Time to catch up with all of you again. In early April I was waylaid by rapid onset cataracts and was unable to see well enough to work in the studio or write. This lasted about 10 weeks. A long time to be away from the work! Amazingly, after my surgeries, I now see better … Continue reading Studio update-Nov 2025
Author: Lin Bentley Keeling
Fiber artist playing with the flow of color while creating contemporary coiled basketry vessels and tapestries
Cultural anthropologist exploring the relationship between creativity and spirituality
Slow progress in the studio this month. Managed not to miss any days on the coiling chronicle. Like getting a perfect attendance award at school! Getting some work done on Persistence of Memory lately. It's actually beginning to look like something. Did some writing, then read what I'd been writing and hit EDIT. Lots of … Continue reading Studio update-March 2025
I've been spending more time in the studio and at the writing desk in the past few months. Lots of progress--slow but steady. It has been interesting watching this coiling chronicle evolve. I started it on September 23rd using yellow/orange as the base color for the month, blending two additional colors with it each day. … Continue reading Starting a New Chapter–and Keeping the Flow Going
Just a little note to those of you who have recently tried to contact me through the Connect with Me page on this website. The submit button was between the NAME and EMAIL fields on the page and several people have submitted only their name to me so I don't have your email address. I … Continue reading Problem with Connect with Me page
Late last year, I had decided I needed to stop teaching for while so I could focus on writing two books I've been working on for several years. I was going to continue working on my newsletter and had added a donation button here to supplement my income until I was ready to start teaching … Continue reading More curveballs and detours
I added a Donate button to my Home page and Connect with Me page today to ask for support for my e-newsletter, Southwest Weaving News, and I wanted to tell you why. First of all, I thought long and hard about this. I was hesitant to ask for money from my readers and others. I was … Continue reading The reasons why I added a Donate button today.
Great News Everyone! My two sessions of Color Journaling as a Design Tool have filled and a third session added on Friday October 6th. And there are still spaces for my webinar, The Magic & Mystery of Coiled Basketry. Go to http://www.WeaveSpinDye.org/spinning-and-weaving-week-2023 for more information. Hope to see you next week!
Hi! I’m teaching two different sessions during Handweavers Guild of America’s (@instahga) Spinning & Weaving Week, a virtual celebration of fiber art, October 2 – 8. Wednesday, October 4th at 1:30 PM EDT (UTC 5:30 PM), I’ll be sharing the story of my coiled basketry journey over the past 40 years in a 30-minute … Continue reading Join me during Spinning & Weaving Week!
I’m teaching an ONLINE WORKSHOP!! Vibrant Vessels: Coiling Basics Hosted by New Mexico Fiber Arts Center @nmfiberartscenter August 11th and 12th 1:30 – 4:30 Mountain Time (UTC -6:00) No experience necessary! Learn more and sign up here: https://www.nmfiberartscenter.org/classes
This has been a fast and, in some ways, overwhelming year. I have spent a lot of time and energy in caregiving and have had to adjust a lot of what I'm doing to this new life challenge. But, I'm happy to say I have made a lot of progress this year. There is sad … Continue reading The end of another warp-speed year
Lin Bentley Keeling 