In this issue, you get to learn more about Linda Bolhuis and Kerr Grabowski, as they give you a glimpse into their lives, inspiration, and techniques! Take a scenic adventure as this article explores the inspiration behind Linda Bolhuis’ With All Due Respect, better recognized as the face of the 2014 SPIN festival. Linda uses Georgia O’Keeffe as her muse, mixed with her own love of nature to create many of her silk paintings. “The breathtaking moments found in the natural land and waterscapes around [me] have become [my] conversation with the world.” Silk painting is Linda’s way of expressing her interaction with the world around her, and her prize winning piece, With All Due Respect, goes beyond nature and also pays homage to O’Keeffe. “After reading about her life I felt a strong connection to her and her love of nature.” Linda also gives reader an inside scoop on her use of the French Serti Technique and of gutta as a resist. “Although very time consuming, the medium lends itself extremely well to capturing the shifting qualities of light found in nature.” This issue also divulges Kerr Grabowski’s story of how she began her artistry and about her planning for the workshop she taught at the 2014 SPIN festival. Kerr refers to herself, appropriately, as a “maker; a mark maker or a clothing maker or a maker of stuff.” She is fascinated with the action of making marks on fabrics, be it smears, prints, impressions. She began her journey with batik t-shirts, which soon turned into a living. “As I played and experimented with fabric and dye, I learned how to make the type of mark that comes from my soul.” It didn’t take long for Kerr to fall in love with dyes and their limitless possibilities. Now, she creates clothing and loves the entire process that is free of boundaries. During her workshop at the festival, Kerr taught more than her techniques for clothing and screen-printing, she also gave instruction that she lives by: “Trust your intuition. Do something every day. Make marks, write, create something. Some little ritual every day. Work every day, even if it’s only 15 minutes.” These words are something that can be applied to more than artistry, but also life itself. This issue gives you an array of artist perspective, from silk painting with Linda Bolhuis to making clothing and “stuff” with Kerr Grabowski. To learn more about their secrets to their personal artistry, flip open the pages and read more!
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