Category Archives: People

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Thanks Trina!

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Art for Housewives

Art for Housewives banner 2007 My thanks to Trina is Artsy Fartsy! As many of you may know, a couple of years ago my previous blog host unexpectedly closed causing ART FOR HOUSEWIVES to lose 8 years worth of research. … Continue reading →

Posted in People | Tagged Way Back Machine | 4 Comments

Tracy Stokes and working with bones.

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Art for Housewives

During the past 10 years, I’ve made contact with many incredible people via my blog. One such person is Tracy Stokes. Tracy is a mixed media artist living in Cape Town. We became blog buddies because we have something in … Continue reading →

Posted in People | Tagged Cape Town, energy vortex, Tracy Stokes | 3 Comments

Mavis Ngallametta and Wonderful Weaving

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Art for Housewives

Mavis Ngallametta Mavis is the leading elder for the Wik Women Weavers working in Aurukun (Aurukun is an Indigenous community in far North Queensland, Australia). She makes baskets from found fishing nets, raffia and marine rope. Before, her ancestors would … Continue reading →

Posted in People | Tagged Baskets, coiled baskets, Mavis Ngallametta, Weaving | 1 Comment

Daisy Zamora, Caresses and Rings

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Art for Housewives

On Paros, I read alot more fiction than I do while in Rome. Luckily, my friend Connie has tons of books and has no problems lending them to me. The other day, she suggested I tried reading some poetry, too. … Continue reading →