Tag Archives: Postmark’d Art

T is for Toile

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Franki Kohler

Postmark’d Art is wrapping up a trade inspired by the alphabet. It has taken us four rounds of trading to get through the alphabet — and what fun it has been! For this round I selected the letter T. Along … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiber Postcards, Inspiration, Postmark'd Art | Tagged bird designs, embroidery, neon, postcards, Postmark'd Art, toile | 12 Comments

Typography

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Franki Kohler

Postmark’d Art is in the midst of its 16th round of trading. One of the themes that I am trading in is Typography. I’ve received two that I can’t help but share here. Lynn Chinnis used a quote from Ellen … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiber Postcards, Postmark'd Art | Tagged Karen Musgrave, Lynn Chinnis, Postmark'd Art, typography | 6 Comments

Studio Tour

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Franki Kohler

When I grow to love someone’s art, I become curious about their inspiration, habits, equipment and their studio. I cannot tell you how moved I was to be standing in the actual apartment where Beethoven lived — several times during … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Special Events | Tagged Postmark'd Art, studio tour | 2 Comments

Back to the O’Hanlon Exhibit

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Franki Kohler

Fellow artist and on-line friend Sharon Benton has temporarily moved from the Seattle area to San Jose for a few months and we are getting to know each other in person — so fun! Sharon was a charter member of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art quilts, Inspiration | Tagged Barbara Crow, Bay Area Women Artists, Christing Boone, Marie Bergstedt, Mitsuko Baum, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Postmark'd Art, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Second International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB), Sharon Benton, Susan Press | 8 Comments

Beads

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Franki Kohler

I’m working on a written tour of my studio that Postmark’d Art will publish next month as part of it’s First Friday series. Check out Suzanna Bond’s tour for a taste of what this series is about. In preparation I … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged beads, Postmark'd Art, storage | 7 Comments

Starry Night Done

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Franki Kohler

I swung into action last week working on my project for a Postmark’d Art trade and posted about it here. The process for me is always one of adding, viewing on the wall, and adding. It began to look more … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiber Postcards, Postmark'd Art | Tagged beads, needlefelting, Postmark'd Art, van Gogh Sun project, Vinvent van Gogh, wool roving | 4 Comments

Work in Progress: Starry Night

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Franki Kohler

Today is the 159th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. Happy birthday Vincent! The words to Don McLean’s hit song Vincent has been swirling around in my head for several days now and, unlike other times when I’ve found it … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration, Postmark'd Art, Work in progress | Tagged Don McLean, happy birthday, Janet Hartje, needlefelting, Postmark'd Art, Starry Night, Van Gogh | 7 Comments

Visions Art Museum and More!

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Franki Kohler

I simply had to go! The traveling SAQA exhibit Art Meets Science opened on February 3rd at Visions Art Museum in San Diego, CA. My quilt Nature’s Fractal is a part of this traveling exhibition and this is the only … Continue reading →

Posted in Art quilts, Inspiration | Tagged bench, Brown Pelicans, Del Thomas, giraffe, Kay Lobada, Nature's Fractal, Postmark'd Art, San Diego, San Diego Watercolor Society, sun print, Tristan, Visions Art Museum, Woodwardia Fern | 4 Comments

G is for Gray

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Franki Kohler

Not so long ago I was distracted by dryer lint and started running amok. That first sidetracked adventure turned into a successful (by my standards) landscape postcard — affectionately known as the Lint Landscape. Well, the adventure continued and here … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiber Postcards, Postmark'd Art | Tagged beading, Dryer Lint, embroidery floss, gray, Landscape, Postmark'd Art | 5 Comments

More Lint

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Franki Kohler

Remember the lint landscape from December? I had some lint left over so I felted it. This time I tried something new: I felted it directly to fast2fuse, the double-sided fusible stiff interfacing I use for my fabric postcards. One … Continue reading →