Unlearning Looking and Learning Seeing in Fabric Collage
Looking and seeing are different abilities. Without training anyone can look—but not everyone can see. When I teach a fabric collage class, I spend a good amount of time each … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Happy Anniversary Spiral eWorkshop
Just a year ago, in April 2020, I introduced the Fabric Collage Spiral eWorkshop. It was the beginning of the pandemic and both Tom and I wanted to provide a … Read More
Zoom Annotation and Fabric Collage With Susan Carlson: Part 2—Roscoe the Dog
The focus for last week and this week’s blog posts have been how Zoom annotation tools can facilitate communication with my online students. Two students from March’s online virtual class, … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Fabric Collage Online Class Is Coaching on Steroids
A participant in our first Live Online 5-Day Fabric Collage Class said the experience was “a coaching session on steroids.” You’ll be meeting that student, Kelly Stafford, and her subject … Read More
Zoom Annotation and Fabric Collage With Susan Carlson: Part 1—Ziggy the Cat
My sister says that I like to work in themes, and she’s right. She’s usually referring to family get-togethers and menu planning—winter smorgasbord potlucks around the firepit, or “Soup Sample … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: The Live Online Class Experience
I was so pleased about my recent 5-Day Live Online Class that I wanted to be sure no one missed the blog post about it that appeared last week. So … Read More
NOT On the Road Teaching: March 2021—First Live Online Fabric Collage Class Results
I expect that I will look back fondly on the week ending just seven days ago for a very long time. My first ever live online fabric collage class was … Read More
Susan Carlson Throwback Thursday: Step 12—Preparing to Show Off Your Fabric Collage
The end is here! Accurate, but more dramatic than necessary. This is the last in this series of posts outlining the entire process of fabric collage. For three months we’ve … Read More
Happy Spring from Oma’s Pumpkin Patch
On this weekend of the Equinox—as the sun crosses the equator and the hours of day and night are roughly equal all over the earth—there’s been a Springtime harvest of … Read More
Inside the Mind of Susan Carlson: Fabric Collage First Draft Editing
Fabric collage is flexible. You can change things, then change them again, as much as you want—sometimes it’s hard to stop. This flexibility allows me to work in drafts and … Read More