PLAYA, A Month in Paradise
(Above: PLAYA: A Month in Paradise, solo show at Anastasia & Friends Gallery, an alternative art space in the lobby of the Free-Times Newspaper at 1534 Main Street in downtown Columbia,...
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(Above: Taking photos of The Cabinet of Curiosities, in progress. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)I blogged about my solo show, PLAYA: A Month in Paradise last Wednesday after...
View ArticleAlmost Ready for Baltimore!
(Above: Fourteen new brooches! Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)This time next week will find Steve and me in Baltimore setting up our 10' x 10' Pro Panel booth in space 701 at the...
View ArticleVideo for PLAYA: A Month in Paradise
"PLAYA: A Month in Paradise" - An interview with Susan Lenz from Allen Wheeler on Vimeo.
View ArticleHappy Valentine's Day
(Above: Valentine's Day ... first day in the new studio! Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Every Saturday and Sunday, Steve and I have been hauling a load from my "old" studio at...
View ArticleACC Baltimore ... here we come!
(Above: The packed rental cargo van!)Last December Steve and I traded in our Scion of a small Ram Promaster cargo van. It's a great vehicle and gets the same gas mileage as the car did. It is large,...
View ArticleBack from Baltimore and New Work!
(Above: Me in Booth 701 at the American Craft Council 2016 Baltimore Craft Show.)I admit it. I was worried about the ACC Craft Show. Last year's event was a disaster. Record snowfall, icy roads, and...
View ArticleLet There Be Light!
(Above: Me working on a Large Stained Glass Window in my new "home" stitching studio! Click on any image in this blog post for an enlargement.)This is the first full weekend for me to work in my new...
View ArticleCarolina Arts Article Covering My Studio Move
Susan Lenz moves her studio to Mouse House on Park StreetBelow is the article published in Carolina Arts' March issue. To see the entire on-line magazine, CLICK HERE. The article is nicely spread...
View ArticleNew Work ... and two pieces at the Everhart Museum!
(Above: In Box CCXIV. Inventory # 3648. Unframed: 27" x 15". Framed: 34" x 22". $525 plus tax and shipping. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)I'm busy! Really busy! Next week Steve...
View ArticleSaturday!
(Above: Top section of Large Stained Glass LXXII. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Yesterday was particularly productive. I finished melting two, new pieces after driving to the...
View ArticleBrooches
(Above: Seventeen new brooches for the Atlanta ACC Show! Click on image to enlarge.)Yesterday I finished the seventeen new brooches for the American Craft Council's Atlanta Show. I'm in booth 1408,...
View ArticleWe're in Atlanta!
(Above: In Box CCXVI or CCXVII ... I'm not sure which because I only took a photo of one of the two last pieces made before heading out to the American Craft Council Show in Atlanta! Click on either...
View ArticleBack from ACC Atlanta
(Above: Booth 1408 at this year's American Craft Council Atlanta Show ... with Steve waving from the bonus "storage area" behind our space!)I really meant to blog one evening from our Atlanta hotel...
View ArticleLEDs and epoxy!
(Above: The unbelievable state of the work table in my 3D studio. Click on any image in this blog post for an enlargement.)Since returning from the ACC (American Craft Council) Atlanta show, I've...
View ArticleToday I Walk in the Great Outdoors
(Above: Detail of the crayon grave rubbing epitaph for which this new art quilt is named. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Last October was magical. I spent four weeks at PLAYA, an...
View ArticleLast Curiosities for the Cabinet
(Above: Recent "curiosities" on top of my dry mount machine ... waiting to be photographed, entered into my inventory book, and places on The Cabinet of Curiosities. Click on any image in this very...
View ArticleInstalling "Cotton" at the Textile Museum in DC
(Above: Me ... assisting with the installation of Cotton: Triangular Trade at the Textile Museum for the upcoming exhibition, Stories of Migration: Contemporary Artists Interpret Diaspora. Click on...
View ArticleThe Cabinet of Curiosities at ArtFields
(Above: Me and my Cabinet of Curiosities at ArtFields in Lake City, SC. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Yesterday was April Fools' Day. I thought it a perfect occasion to rent a...
View ArticleBlessed Are the Pure in Heart
(Above: Detail of Blessed Are the Pure in Heart. Click on any image to enlarge.)Lately I've been busy delivering artwork and installations but that hasn't meant that I've stopped stitching! Far...
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