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shanak
35, Female
Kenai, Alaska, United States - Share
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- What's Your Favourite Way To Create?
- Sewing, dyeing, spinning, felting
- Favourite Artists (in ANY creative medium)
- Gustav Klimt, Minnie Evans, Howard Finster, African textile artists, Marc Chagall, cave painters, Franz Kline, Robert Smithson. My absolute favorite is Andy Goldsworthy who is a photographer as well as an earth artist. He is awesome!
Favorite music is African of any kind, good drum beats and favorite band of all time is Baka Beyond. Love bluegrass and folk music too.
- Greatest Creative Moment You've Had?
- While in college my teacher made me sketch and rework a design over and over for about 1 1/2 months. Every time I thought I had a good design I had to sketch again. One day it clicked and we both knew I had a great idea for my furniture piece. This showed me the power of tapping into your subconscious and choosing not to go with the most obvious solution.
- What's Your Biggest Creative Dream?
- I don't dream of big money or fame, but rather touching the lives of others and inspiring them to be creative. That's why I am an art teacher. For myself, it just brings me great pleasure to always have a project in the works. My medium changes with the seasons, currently it is sewing, oil pastels, oil painting, pen and ink. Talk to me in 2 months and it will be something new.
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- http://www.geocities.com/treasurefolk/shanak.html
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Baby stuff and recent updates.
Now that I'm having a baby I suppose I should be knitting some booties or something! Well I decided I would sew a sling to carry my baby in and that has been keeping me pretty busy. Right now I am working on the applique for it and it will even have some padding in it...it will be the high end of baby slings! Can't wait to post a picture.
Since it's been awhile since I've posted, I should get you all up to date. I have taken a pottery class and joined the watercolor artist guild. Doing… Continue
Posted on February 3rd, 2008 at 3:42am — 5 Comments
Finally accomplished one goal!
Well one of my goals inspired by Dan's newsletters was to put my work out there in the public. So I have found my first store to work with up here in Alaska. The owner was excited to be selling my jewelry, yarns, and scarves and had many good suggestions for more products. This is good news because I have spent a lot of money on my creative endeavors and maybe I'll make some of that money back!
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 at 1:02am — 4 Comments
I've been away....
Sorry everybody for being away so long but I do have a good excuse! I got married (finished sewing my dress) , entertained relatives during fishing trips, and now my phone line and internet connection have been out for 7 days! I am hoping they will fix it soon. Regardless, I am back via library connection and ready to see your posts!
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Posted on July 26th, 2007 at 3:11am — 5 Comments
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Congrats on your pregnancy,not long to go now!
Beautiful wedding photo.
Hope you are making time to relax too. Life does get busy doesn't it?
Do you know what you are having? How exciting if you don't and still how exciting if you do.
take care
Angele
congratulations on the baby and EVERYTHING! you've been busy young lady!
you must keep us posted on all of it
grace and peace,
malinda
Congratulations on the baby on the way too...
Tell us more about your creative life since we last saw you?
Dan
I am wondering where you have gone! It has been so long since you were here, you are missed!
Heidi
I am going to try some more felting so must remember that you have the skills to help.
I should do a piece today.
Lots of love from Susan in Australia
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Send the husband packing!
Heidi
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