Maria Billings, Artist
 

email: art_mb@ymail.com or: atelier.aurel@gmail.com
USA: 650.269-2578 or: 530.692-9012


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New book: "Chamomile-Sunflower Friendship"

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    How an ACN Meeting Leads to Support for the Ukraine
    • 5 days ago

    How an ACN Meeting Leads to Support for the Ukraine

    From April 3 to 6, 2022, I met Art Cloth Network (ACN) members for the first time in person at our annual conference in Austin, TX....
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    Rediscovering Childhood Joys in 30 Stitches
    • Jul 23

    Rediscovering Childhood Joys in 30 Stitches

    One of my pleasures as a child was embroidery. I had my own set of colored yarns and was very proud of it. Sometimes, I stitched...
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    My Adventures with the Orient Express
    • Jul 6

    My Adventures with the Orient Express

    From childhood on, train rides were positive experiences for me. So, you won’t be surprised that I participated in the fictitious,...
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    Emma FOREVER CHANGED my Life
    • Apr 15

    Emma FOREVER CHANGED my Life

    SAQA Northern California/ Nevada had a call for entry to explore diverse facets of the question if and how we and our lives have changed...
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    Creating a Panel for the Orient Express
    • Jan 4

    Creating a Panel for the Orient Express

    After I finished my planned textile panels for the SAQA Orient Express, I offered the remaining wagon to the members, but nobody wanted...
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    Twelve Challenges: A Creative Response to Chaos
    • Sep 13, 2021

    Twelve Challenges: A Creative Response to Chaos

    “Chaos” is defined as: complete disorder and confusion. Covid-19 created disorder and confusion world-wide. How do creative people react...
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    Art in the Time of the Pandemic
    • Nov 26, 2020

    Art in the Time of the Pandemic

    Yesterday, I visited the Blue Line Arts Gallery in Roseville. https://www.bluelinearts.org 405 Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678 (916)...
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    Crafting Sustainability
    • Sep 22, 2020

    Crafting Sustainability

    It’s obvious, if we want to pass on a world that’s worth living in, every small effort towards sustainability helps. In this post, I’m...
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    Inspired by Current Questions
    • Sep 2, 2020

    Inspired by Current Questions

    In previous blog posts I wrote about various areas of inspiration: 1 Inspired by Nature 2 Inspired by Kandinsky and Geometry 3 Inspired...
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    Inspired by Fractals
    • Jul 23, 2020

    Inspired by Fractals

    I’m not a mathematician, but I find certain concepts do inspire my work, for example, fractals. Many of the following quotes are from the...
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