Lynn Blair, "Art as Therapy"
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I am Lynn Blair, a retired registered nurse and professional health care executive living in Scottsdale, Arizona. I am a lover of all types of art, especially mixed-media with an emphasis on: fibers, paper, found objects, vintage buttons and lace, metal, yarn, recycled items, beads and ephemera.
My interest in using my hands to create lovely objects started when I was very young. In order to keep me busy my grandmother used to give me a coffee can of buttons and a shoe string telling me to "string the buttons on the shoe string". This made me realize how you could take a variety of different items and turn them into something else to admire, wear, or gift to someone. The rest is history.
Now, I am a member involved with several artist groups and communities. I look forward to teaching classes in local community centers and at my personal studio located on the corner of Shea Blvd and Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd in Scottsdale.
I love combining many different types of items and mediums to create unique art and fiber journals.
I use fabric, thread, yarn, metal, buttons and beads to create jewelry.
I enjoy how things "feel" when you touch them, so texture and movement is an important component to my creations.
My artistic inspiration comes to me from: the Earth, color, shapes, traveling, forms, depth, nature, different cultures, memories, a vision, how my soul feels about something, imagination, inner feelings, other artists, and the area where I live.
I have an ETSY Shop where you can find a small sample of my work, or send me a message in my Shop requesting a custom order or a special one of a kind item created just for you: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lynnmariblair
Related to art inspiration, Auguste Rodin said, "The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live."
My hope is my creations move people, have them feel love, create inspiration, feel hope, tremble with excitement and make them feel alive.
