http://turningturning.com/passing-it-on/ An art therapist on creativity, healing, and the power of making. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://turningturning.com/passing-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Mal Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:06:31 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=471#comment-294 @Sharon: You are a great resource and teacher for so many of us. I wish I had your talent for community-building and crowd-rallying! @Sharon: You are a great resource and teacher for so many of us. I wish I had your talent for community-building and crowd-rallying!

]]> http://turningturning.com/passing-it-on/comment-page-1/#comment-287 sharonb Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:38:35 +0000 http://turningturning.com/?p=471#comment-287 Great questions. Who taught me? Numerous other women in my life from my mother, an elderly friend who was a governess for years in cattle stations in north Western Australia, women in the Embroiderers guild and women in quilting groups. I have also learnt from books, and from other women online. In other words I have been fortunate enough to enjoy the oral tradition of acquiring these skills but also have learnt much from using technology ie the internet. Who have I taught apart from my own daughter? Probably more people than I realise but I have taught face to face and online workshops. I also keep a blog which is driven by the urge to share and see these skills still being employed when I am too old to do anything other than enjoy seeing what people make. I do hope that by that time it is what people make rather than what women make as I would love textiles to step across the gender line. (I think it gradually is but is taking time) As to nodding to artists from the past I think I regularly do it but feel we also need to look forward too. Great questions. Who taught me?
Numerous other women in my life from my mother, an elderly friend who was a governess for years in cattle stations in north Western Australia, women in the Embroiderers guild and women in quilting groups. I have also learnt from books, and from other women online. In other words I have been fortunate enough to enjoy the oral tradition of acquiring these skills but also have learnt much from using technology ie the internet.
Who have I taught apart from my own daughter?
Probably more people than I realise but I have taught face to face and online workshops. I also keep a blog which is driven by the urge to share and see these skills still being employed when I am too old to do anything other than enjoy seeing what people make. I do hope that by that time it is what people make rather than what women make as I would love textiles to step across the gender line. (I think it gradually is but is taking time)
As to nodding to artists from the past I think I regularly do it but feel we also need to look forward too.

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