Dispatch: The Quilted Print at Frogman’s Print Workshops

Posted on Jul 12, 2017 in art, Blog, teaching | One Comment
Dispatch: The Quilted Print at Frogman’s Print Workshops

We had a great time teaching our workshop The Quilted Print at Frogman’s Print Workshops, held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. This week long course covered woodcarving and printing on fabric, basic machine sewing techniques, crochet, and related! To see a summary of the course and some materials provided to students, check out […]

The Quilted Print @ Frogman’s Print Workshops

Posted on Jul 3, 2017 in art, Blog, teaching | 2 Comments

More pics of the above piece may be found, here: http://orangebarrelindustries.com/hannah/main/?projects=quiltbait-i-culdesac This post is for our class at Frogman’s Print Workshops, First Session, the week of July 2nd 2017. Description This workshop utilizes the oldest form of printmaking, relief, in combination with found, re-purposed fabrics and basic machine and hand sewing to create quilted collages. […]

DIY Book Binding, Vol. 1: The 4-Hole Pamphlet Stitch Mini Book

Posted on May 26, 2013 in art, books, DIY | 5 Comments
DIY Book Binding, Vol. 1: The 4-Hole Pamphlet Stitch Mini Book

I love being able to make my own books for note-taking, grocery lists, gifts, journaling and sketching. You can spend a ton of time and cash looking for an interesting journal with good quality paper, or you can make your very own at home! In this tutorial, I’ll show you a basic 4-hole pamphlet stitch […]

The Honeymoon is Over: An Exhibition of Works by Blake & Hannah Sanders

Posted on Jul 1, 2012 in art, life, travel | 8 Comments

Yesterday, Blake and I installed a collaborative exhibition at the Nuance Gallery in Beresford, South Dakota called The Honeymoon is Over. We will have a reception for the show on Wednesday, July 11th from 7pm to 9pm. This reception takes place during the second session of Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshop, so I hope all […]

Nomadic Artists

Posted on Jun 18, 2012 in art, food porn, life | 3 Comments

After moving into our new place in Kentucky, Blake and I immediately took off for our friend Ann Flowers‘ wedding in Columbia, KY. Then we spent a fun-filled week in Murfreesburro, Tennessee with our friend Meghan “Shotgun” O’Connor as visiting artists at the Governor’s School gifted art high school students program she was teaching at […]

DIY Photobooth Backdrop

Posted on Jun 11, 2012 in art, design, DIY, life | 9 Comments

This entry is my first do it yourself crafting tutorial! I will show you step-by-step how to make your own photo booth backdrop from up-cycled bed-sheet fabrics using elementary machine sewing techniques, as well as let you in on how to even do it without any sewing at all, if you prefer! I started on […]

Installing Uncharted Territories

Posted on Mar 6, 2012 in art | 3 Comments

This weekend, Blake and I installed our collaborative piece for the Uncharted Territories exhibition at the Healing Center in New Orleans. This exhibition opens this Saturday, March 9th from 6pm-9pm during the St. Claude Arts District 2nd Saturday Arts Night. We also have a reception on the Friday during the Southern Graphics Council Conference, Friday […]

Works in Progress

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 in art | One Comment

I was just attempting to post this to our Uncharted Territories exhibition brainstorming blog, but Blogger is being incredibly slow for some reason, and it is frustrating me. Here are a couple of images of the “river pathway” tubes I’ve been making out of fabric and the carved wooden figures Blake has been working on. […]