In the Eye of Color mixed-media art by Zia Gipson

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Studio Tour coming up

Mark your calendars for the 2011 Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour, October 8th and 9th.

Wearable art, encaustic paintings and other explorations in mixed media. Pick up your studio tour brochure at any  tourism office or buy a local paper to get the brochure. Or, come to our studio first and we'll help you customize your tour.


Studio Tour coming up

Mark your calendars for the 2011 Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour, October 8th and 9th.

Wearable art, encaustic paintings and other explorations in mixed media. Pick up your studio tour brochure at any tourism office or buy a local paper to get the brochure. Or, come to our studio first and we'll help you customize your tour.


Zia Gipson
zia@whidbey.net
360-579-1080
www.ziagipson.com


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Embellishing Machine frees the fingers to run and play



I've been enjoying my embellishing machine...these are recent images...the first is the back of the fabric of the finished piece, the second image is a detail, and the final, the finished piece. No thread, no nothing holding this together, just punching, punching, punching


Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Revelations

I enjoyed a recent Bookworm podcast (via KCRW Santa Monica). Barbara
Kingsolver said, "There are revelations in every artform, it's the
reader's job to use them."


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Wedding Chariot


India


The most photogenic country in the world, at least of the 35 or so countries I have been to....


Wednesday, October 7, 2009



The 2010 Whidbey Open Studio Tour was a success for most of the 92 artists on the tour.Here are some pictures from the tour.