Paprika Pi

05/08/2024

What a stunning warp from Kathrin Weber and Blazing Shuttles! I am over the moon!

04/14/2024

Big weekend of learning, dyeing and weaving with Kathrin Weber, the goddess of space dyeing warps.

01/10/2023

2023 is starting out in style! Spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting.

January’s Rule: Never stop learning!

10/05/2022

Weaving took a small break while I was traveling, but it’s nice to be inspired by what was done before I left! Back in the Pi Hole tomorrow!

12/29/2021

Update from the Pi Hole….Zenobia went to a new home in San Antonio and ZaSu Pitts moved in! And the Baby has arrived! She doesn’t have a name yet, but I am sure she will tell us who she is in due time!

Looms in and out!

Happy New Year from the Hole!

11/23/2021

What a thrill it was to be part of a gallery exhibit creating conversation about racism through art. I included some books from my personal library on the settlement of Texas. Back then, slavery was welcomed into Texas.

After Emancipation, many farmers couldn’t pay their taxes (no more slaves), and the state of Texas took their farms/plantations. They were turned into prison farms and - guess who worked the land…. Imprisoned Black men (mostly), once again slave labor. For the plantations that were still privately owned, prison labor was hired. Think about Imperial Sugar Co., Sugar Land Texas. Look into the history.

Images:

1) Shadows of the Mind, my Mom’s essay on seeing the Ku Klux Klan March in Waco TX in 1923.

2) Awaken - my 10x10 depicting the word Awaken. My ancestors owned slaves and advertised a bounty for the Ranaways. How long until we awaken?

3). Personal Library - some of my books about the early days of Texas, when my family arrived.

10/31/2021

Truth Be Told: An Artful Gathering of Women is a collaborative exhibit highlighting a years worth of conversations - difficult conversations - about racial injustice. When 7 Black women and 7 white women, loosely associated through the use of polymer clay as an art medium get together, the power of art is magnified. And so is the message.

We are at Two Villages Art Society in Contoocook NH. Honored to be a part.

09/14/2021

The Pi Hole welcomes Zenobia, Queen of the Desert to the studio!

08/16/2021

Look! It’s my week to be highlighted in The Gathering! Check back every day and (in the almost words of Sally Fields, like it! like it!).

Featured artist of the week Joey Barnes. Growing up in Texas during the racially charged 1950s, Joey weaves the profound effect of anti-integration efforts she experienced firsthand into her work by combining polymer clay, found objects, and weaving techniques. She has both undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University of Texas where she studied art under Gibbs Millikan and Charles Umlauf.

Working under the name Paprika Pi, Joey’s work includes jewelry, sculpture and mixed media using polymer clay, various metals and stones, handweaving, and found objects.

Joey's Social Media
Website https://www.paprikapi.com
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07/22/2021

Happy Birthday Paprika Pi!

Happy Birthday to Paprika Pi! July 22, 2021joey barnesComment Where DOES the time go! It was just yesterday, wasn’t it, that it was a hot July afternoon when I was trying to figure out a name for my little business. Really hot! Pepper hot! Paprika hot (okay, so maybe paprika isn’t real hot, but ...