Improv Quilting

Community, Art and Social Practice, Creativity Sherri Lynn Wood 1/10/23 Community, Art and Social Practice, Creativity Sherri Lynn Wood 1/10/23

Practice Makes Practice = nourishing flourishing quilt making

Explore the five essential elements for establishing a nurturing and sustainable creative quilting practice with Sherri Lynn Wood and the BravePatch Groove in 2023.

Art and Social Practice 7/20/19 Art and Social Practice 7/20/19

Home Makers at Wave Pool

I am looking for volunteers, local to Cincinnati, with sewing machine experience, to help activate this participatory, patchwork improv installation at Wave Pool Gallery, Sep 14 - Oct 26.

Art and Social Practice, Community, Events and Workshops, The Modern Quilt 9/30/17 Art and Social Practice, Community, Events and Workshops, The Modern Quilt 9/30/17

New Zealand & Australia Patchwork Tour

I never imagined that quilting would take me half way around the world some day! Sign-up for workshops, lectures, and demos down under!

Art and Social Practice, Community 9/23/16 Art and Social Practice, Community 9/23/16

a f t e r l i f e / it's show time!

My goal was not to speak through, of, or for the materials but to speak in conversation with them.

Art and Social Practice, Community, The Modern Quilt 11/9/15 Art and Social Practice, Community, The Modern Quilt 11/9/15

Sew LeWitt at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery

I discovered how much fun it was to hang out with the good folks at Adobe Books and sew with whoever showed up.

Art and Social Practice, Personal Heritage, The Modern Quilt 9/22/15 Art and Social Practice, Personal Heritage, The Modern Quilt 9/22/15

The Pope's Message of Mercy

MERCY resonates in my heart as I own the harshness with which I judge myself and others in countless minute ways every day.

Art and Social Practice, Color Palettes, Community, Events and Workshops, Modern Improv, The Modern Quilt 8/27/15 Art and Social Practice, Color Palettes, Community, Events and Workshops, Modern Improv, The Modern Quilt 8/27/15

Curating Colors for Patchwork Installation

Improv patchwork begins by setting a few limits, including color limits. This is exactly what I've been pleasantly busy doing this past week.

Art and Social Practice, Community, The Modern Quilt 6/26/15 Art and Social Practice, Community, The Modern Quilt 6/26/15

Improv Patchwork Road Tales ~ Intro

One thing I learned early on, as I shared my story with others, they in turn shared theirs. The development of an idea is a collaborative process.

Art and Social Practice, Craft Therapy, Tools, Tips, Tutorials 1/19/15 Art and Social Practice, Craft Therapy, Tools, Tips, Tutorials 1/19/15

How do you fold your quilts?

The act of opening and closing a quilt whispers some sacred truth about the revelation of life's moments and the hiding away of memory.

Art and Social Practice, My Creative Process, Personal Heritage 11/29/14 Art and Social Practice, My Creative Process, Personal Heritage 11/29/14

20th Century Comfort Room

It's an interior space that speaks about the confinement of imagination. Installed at the Headlands Center for the Arts, 1998.

Art and Social Practice, Reviews 11/5/14 Art and Social Practice, Reviews 11/5/14

Alien She at YBCA

Alien She at YBCA and Ladies Sasquatch by Allyson Mitchell rocked. YES! I am WOMAN! I am BEAST!

Art and Social Practice, Community, My Creative Process, Personal Heritage 6/1/14 Art and Social Practice, Community, My Creative Process, Personal Heritage 6/1/14

38,564 words and twelve new quilts!

It's as if I've been on a boat for the last year and a half and I've just been dropped off on a new shore in my life. Everything is new. Everything is YES! Many thanks to all who've been on the journey with me.

Art and Social Practice, Community, Craft Therapy, My Creative Process, Personal Heritage 9/21/13 Art and Social Practice, Community, Craft Therapy, My Creative Process, Personal Heritage 9/21/13

Piñata Anchor of Hope ~ Happy Birthday Mom

Remembering a geo-psychic, temporary public art project for the city of Durham, NC, that marked the beginning of urban (and personal) renewal.

Art and Social Practice, Community, Mending 1/27/13 Art and Social Practice, Community, Mending 1/27/13

shooting corners

I'm going to survey regulars who live and work here: What creative thing could be done to change patterns of neglect and violence on our corner?

Art and Social Practice, Community 11/4/12 Art and Social Practice, Community 11/4/12

Día de los Muertos ~ and why I'm voting for Obama

Celebrating the Day of the Dead reminds me that human worth based on financial wealth is a fiction that I don't have to buy into or vote for.

Art and Social Practice, Personal Heritage 9/18/12 Art and Social Practice, Personal Heritage 9/18/12

signed, sealed, submitted & feeling smart

A quilt is both a 3-dimensional and a 2-dimensional space. It unifies the visual waves of painting with the embodied elements of sculpture.

Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/14/12 Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/14/12

Cha-zak Cha-zak Ve-nit Cha-zek

I'm concluding my trip to Death Valley with this beautifully chanted mantra. It's a Hebrew blessing, thanking God for imparting strength.

Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/12/12 Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/12/12

Strong Women Row To Win

I'm now in the desert on the home stretch. This mantra reminds me that I AM strong and I will go the distance!

Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/10/12 Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/10/12

To God Be The Glory

I'm now in the desert half way through my week. This mantra reminds me to feel great gratitude for the glory of the landscape that is so much more than me.

Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/8/12 Art and Social Practice, Mantras for Creativity 3/8/12

We Are One With The Infinite Sun

There is plenty of solitude in the desert but this mantra reminds me that even though I'm alone right now I am connected.

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