, 2010 at The Design Center at Philadelphia University
http://www.philau.edu/DesignCenter/

Textile Related Podcasts - Part 2

Textile Related Podcasts – Part 1

http://creativityjourney.blogspot.com/2009/02/textile-related-podcasts-part-1.html

Jeanne Williamson - 29:34 minute interview - WICN Public Radio - In 1999 Jeanne decided to expand the limits of her understanding of her art, by making one small quilt a week for the entire year. This process encouraged her to think outside the box of how quilts can be made and what they can be made from and changed forever her concept of quilting. Materials like plastic fruit bags, dryer lint, coffee filters, coins and even stones all were incorporated into an amazing series of visually intriguing quilted works, many wonderful works of abstract art.
http://www.wicn.org/audio/inquiry-uncommon-quilting-jeanne-williamson

Sonya Clark - 10/12/2008 25 minute Interview - Museum of Contemporary Craft - Namita Gupta Wiggers, curator at Museum of Contemporary Craft, talks with Manuf®actured artist Sonya Clark about her recent series of work using combs, hairdressing as a primordial fiber art, and the social and historical significance of the black plastic fine toothed comb. Includes an informal Q & A with museum visitors.
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/programs_podcasts.php
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http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/media/2008_10_12_Sonya_Clark.mp3
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MuseumOfContemporaryCraft/~5/4dH_Nfq2d3w/2008_10_12_Sonya_Clark.mp3

Glenn Adamsom - 2/21/09 - 1 1/2 hour lecture - Craft in the 21st Century: Directions and Displacements - Museum of Contemporary Craft - Adamson is one of the most dynamic theorists currently considering craft. A leading force in the development of an academic framework for craft, he is hailed by writer and historian Garth Clark as one of craft’s fresh, young, nontraditional voices. Adamson dispenses with clichéd approaches to craft theory, posing such questions as: Is craft truly a subcategory of art, or rather its antithesis, challenging art’s most fundamental values? Why is craft perceived as subservient to art? Could craft’s orphaned status actually be its great strength? Framing his discussion broadly throughout contemporary aesthetic culture, Adamson provides ripe context for a range of visual practitioners including fine artists, designers, architects, historians and indie crafters.
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/media/2009_02_21_GlennAdamson.mp3
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MuseumOfContemporaryCraft/~5/a16Fj8n_ALw/2009_02_21_GlennAdamson.mp3

The Changing Dynamics of Craft and Design - 4/9/2009 - Panelists include Andrew Wagner, editor in chief of American Craft magazine; Namita Gupta Wiggers, Curator Museum of Contemporary Craft; JP Reuer, Chair of the MFA in Applied Craft and Design program, offered jointly by Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) and Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA); and Karl Burkheimer, OCAC Wood Department Head. Moderated by Tim DuRoche, Community Program Manager at Portland Center Stage.
http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/media/2009_04_09_Community_Conversations_2.mp3
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MuseumOfContemporaryCraft/~5/2fu-O3WgRSk/2009_04_09_Community_Conversations_2.mp3

Garth Clark - How Envy Killed the Craft Movement: An Autopsy in Two Parts - 10/16/2008 - Garth Clark presents his first lecture on the craft field as a whole - and his first public lecture in years. Clark is a leading international writer on modern and contemporary ceramics today - a provocative, controversial but deeply informed voice. In this two-part program, Clark will analyze the current state of American Craft, then invite the audience to join him in an examination of how aesthetics, economics and art-envy have "killed" this 20th century movement.

Part I - http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/media/2008_10_16_Garth_Clark_CraftPerspect1.mp3

Part II - http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/media/2008_10_16_Garth_Clark_CraftPerspect2.mp3

Lynn Mclure – In this 21 minute podcast, Lynn is interviewed at Penland by Steve Miller about how she integrates her textile art with her book art.
http://www.bookarts.ua.edu/podcast/070306mclure.m4a



"Modern Materials: The Art of the Quilt" - 29 minute podcast Interview with Jill Rumoshosky Werner
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kwgs/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1608389/StudioTulsa/%E2%80%99Modern.Materials.The.Art.of.the.Quilt%E2%80%99.at.Living.Arts.of.Tulsa#

Maiwa Textile Symposiums:

     African Textiles: The Heart of the Yoruba

• PART 1 - In this lecture master craftsman Gasali Adeyemo opens the evening with a description of his early life in Nigeria and tells how fibre art came into his life. As a participant of the Nike Centre for Arts and Culture, both as a student and later as a teacher, Gasali encountered a range of traditional crafts. He gives a description of the famous adire techniques and illustrates how they relate to Yoruba culture.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_gasali.html
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• PART 2 – In this lecture master craftsman Gasali Adeyemo fields questions from the audience about traditional techniques and about working in Africa and Santa Fe. Gasali concludes with a story about the role of clothing and cloth in life.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_gasali2.html  

     The Cotton Road 

• PART 1 - In part one Rosemary Crill describes the scope and range of India's trade, its historic beginnings and describes in detail the commerce with the countries in the east.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_crill_1.html
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• PART 2 - In part two Rosemary Crill explores India's cotton trade with the west. Printed cotton known as "chintz" changed the very fabric of life itself - especially in the British Commonwealth.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_crill_2.html
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• PART 3 - In part three Rosemary Crill explores India's trade with the west as the focus shifted from printed cottons to muslins and Kashmir shawls. She concludes her lecture by answering some questions from the audience.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_crill_3.html

     Masters of the Art: The Khatri Blockprinters of Dhamadka and Ajrakhpur

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  PART 1 - Ajrakh has become the signature cloth of the Khatris. It is a cotton textile traditionally dyed with indigo and madder, and printed on both sides with complex geometric and floral patterns using hand-carved wooden blocks. There are between 14 and 16 individual stages of preparation, printing, and dyeing. The process can take 15–21 days to complete.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_masters.html
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  PART 2 - After the formal presentation the evening was opened up for questions from the audience. The questions explored trade patterns, the technique and culture of blockcutting, how the excavated textiles from Fustat, Egypt have found their way back into contemporary Ajrakh designs, tradition and the future of the art.
  http://www.maiwa.com/documentaries/pc_masters2.html  

London’s Enterprise Centre for the Creative Arts – “Choosing to make your career as a fine artist is a notoriously difficult path to follow. Income can be unpredictable and sourcing funding can be a minefield. Knowing how much to charge and how to work with funders, curators and galleries are vital skills for survival. This podcast brings together an artist, a collector and a specialist artist's advisor to uncover practical advice on how to make money and working with others within the fine art world.”

• Don’t Suffer for Your Art: Make Money as a Fine Artist – PART 1
  http://www.ecca-london.org/assets/podcasts/gw07_art_part_1.mp3 
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• Don’t Suffer for Your Art: Make Money as a Fine Artist - PART 2http://www.ecca-london.org/assets/podcasts/gw07_art_part_2.mp3
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• Applying for Funding for Creative Projects – PART 1 - “You've got a fantastic idea for a creative project. But you need money to make it happen. Who's going to give it to you? What are funders really looking for? How do you write a proposal? All these questions and more will be addressed in this podcast from a leading funder and creatives who have successfully applied for business funding.”
  http://www.ecca-london.org/assets/podcasts/gw07_funding_part_1.mp3
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• Applying for Funding for Creative Projects – PART 2
  http://www.ecca-london.org/assets/podcasts/gw07_funding_part_2.mp3 

The Arts Now Podcast #26 - 18 minute conversation with curators of the Big Fibre, Little Fibre exhibit about how the featured textile artists are bringing sexy back and proving that textile art is just as edgy and relevant as all contemporary art forms.
http://www.blogto.com/arts_now_podcast/2007/10/arts_now_podcast_26/

Bonnie McCaffery provides access to the amazing list of podcast & Vidcast interviews she has conducted with textile artists
http://www.bonniemccaffery.com/wordpress1/?page_id=13

The Labor of Creativity: Women's Work, Quilting, and the Uncommodified Life

Thank you so much for the outpouring of support that Kimberly Shaw has received about her copyright violation issue. She has responded with heartfelt thanks on her blog. She also asks if anyone (fabric designers in particular) can help with the answer to two questions:

http://kimberlyshaw.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/03/copyright-infringment-stinks.html

I am dumbfounded about how artists whose work is textile related continue to be "dissed" with little thought about any consequences. This is a much larger issue than I was aware of before Kimberly's problem came to light. I knew about Paula Nadelstern's and Faith Ringgold's copyright infringement lawsuits, but now have discovered that there have been others...and there is no telling how many violations will remain hidden and/or unchallenged.

In musing about this, I think gender has a lot has to do with it - after all, we for the most part are "only women" and so don't really count, for whom respect for our work doesn't have to be paid, or who are highly unlikely to have the financial resources or determination to pursue justice. Another factor unfortunately seems to be that often we don't have the kind of respect we should for our own work and feel that its so non-consequential that copyright really doesn't apply.

Debora J Halbart is an assistant professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. In 2009 she published a seminal article on this in Volume 3 of the Journal of Transformative Works and Culture (originally presented as a paper at the American University Washington College of Law conference on Gender and Intellectual Property in 2008). Following is the abstract:

"Quilting is an area of creative work rich in tradition that demonstrates how ideas and inspiration flow between quilters as they share with each other, move to new parts of the country, and develop their own designs. While commercial patterns have been copyrighted, quilting has generally existed under the radar of copyright law, primarily because quilts are most often exchanged within a gift economy. However, as quilting becomes big business and patterns and pattern books are more centrally located in quilting culture, issues associated with copyright protection emerge. This article investigates the relationship between copyright law, innovation, and sharing as it is understood by quilters who responded to an online questionnaire. Survey participants feel that quilting is a creative activity in which copyright plays a very small role, except when it restricts the actions of quilters. The survey suggests that respondents see quilting as creating a connection between themselves, their families, and their communities. Their creative work, in other words, is a gift they want to share, not a product they want to sell."

In this article, Debora details the history of quilting in the US and cites the details of case after case of quilt artist copyright infringement, including that of Kathleen Bissett's 2004 lawsuit against the Central Canada Quilt Exhibition, the 2006 suit of Paula Nadelstern against the Hilton Hotel, Faith Ringgold's suit against the BET television network, and the 2001 case of Judi Boisson for the illegal reproduction and sale of her quilt designs.

This article is fascinating, detailed, and very readable (no unintelligible jargon). Please read it at your leisure. You will be truly enlightened and very glad that you did.
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/viewArticle/41/118

Citations at the end of the article provide links to additional information and resources.

Copyright Infringement by Fabric Company???

Kimberly Shaw is an artist who designs and sells greeting cards primarily featuring teacup and teapot themes. Last year she was flabbergasted when a customer said she had just bought fabric (Victoria's Tea Room) that she recognized as being created from Kimberly's designs and congratulated her on being able to license it. Kimberly had not.

Fabri-Quilt, the company in question, has refused to acknowledge any infringement. Read Kimberly's account, compare her artwork (she provides many examples) to the fabric in question. Think about whether this could happen to you...

http://kimberlyshaw.typepad.com/my_weblog/protecting-.html

You may also want to revisit an earlier post about a free e-book:

So What About Copyright? What Artists Need to Know About Copyright and Trademarks: For Filmmakers, Visual Artists and Writers

Tax Preparation and Planning for Visual Artists

Its that time of the year again - sigh.

The last time information about tax information for visual artists was posted to this blog was three years ago. Its time for an update and access to some additional information. A few resources for some international artists have also been found.

Also: Don't forget to check with your state and local arts organizations - at this time of year they often have free or very low cost tax workshops available that are designed to meet the specific needs of artists.

TAXATION AND TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED VISUAL ARTIST - Peter Jason Riley, CPA (senior partner of the CPA Firm of Riley & Associates, PC) - This is still a fantastic resource!
http://www.artstaxinfo.com/artists.shtml

Worksheets:

          1.  Expense Checklist for Visual Artists
               PDF version: http://www.artstaxinfo.com/office.shtml
               Excel Worksheet version: http://www.artstaxinfo.com/ARTIST/VISUAL~1.XLS

         2.  Income Worksheet for Visual Artists
              PDF version: http://www.artstaxinfo.com/ARTIST/ARTIST~1.PDF
              Excel Worksheet version: http://www.artstaxinfo.com/ARTIST/INCOME~1.XLS

         3.  12 Month Expense Worksheet for Visual Artists
              Excel Worksheet format: http://www.artstaxinfo.com/ARTIST/12MONT~1.XLS

  

       How to Deduct Your Home Office and/or Studio

       http://www.artstaxinfo.com/office.shtml
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       Self-Employment Tax Basics  

       http://www.artstaxinfo.com/basics.shtml
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       Glossary of Tax, Business, & Financial Terms Written in Plain English

       http://www.planningtips.com/Planning_Tips.asp?Co_ID=110208&Tip_ID=6870
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       Hobby or Business...Is Being an Artist a Business?
       http://www.microcreditnh.org/artworksnh/pdfs/LanguageLessons.PDF
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Peter Jason Riley's book (2010 Edition), The New Tax Guide for Writers, Artists, Performers and Other Creative People is available. Full information about it can be found on the following link:

http://www.artstaxinfo.com/buy.shtml
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NOTE: I have no affiliation
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BARTERING - Have you been thinking about doing this as a way to get around income taxes?
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Bartering Art? Don't Forget the Tax Man 
http://www.artbusiness.com/barter.html

Do You Trade or Barter? Don't Mess with the IRS - Excepted from Artist Trust's Journal - Heather Joy Helbach-Olds 

http://www.artisttrust.org/pro_resources/prof_dev/barter

 Record Keeping for Business Barter Transactions - IRS Publication 

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=215975,00.html

OTHER RESOURCES:
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Filing for Artists - Stephen J. Drahos - "This article will explain the various types of taxes affecting an artist and give some general guidelines on certain pitfalls to avoid." 

https://artistsregister.com/resource2.phtml?resourceId=16

Taxation of the Visual and Performing Artist 2009 - Michele M Stanton, CPA - Prepared for TALA (Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts)
http://www.talarts.org/Publications/TALAIncomeTaxforArtists2009.pdf

Possible Allowable Business Deductions for Visual Artists - Visual Art Exchange
http://www.visualartexchange.org/forms/taxdeductions_10.22.09_alexlehmann.pdf

Tips for Doing Your Taxes: Is Your Art a Business? - Visual Art Exchange handout based on a lecture by Alex Lehmann as part of their Business of Being an Artist series
http://www.visualartexchange.org/forms/Doing%20Your%20Taxes_1.12.10.pdf

Artist Stiffed by Gallery Wants Tax Write-off - George Saenz, CPA
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/tax_adviser/20080219_business_loss_a1.asp

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INTERNATIONAL TAX POLICIES:

Tax Policies for Visual Artists in Canada
http://vivacorp.org/tax-policies-for-visual-artists-in-canada/

Visual Arts (Canadian) Tax and Business Information
http://www.ontarioartist.ca/en/visual_tax.htm


Revenue, Irish Tax and Customs: Artists Exemption
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/reliefs/artists-exemption.html 

          Artefacts: the Arts and Tax [Australia] - A practical tax workbook that is designed to assist artists and arts organisations with the tax system           http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/research/artists/reports_and_publications/artefacts_the_arts_and_tax

Textile Design Exercise

The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising has made available online one of their admission entrance requirement projects. You are asked to:

"Imagine you are a Textile Designer who has been asked to present a three-part design portfolio for a possible design position with a major company."

You are then required to submit three design projects that are categorized as follows:

1. Basic Design Project for which you have to make a creative design using only a circle, a square and a triangle;
2. Fabric Design Project for which a repeating pattern is required for apparel wear; and 
3. Design Modification Project for which you have to take a small swatch of fabric and show how you would update it.

What would your submissions be?

Textile Design Exercise
http://fidm.edu/admissions/application/entrance-projects/textile-design.html

Photographer Claiming Copyright - How to Prevent

Quilts, Photographs and Galleries - Paul Sugden - This article was written for The Australian Forum for Textile Arts. In it, Sugden discusses an issue that arose with a photographer who was hired by a gallery to take photos of an exhibit. The photographer susequently published the photos of the quilter's artwork on his own website, claiming he had copyright of the photos.

Sugden provides a clause that artists should require to be inserted in any contract that a gallery or other venue has with a photographer. NOTE: artists could also amend it for insertion in the general publicity permission statement they sign with venues for exhibitions.
http://www.tafta.org.au/Pauls_work/PS_84.html

100 Ideas

The last post featured a humorous survival kit Keri Smith designed for artists to use if/whenever discouragement sets in. Keri has also come up with a list of 100 ideas we can use to get our creative juices flowing when having one of those "dry" spells.
http://www.kerismith.com/100ideas.pdf

Artist's Survival Kit

Keri Smith offers a humorous survival kit for artists to help us cope with those days when we find ourselves wondering, "Why the hell did I ever think I wanted to be an artist?"

The kit is made available as a series of 5 downloadable and printable PDF files (she suggests using cardstock) that we can then pull out and consult when having "one of those days" or need to share with an artist friend in need of a "pick me up". For example, the "I QUIT" card gives the following instructions: 1) Go get a newspaper; 2) Read the classified section; 3) Look for jobs that would fulfill you; 4) Circle them; 5) Count the circles.

http://www.kerismith.com/ask.html

UPDATE - Print Your Own Fabric Companies

Only a month ago, I did a post about companies that offer the service of printing yardage of your fabric design. I've just learned about another company for you to consider, as well as have come across a blog posting that provides not only information about things you need to consider, but also provides a lot of comparison nformation about the different services each company offers.

Original Post

Eyecandey - the newest company to enter the field (along with Fabric on Demand, Karma Kraft, and Spoonflower)
http://www.candeystore.com/

My Big Digital Fabric Printing Experiment - Kim Kight- She had a single design printed by each of the four services. Discusses the results in detail.

http://www.trueup.net/?p=5364

Digital Fabric Printing Guide - Kim Kight's side-by-side comparisons of the 4 companies on 21 different indices (ranging from price to color matching information)
http://www.trueup.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/trueup-dtpguide1.pdf

20 Ideas for Digital Fabric Printing - Kim Kight provides a lot of great ideas for taking advantage of digital fabric printing services
http://www.trueup.net/?p=5309

Textile Artists' Dream Come True?

What if there was available to you a non-toxic invisible "liquid glass" spray that protected fabric surfaces from dirt, heat, acids, and UV radiation while remaining breathable yet remains invisible to the naked eye?

Spray-on Miracle Could Revolutionise Manufacturing - This has got to be too good to be true, but just in case it isn't, I want some - I want it NOW!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sprayon-miracle-could-revolutionise-manufacturing-1885158.html

The only question that remains is when it will become available commercially...

Master Quilter Hystercine Rankin Dies

Hystercine Rankin, recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship in 1997, has died at the age of 80. She is best known for the extremely powerful stories told through her quilts about her family's history and about growing up in the segregated rural south - one in particular about the murder of her father. She is one of the quilters featured in Roland Freeman's book, A Communion of the Spirits. Her work has also been featured in many other books, documentaries and magazines.

Mrs. Rankin was a wonderful artist who will be missed not only by her family, but by the art community at-large.

To read the online article about her in today's Clarion-Ledger Newspaper:
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100216/NEWS/2160331/1001/newsfrnt/Nationally-known-Lorman-quilt-artist-honored-by-NEA-in-1997-dies-at-age-80
 
National Endowment for the Arts – 1997 National Heritage Fellowship
http://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=1997_10

Mississippi Quilting: Hystercine Rankin – includes video of her talking about how she began quilting
http://www.arts.state.ms.us/crossroads/quilting/quilting1.html

Craft in America – includes a video of Patty Crosby, the director of Mississippi Cultural Crossroads talking about Mrs. Rankin
http://www.craftinamerica.org/artists_fiber/story_168.php? 

The Alliance for American Quilts Presents: Hystercine Rankin – includes links to an interview, photo gallery, timeline, biography & bibliography
http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/treasures/main.php?id=11

All You Need to Know to Screen Print Fabric

Michelle Saintonge breaks down the mechanics of screen printing into a series of easy to understand tutorials that advanced screen printers as well as those new to the process will find extremely useful.

Preparing Your Fabric for Printing or Dyeing *Big Tip Alert*
http://www.printcutsew.com/1461/preparing-your-fabric-for-printing-or-dyeing-big-tip-alert/

The Beginner’s Guide to Sounding Like a Screen Pro – Silkscreen printing terms
http://www.printcutsew.com/259/the-beginners-guide-to-sounding-like-a-screen-print-pro/

Can You Explain That Again? – More terms
http://www.printcutsew.com/376/can-you-explain-that-again/

Screen Print Table to Go - build a print table that is specifically made to print fabric
http://www.printcutsew.com/392/screen-print-table-to-go/

Printed Lace? It’s Easy and Quick. Here’s How
http://www.printcutsew.com/203/printed-lace-its-easy-and-quick-heres-how/

Squeegee Pressure. What’s Important to Know!
http://www.printcutsew.com/824/squeegee-pressure-whats-important-to-know/

CMYK for Photorealistic Screen Printing - This guide will help you produce a four colour CMYK halftone separation of your image to capture the look of a photorealistic image.
http://www.printcutsew.com/454/cmyk-for-photorealistic-screen-printing/

A Full Size Guide to Printing Halftones - This is a guide to silkscreen printing of halftones and the correct mesh count for your dot size.
http://www.printcutsew.com/274/a-full-size-guide-to-printing-halftones/

The How-to of Screen Coating - This how-to shows you step-by-step the proper way to coat your silkscreen frame.
http://www.printcutsew.com/288/the-how-to-of-screen-coating/

Screen Printing 101

Part 1 – Getting Started - This tutorial is the first in a series of three turtorials that teach you everything you need to know about silkscreen printing whether it is on fabric, t-shirts or onto paper.
http://www.printcutsew.com/549/screen-printing-101-part-1-getting-started/

Part 2 – Creating the Stencil - This tutorial shows how you will expose and wash your newly made stencil on your silk screen frame.
http://www.printcutsew.com/649/creating-your-screen-print-stencil/

Part 3 – The Good Stuff - This tutorial focuses on printing onto fabric and paper with a screen print frame.
http://www.printcutsew.com/660/screen-printing-101-part-3-the-good-stuff/

Feeling Exposed? - Here’s a quick guide to exposure times for silkscreens whether you use a pro lamp, task lamp or the sun!
http://www.printcutsew.com/613/feeling-exposed/

Building a Silkscreen Frame from Scratch - Make your Own Screen Print Frame for $10.00.
http://www.printcutsew.com/579/building-a-silkscreen-frame-from-scratch/

What is Screen Printing Registration?

Part 1 - Learning how to register your prints is a very important skill and helps you jump from craft hobbiest to serious printer.
http://www.printcutsew.com/663/what-is-screen-printing-registration-part-1/

Part 2 – How to make sure that each colour in your design exposes on the same location for each of your screens.
http://www.printcutsew.com/1314/screen-printing-registration-part-2/

Part 3 – How to set up your fabric on your print table so you can print repeating patterns over and over again.
http://www.printcutsew.com/1338/screen-printing-registration-part-3-fabric-registration/

Wash and Learn! “Big Tip Alert” – Print colours not lining up? Troubleshooting bad registration.
http://www.printcutsew.com/1469/wash-and-learn-big-tip-alert/

Using Strippers and Banishing Ghosts
http://www.printcutsew.com/1438/using-strippers-and-banishing-ghosts/

Quick and Easy! Build a Screen Print Frame From an Old Picture Frame
http://www.printcutsew.com/81/quick-and-easy-build-your-own-silkscreen-frame/

The Darker Side of Screen Printing – This tutorial will show you how to set up your dark room, or dark corner if that’s all you have
http://www.printcutsew.com/284/the-darker-side-of-screen-printing/

TLC for Your Silk Screen Frames
http://www.printcutsew.com/279/tlc-for-our-silk-screen-frames/

Rip Your Screen? Here’s How to Fix it Fast
http://www.printcutsew.com/276/rip-your-screen-heres-how-to-fix-it-fast/

A Mesh Count for Everything! Well, almost.
http://www.printcutsew.com/272/a-mesh-count-for-everything-well-almost/

Are You Listening? - Haiti Relief Song

The horrific loss of  life and tremendous physical destruction of Port-au-Prince are mind boggling. The video below attests to it with emotion and passion. No one with a soul can listen to or view it without being tremendously moved.

"Are You Listening: A Love Song for Haiti" - Kirk Fanklin & Friends

But there is also another unimaginable price that not only Haitians but the entire world of art will now have to pay...

A Cultural Agony in a Nation Where Art is Life
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/world/la-fg-haiti-artists24-2010jan24

Vibrant Haitian Art Vanishes in the Dust
http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/1443999.html

Quakes Toll on Haitian Art, Heritage and Income
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/29/haitian.art.lost/index.html

Unesco Urges Ban on Trade of Haitian Art
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/33793/unesco-urges-ban-on-trade-of-haitian-art/

EXAMPLES of HAITIAN TEXTILE ART (sequined vodou flags are the best known examples):

Drapo Vodou: Haitian Vodou Flags (scroll down for many examples - click on pictures for close-up views)
http://www.indigoarts.com/news_drapovodou2008.html

Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags - click on pictures for close-up views
http://www.nigerbend.com/catalog.php?cat=42

The Power of Haitian Art - click on pictures for close-up views
http://rosalindcummingsyeates.blogspot.com/2010/01/power-of-haitian-art.html