Category Archives: process

Why Fiber?

Posted on November 8, 2011 by BJ Parady

I get asked that question a lot. Once I get past the quick retort (why not fiber?), I try to explain what attracts me as an artist to using fiber as my medium. If I had stayed in the watercolor … Continue reading →

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Just around the Corner

Posted on October 31, 2011 by BJ Parady

The holidays are just around the corner. As usual, I haven’t done much preparation (other than buying candy bars to hand out tonight…oh, Christmas? Not so much). Ever since I started thinking of myself as an artist, I have made … Continue reading →

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Filling the In-Between

Posted on October 17, 2011 by BJ Parady

Sometimes I’m in between  projects–either I’m uninspired, or I am not ready to start a big piece or I’m waiting for something like a dye bath to finish. In those in-between times, I putter in the studio. One of the … Continue reading →

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Recovery….

Posted on October 10, 2011 by BJ Parady

I’m back home after two openings in two days. My feet are almost back to normal. Some brief thoughts: My art has never been as well lit as it is at the Fairfield, Iowa show. It was good to meet … Continue reading →

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From Trite to Interesting

Posted on August 8, 2011 by BJ Parady

Remember these? Not a great picture of them, but representative of the six pieces. They were started with a good plan–I dyed a length of silk, cut it into pieces, discharged a curve to simulate a river bend. Then I … Continue reading →

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Tunnel End, Light at…

Posted on August 1, 2011 by BJ Parady

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been in kind of a slump, creativity-wise. But I think the end is behind me now. I’m starting to make new work, I have a bunch of ideas waiting to be tried. How did I … Continue reading →

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Recycled Stamps

Posted on July 25, 2011 by BJ Parady

Recently I came across some of that cheap, imported cardboard. The stuff that’s not real sturdy, but has neat patterns to it. I liked the patterns, and I had been looking for a way to make some kind of stamp … Continue reading →

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Letting go…

Posted on July 18, 2011 by BJ Parady

I started work on a new moon piece for June. In June. I didn’t finish it because I realized it was too much like all the others in the series…unlike most of the other series I’ve worked on, this one … Continue reading →

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So Many Moons….

Posted on April 18, 2011 by BJ Parady

Over the last few months, I have become somewhat obsessed with the moon. With the idea of a moon, the presence of moons, the atmospherics, the drama. Before I moved to the ‘burbs, at any moment I could have told … Continue reading →

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Structure Counts

Posted on April 4, 2011 by BJ Parady

A few months ago I ‘finished’ a whole cloth piece–it’s kind of abstract, kind of expressionistic, and I like the fact that for once I held back and did minimal stitching on it. The heavier lines shown above were initially … Continue reading →

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