Interview 2

I ask ya, what is an artist to do when the bottom drops out of the art market? I do have skills that are easily applied to other projects, it’s true. So, now I am putting those skills to a bit more commercially viable use. In addition to completing some works in my Motorcyclist Portrait [...]

Today I am working on my pieces for the exhibit sponsored by the Fiber Artists Coalition. www.fiberartistscoalition.com The group of fourteen artists proposed a traveling exhibit inspired by a Wallace Stevens poem. As soon as I read VII, I knew what my composition would be. In 1998, not long after we moved to Michigan and [...]

Argh! Due to the inaction of the Michigan House Judiciary Committee, as of September 11th, the closure of the Department of History, Arts and Libraries became official. That means that the body that funds the arts-when there is money-the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, will be transferred from the Department of History, Arts [...]

Wow, did I really go an entire month without a post here? And still no interview this month? Humm, I have been having way too much fun this summer. I was fortunate enough to have “the nieces” visit this month. We went to the Michigan Fiber Festival and the kids learned rigid heddle weaving. They [...]

I have been trying to get some flesh tones right for some time now. Part of my challenge is managing the dye process. Colors do tend to shift somewhat on silk. The other part of the challenge is my vision of the creation in the first place. Here’s what I’m working on now. A motorcyclist [...]

Au Sable Chasm, outside AuSable Forks, New York, about 65 miles south of the Canadian border.I must have looked and acted as if I needed a vacation after the Portfolio went off to the printer. My husband and his father were going on a genealogy research trip to upstate New York and swept me up [...]

Hello and it is good to be back from the depths of Portfolio editing. I have shipped the final SAQA Portfolio 16 off to the printer. It is a good day. Portfolio 16 is the largest book we have published to date – 296 pages of fine fiber art quilts. It is a great collection [...]

I have been breaking up the work on editing the Portfolio with preparations for my next “Elements” work. For those of you not familiar with this series of mine, it is basically a collection of works that span the boundaries between art quilts and kinetic sculpture. I create these works from my own hand-dyed silks, [...]

And a perfect Michigan early spring day. Albeit a bit cold. That, however, is just normal for this side of the Lake. This would be a great day to go outside and take photos of my new work-all that bright diffused light would pop the colors. During our Arizona years, there were precious few cloudy [...]

Linda Colsh is an American who has been living abroad for over 20 years. She currently resides in Everberg, Belgium. Her art credentials include two degrees in Art History and a seat on the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. board of directors. I have met Linda Colsh a couple times. I recall being intrigued by [...]