Visual Literacy/Communication: Learning to read pictures
Quickly, observe what’s around you. Did you see shapes, colors, objects, or pictures? Visual elements and images are all around us. Visual elements (line, shape, color, texture, space, form) are a tool that artists, designers, markets, illustrators, and even YOU, use to communicate. There is no escaping visuals, which is why it’s important to learn […]
Improving your Visual Literacy Skills
You’ve likely heard of the terms visual literacy and visual communication, but do you understand what they are, and how it applies to you and your life? Visual literacy includes a set of abilities that allows you to be able to find, interpret, evaluate, use, and create images. Visual literacy helps you understand how to […]
Why You Should Learn Paper Weaving
It’s likely that at some point during your time in elementary art class, you learned about paper weaving (and if you didn’t, I’m sorry). You selected a few strips of pre-cut colored paper and then practiced going over and under, over and under, resulting in a simple pattern. In weaving terms, you learned to create […]
How to Declutter Your House
These are not traditional cleaning tips like how to have a dust-free house in under 10 minutes. I don’t know how to do that. Please send me suggestions if you know how to have a dust-free home in under 10 minutes. A better title for this would have been creative ways to pretend to clean […]
The Power of Fun
The Power of Fun How to Feel Alive Again By: Catherine Price This is another book that I was Megan Auman had on her reading list, and since it was available at the local library, I decided to try it. My main takeaway from the book was that it prompted me to be more thoughtful […]
Reading List: Creativity
Inspired Understanding Creativty By: Matt Richtel The level at which you’ll enjoy/learn from this book is likely going to depend on how much reading you’ve already done on the subject of creativity. Since my master’s degree focused on creative thought development, much of this book felt more like a review, as I’ve already read work […]
Recommended Reading: Books about Textiles
It’s been a few years since I’ve had the week off between Christmas and New Year, so when it was announced that we would be closed for the week, I quickly requested a pile of books from the library. My goal was to spend my week off, snuggled by the fire, reading books, and I […]
My New Favorite Thing: Security Envelopes
Each year I make thank you cards for people that give my husband, Dan, a tip during the holiday season. Each year, I also wonder if I have time to create a pile of handmade cards, doubt if I have any good ideas, and consider not making them. As with all work I create, this project […]
Missing Deadlines or Making Choices?
We all make choices about what we do with our time. However, we tend to talk less about time and the choices we make and instead talk about wasting time, getting time back, saving time, or managing time. To-do list grow. Calendars are filled with meetings and appointments, all in the guise of managing our […]
How to Scaffold Your Learning
I never learned how to do paper weaving, at least not that I remember. You might not think that’s a big deal, and in some ways, it’s not, but since I spent ten years designing and selling woven textiles, it made my learning curve steeper than it needed to be. In my college weaving class, […]