ARTIST / TEXTILE PORTRAITURE / STORYTELLINGCurrent exhibition
New Haven, Connecticut · Working internationally
An archive of exhibitions, artist reflections, behind-the-scenes making and news from the studio.
Browse selected exhibitions, studio reflections and stories from Clara Nartey.
“The only way to do great work, in any field, is to find time to consider the larger questions” – David Leonhardt A few…
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I’m excited to show you an awesome surface design technique I created with acrylic paints. I’m calling it “Penny-Tucked Fabric Design”. Surface design is…
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How to Tame The Fabric Stash Monster This article is a follow up to the article “How Constraints Foster Creativity“. “I’m not going to buy…
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Constraints Foster Creativity, Abundance Doesn’t At the beginning of the year, I read an article on how constraints foster creativity. I was so fascinated with…
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“Share what you make and soon enough you’ll discover which part of your creative work resonates with people.” This quote was the main point…
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Two of my pieces got into the 2017 Members Juried Art Show of the CT Women Artists, Inc. It’s a great show of mixed…
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This is part 6 of our ongoing series on Art & Entrepreneurship. In the first half of this post, I interviewed Melanie Brummer –…
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Creative Abilities and Genes There’s this notion that the world is divided into two groups of people, “artists” and the “rest of us”. While…
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Melanie Brummer is an entrepreneur, an author, a trainer, an artist and a manufacturer of custom textiles for the fashion industry, who lives in…
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