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FEBRUARY 2008
I met Robyn, from robayre.etsy.com, when we both joined the CreateADay blog a month or so ago. The first time I saw her work I knew there was something special about her art. Besides the color palette, which I love, for me what sets Robyn apart is her eclectic and very textural approach, and a confidence about her work which is refreshing.
Following are some excerpts from her website www.robayre.com, her emails to me, and her CreateADay posts.
Enjoy!
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Robayre came about as a nickname from my brother, it sounds like row-bear. I just thought I'd throw that in because it seems more and more, people think my name is Rob Ayre, first and last name, but my name is Robyn and Robayre is my nickname. Actually one of about a dozen that I answer to, there is Ro, Rob, Robs, Robbie, Robina, Roberto, Bina, and then all of the Robin references such as Robin Hood, Rockin Robin, Birdie, Batman and Robin, and so on.
I work as a graphic designer professionally and my work space is in my apartment. I have a drawing table but my interests in art are so diverse that every part of my apartment gets used to make artwork, even the bathroom (cleaning out silk screens, or felting fibers). I paint on my coffee table, spin in my living room, collage on the couch, my bed, or drawing table, design on the computer, silk screen on the floor, dye fibers in my kitchen, work on metal at my drawing table and the list goes on. Creating is really a part of my everyday so joining the Create A Day community was perfect for me.
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| I’ve just posted this yarn to my etsy shop. It is really beautiful and I’d like to share a quote that I was thinking about a lot while spinning it. It’s from the new Lexi Boeger book, Intertwined, that just arrived last week. “Handspun yarn is more than simply yarn…Every Inch has been fed through the hand of the craftsperson…Each yarn is a reflection of the individual spinner who made it. It is this quality that makes handspun yarn so amazing to work with. As you work through a skein, you can see, inch by inch, the decisions that the spinner made. It passes before you just like a story.” Her book is beautiful, and it is all I can do to keep myself from ripping through it, instead I am digesting it as slowly as possible and savoring every page and beautiful yarn.
I’m obsessed with everything miniature and have been making little tiny books for years. I don’t even have pierced ears, but I’ve had the idea to make these in my head for a long time now. They are hardbound, with three signatures of two pages each sewn together for the binding. Pages are blank, but I used a nicer glossy paper for in the inside pages this time and so the pages seem a bit too thick for the book. Another thing I'm into is "similar but different". Like Camper twins shoes, and my handspun mittens, two different colors, but still a matched pair.
When I go to sleep at night, my mind is always filled with artwork and ideas. Often I sleep with my sketchbook on or nearby the bed so that I can quickly get up and jot these ideas down. The other night I didn’t have my sketchbook with me so I had to get up and draw out my idea quickly on the dry erase board on the fridge. I was thinking of ideas for pages in my “page-a-day” book.
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I trust you have enjoyed a glimpse
into the life of this artist.
My special thanks to Robyn for sharing
these pictures and writings, and
for consenting to be featured
in the Crafter Spotlight.
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You can learn more about Robayre from her website www.robayre.com
and purchase from her etsy store at robayre.etsy.com
To see more of what the Create A Day gang is up to, check out our blog -
http://createaday.blogspot.com
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