Lisa Kerpoe

I'm flying half way across the country next month just to look at art.  It seems rather extravagant and is out of character for me.  But...

After experimentation with a wide variety of resists, I have concluded that one's satisfaction with the end result and enjoyment of the...

do it all. Those are words of heresy from someone of the era when we were taught that we could have it all, do it all.  I've been feelin...

Emergence, 48" x 39" My latest body of work, Paintings on Silk, has been on exhibit at the Hill Country Arts Foundation in ...

Over the past few years I have had numerous conversations with other artists who work with textiles about how they describe themselves and t...

Have you heard about the online companies that print fabric from your designs?  There are a number of companies who do so, including Spoonfl...

Sacred Path, silk with oatmeal resist Over the past seven years, I've been working to expand my expertise with resists .  Ever si...

A thought-provoking observation at the fiber exhibition last weekend.  I'm familiar with the work of many of the artists, and was surpri...

Today is the opening reception for the Art in Fiber exhibition at the Copper Shade Tree gallery.  This invitational exhibit includes 21 ...

I've been working on a new series over the past year.  It's been a slow process because I've had to fit it in between other obli...

I had a great time at the demonstration I did for the Kerrville Art Club a few weeks ago.  My presentation focused on the process of ...

I'm reading a book called SoulSpace by Xorin Balbes and Marianne Williamson. The subtitle, Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life - ...

I had planned to post photos today from my demonstration Tuesday at the Kerrville Art Club.  However my morning has been spent on website up...

I started knitting about a year ago.  I haven't made very many things during that time - I got hung up on creating a baby blanket for ou...

I have come to think of myself as a layerist. When I think about my work and why I like working with this medium, I think of the appeal ...

Throughout my life, when people spoke about writing a book, it seemed like something that was inaccessible to me.   It wasn't something ...

Several weeks ago I had to turn in my workshop descriptions for the classes I'll be teaching next summer at the Southwest School of Art....

I spent last weekend facilitating a workshop focused on mixing dyes from primary colors.  (Yes, that's where my last blog post came f...

I am a strong advocate for using pure primaries to mix dye colors.  When I first started dyeing, I did so mainly for financial reasons. ...

For the past ten years (at least), we have been inundated with books, magazine articles and TV shows dedicated to the subject of achieving b...

We had a great time on our trip to Albuquerque last week.  No, we didn't make it to Santa Fe.  The trip was a nice blend of city time an...

Artcloth is not only that which we make "pretty".  Sometimes we use destructive processes to make a statement or create meaning ...

I've been playing around with using the techniques from Vibrant Color (mixing soy wax with dyes) on paper instead of fabric.  The look ...