Comments for Anita Mills http://anitamills.com Fri, 11 May 2012 17:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Men, women, and the myths of creative genius… by Hollie Taylor http://anitamills.com/men-women-and-the-myths-of-creative-genius#comment-481 Hollie Taylor Fri, 11 May 2012 17:33:22 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=788#comment-481 Tell me when you are teaching this class locally. I'd like to sit in on it. Thanks for sharing, Anita. - Hollie Tell me when you are teaching this class locally. I’d like to sit in on it. Thanks for sharing, Anita. – Hollie

]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by Anita Mills http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-480 Anita Mills Thu, 10 May 2012 15:24:36 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-480 Hi, Natalie! Thanks for the response to this post. Your use of electronic circuit boards sounds very intriguing. I would love to see examples of the outcome. Perhaps you could send me some JPEGs at: anitamills@earthlink.net And, we should definitely talk shop! Hi, Natalie! Thanks for the response to this post. Your use of electronic circuit boards sounds very intriguing. I would love to see examples of the outcome. Perhaps you could send me some JPEGs at: anitamills@earthlink.net And, we should definitely talk shop!

]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by Natalie d'Arbeloff http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-479 Natalie d'Arbeloff Wed, 09 May 2012 17:10:33 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-479 Hello Anita, I feel as if I already know you, from Clive's blog. It's exciting for me to see what you did with that embossed wallpaper pattern, especially the second image - very Mayan! I too love patterns and did something similar in printmaking: taking some rejected electronic circuit boards and inking them, both in relief and intaglio, and also altering the surfaces with various materials. Results were fun and surprising -would love to do some shop-talk with you one day! Hello Anita, I feel as if I already know you, from Clive’s blog. It’s exciting for me to see what you did with that embossed wallpaper pattern, especially the second image – very Mayan!

I too love patterns and did something similar in printmaking: taking some rejected electronic circuit boards and inking them, both in relief and intaglio, and also altering the surfaces with various materials. Results were fun and surprising -would love to do some shop-talk with you one day!

]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by Anita Mills http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-464 Anita Mills Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:48:17 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-464 Clive, I can always see "art" in a "mess." I live in a mess of my own making! I have lots of practice. ; ) Clive, I can always see “art” in a “mess.” I live in a mess of my own making! I have lots of practice. ; )

]]> Comment on On tools and woodturning… by Anita Mills http://anitamills.com/on-tools-and-woodturning#comment-463 Anita Mills Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:45:31 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=770#comment-463 Hi, Dave! Foot powered lathes (AND foot powered sewing machines) would be too hard for me to master, I'm afraid. I have seen some excellent YouTube videos of people turning on a manual lathe and it's a matter of getting one's rhythm, for sure. She should go ahead and build it! What is she waiting for? xo AM Hi, Dave! Foot powered lathes (AND foot powered sewing machines) would be too hard for me to master, I’m afraid. I have seen some excellent YouTube videos of people turning on a manual lathe and it’s a matter of getting one’s rhythm, for sure. She should go ahead and build it! What is she waiting for? xo AM

]]> Comment on On tools and woodturning… by Dave Bonta http://anitamills.com/on-tools-and-woodturning#comment-462 Dave Bonta Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:26 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=770#comment-462 Wow! And a fascinating process. I have a friend who fantasizes about building a lathe in her basement -- but it has to be foot-powered. She's all about process, I guess. And hand tools! Wow! And a fascinating process.

I have a friend who fantasizes about building a lathe in her basement — but it has to be foot-powered. She’s all about process, I guess. And hand tools!

]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by Clive Hicks-Jenkins http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-461 Clive Hicks-Jenkins Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:14:47 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-461 I think that both Peter AND I thought that you'd lost your mind. But you were coming at things from a different angle. We just saw this hideously scuzzy apartment that we had to knock into shape, with wallpaper hanging down in ribbons and plaster all over the floors. You homed in and saw something that engaged you on a creative level. We saw mess, you saw... POTS! It was quite a leap, but we're the fools now, because we still haven't got around to sorting out that apartment, whereas you've made beautiful things to live with! (-; I think that both Peter AND I thought that you’d lost your mind. But you were coming at things from a different angle. We just saw this hideously scuzzy apartment that we had to knock into shape, with wallpaper hanging down in ribbons and plaster all over the floors. You homed in and saw something that engaged you on a creative level. We saw mess, you saw… POTS! It was quite a leap, but we’re the fools now, because we still haven’t got around to sorting out that apartment, whereas you’ve made beautiful things to live with! (-;

]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by Anita Mills http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-444 Anita Mills Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:30:42 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-444 Hi, Zoe! Thanks for stopping by to see this post. It was great fun to work on these and to see just how far I could push the patterns. I know that Peter must have thought I'd lost my mind when I got so excited by the wallpaper scraps. But... nothing ventured, nothing gained. AM Hi, Zoe! Thanks for stopping by to see this post. It was great fun to work on these and to see just how far I could push the patterns. I know that Peter must have thought I’d lost my mind when I got so excited by the wallpaper scraps. But… nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by zoe http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-442 zoe Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:28:29 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-442 oh, my!! this is amazing! i can't believe this all came from discarded scraps of wallpaper, but on top of that, what a range of use! the necklace is a gem, and i love also the glazing on that vessel. the platter is perfect! congratulations!! times three!! i am totally blown away by the whole process... oh, my!! this is amazing! i can’t believe this all came from discarded scraps of wallpaper, but on top of that, what a range of use! the necklace is a gem, and i love also the glazing on that vessel. the platter is perfect! congratulations!! times three!!
i am totally blown away by the whole process…

]]> Comment on Patterns, patterns, everywhere… by Anita Mills http://anitamills.com/patterns-patterns-everywhere#comment-441 Anita Mills Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:14:33 +0000 http://anitamills.com/?p=728#comment-441 Trudy, it's called "recycling" in the most extreme form. ; ) Trudy, it’s called “recycling” in the most extreme form. ; )

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