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Getting ready for Runaway Runway and New Work
(Above: Lancet Windows XXIV and XXV. Polyester stretch velvets, chiffon scarves, metallic foiling, free-motion machine embroidery on recycled black acrylic felt with melting. Unframed: 28" x 8"....
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Over the Top ... Article in Columbia Living Magazine!
(Above: I'm in the March/April issue of Columbia Living Magazine!)(Above: First page of the article, "Over the Top", by Rachel Haynie. Click on image to read!)I've known Rachel Haynie for several...
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Runaway Runway 2013
(Above: Runaway Runway 2013 Top Twenty featuring "Christine Heiszer", my "stage name", in The Pantyhose Dress beside Felicia Finney in my design, The Leaf Dress. Click on image to enlarge.)I've been...
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Busy! Busy! Busy!
(Above: The Canopy, installed in the Jones and Carter Building at Artfields. Click on image to enlarge.)Spring is always busy for artists in South Carolina. This year is especially busy because a...
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My longest blog post ... or ... what happens when you don't blog for over a...
(Above: Opening reception for Artfields in the Jones and Carter exhibition space with my The Canopy! Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)My last blog post was called "Busy! Busy! Busy!" It...
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Fiber art at Artfields
(Above: Artfields Mural in progress during the 10-day arts festival. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)I was honored to have a piece accepted into the premier Artfields Festival and...
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How to Make a Fiber Vessel
Last February during the Buyers Market of American Craft show in Philadelphia I met a nice lady who talked about an upcoming Trunk Show at the Katonah Museum of Art in New York. She asked if I might...
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The Limelight ... Reading my essay in public!
(Above: Reading my essay from The Limelight: A Compendium of Contemporary Columbia Artists. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)During the last week of February, Muddy Ford Press released...
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The Verner Award Gala and Art Sale ... or what I did last Wednesday night!
(Above: At the South Carolina Arts Foundation's annual Verner Award Gala and Art Sale with Stained Glass XXXVI. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)Every year the South Carolina Arts...
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Palmetto Hands and Carl Sandburg ... or what I did last Thursday!
(Above: Anonymous, a Grave Rubbing Art Quilt. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)Palmetto Hands is the very best juried fine craft exhibition in South Carolina. It is held every year in May...
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Book marks, tags, and framed keys ... or what I did last Friday and Saturday!
(Above: Book marks made this past weekend. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)Try as I might, I'm still behind in my blogging despite entries on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. I'm...
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Sunday a week ago and through this last weekend ... or ... FINALLY CAUGHT UP!
(Above: Randomly selected "anonymous" vintage photos mounted on fabric. Click on any image to enlarge.)I've been behind in my blogging ... almost exactly a week ... for at least a week ... until now!...
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Decision Portraits at Vision Gallery!
(Above: Front of the exhibition postcard. Click on image to enlarge.)Steve and I are quite excited that the coming weekend will find us in Chandler, Arizona at Vision Gallery with the opening...
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An Artful Journey
(Above: An Artful Journey, Grave Rubbing Art Quilt. 13" x 13". Antique crazy quilt block and Victorian lace with vintage crochet, recycled felt, and crayon grave rubbing on silk combined with hand...
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ARIZONA ... Here we come!
(Above: Epitaph Banner Installation as seen in Rocky Mount's Imperial Center, January 2012. This installation is now headed to to an invitational fiber show called Shifting Threads at Artlink's Auer...
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Decision Portraits at Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona
(Above: Decision Portraits at Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)Steve and I returned last Tuesday afternoon from a long weekend in Arizona where we...
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Quilt National and Circular Churchyard
(Above: Circular Churchyard, detail. 86" x 53". Crayon grave rubbings on silk. Self-guided, free motion machine embroidery with blanket stitch edge on by hand. Click on any image in this post to...
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Works in progress
(Above: At Quilt National, my piece, Circular churchyard, and me. Photo by Rhoda Taylor. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)A week ago today Steve and I drove to Athens, Ohio for the...
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Mini Maker Faire at EdVenture and photos from Castle Dome Ghost Town
(Above: Demonstrating dry felting and making fiber bookmarks at the Mini Maker Faire at EdVenture, the Children's Museum in Columbia, South Carolina. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last Saturday I...
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Newspaper article from Arizona and new work!
(Above: Teenage Parent, Decision Portrait Series. Photo by Ana Ramirez, Special to the East Valley Tribune)The photo above included the caption below. This was part of a lovely, honest June 4th...
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