Lisa Kerpoe

My heart is aching over the tragedy in Connecticut.  No words can describe what I'm feeling or make the pain go away for those affected...

I've taken this month "off".  Partly because my workload has decreased considerably and partly because I was so busy this fall...

In previous blogs, I wrote about different ways to create dimension on cloth. Today, I'll focus on the use of acrylic medium.  There are...

In Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way, she talks about crazy makers.  These are people who, for a variety of reasons, make you c...

You can still sign up for my online workshop, Visual Texture: Resists from the Pantry, which starts today. It's a great way to try so...

My print paste experiment has been in place for three months. My theory was that the Print Mix from ProChem had additional ingredients that...

Some of my work is created with intent and with a specific meaning in mind. These pieces are generally about something for which I have stro...

I've taken a long vacation from my blog.  I didn't realize how long until I saw the date of my last post.  I took a two week vacatio...

I absent-mindedly left a cup of flour paste resist in my studio yesterday and woke up to 2 cups of a frothy, foaming liquid. This is th...

I'm trying something new this fall - teaching online classes.  I thought about doing so two years ago, but the perfectionist in me asked...

I'm always a bit behind the latest trends.  Needle felting is no exception.  I remember when the needle felting machines became popular ...

Earlier this summer I did a lot of screenprinting with dye and have many pieces in the works.  I finally finished one! It incorporates multi...

Beads add a touch of elegance to cloth.  They shimmer as they catch the light and their subtle shadows add depth. I tend toward minimalism,...

Another conversation with a friend has sparked my interest and inspired this blog post.   My friend commented about the hand stitching on a ...

Our art movie last week was David Hockney, A Bigger Picture. It was very good.  Hockney is from the UK and moved to Los Angeles when he was ...

Just a reminder - today I'm a guest on the And Then We Set It On Fire blog.  I'll be sharing information on using sugar syrup as...

Many artists working on a flat surface continually strive to create the illusion of depth and texture. There are many printing and dyeing...

A comment from a friend started me thinking about the mentoring relationship.  She was talking about her mentor and how they had a falling...

If you haven't read the blog, And Then We Set It On Fire, you are missing out.  It is hosted by a group of fiber artists and each month ...

I can't claim to be an expert on ice dyeing, since my first try was two weeks ago.  I have dyed about 15 yards of fabric using the techn...

A friend and I were talking about attending workshops and the feelings of insecurity that sometimes brings. She had just completed a worksho...

A fluttering of excitement in the stomach. Shortness of breath. A touch of giddyness. That is how I feel as I work with silk screens in the ...

I spent a few more days ice dyeing last week.  I'm really enthralled by the process.  It's my "new boyfriend", as Jane Dun...