Lancet Windows XCVI, XCVII, and XCVIII
 (Above from left to right: Lancet Windows XCVI, XCVIII, and XCVII. Polyester stretch velvets on recycled black industrial felt with free-motion machine stitching and melting techniques. Each piece...
View ArticleA Life in Buttons
(Above: A Life in Buttons, 3D Mixed Media button artwork. When closed: 8 1/2" x 3" x 4 3/4". Vintage cigar box collaged with international postage stamps and letters clipped from antique sources;...
View ArticleOverdue at the Library and the Fourth of July
 (Above: Public stitching at the public library. Click on any image to enlarge.)This blog post is a bit "overdue" ... because I should have written it on Saturday morning while still enjoying the...
View ArticleSaint Anastasia and Installation-in-Progress
(Above: Saint Anastasia, a one-night-only installation at Anastasia & Friends Gallery. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last night was "First Thursday" on Main Street. It was a long day but well...
View ArticleButton Artwork at Anastasia & Friends Gallery
(Above: Anastasia & Friends Gallery hung with some of my recent button artwork. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last Thursday was a wonderful evening showing Saint Anastasia, a fiber triptych, in...
View ArticleInstallation-in-progress, Week Nine
(Above: Celestial Orbs, my fiber arts installation for Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Salisbury, North Carolina.)Nine short weeks ago I was really nervous. I had a signed contract for a solo show...
View ArticleThree new Lancet Windows
(Above: Lancet Windows CC (left, inventory # 4045) and CCI (right, inventory # 4046). Each piece is framed at 31" x 11" outer dimensions. Each is priced at $395. Click on any image in this blog...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument art resideny, the first full day
(Above: The Visitor's Center at Homestead National Monument, just four miles outside Beatrice, Nebraska. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)I left Columbia bright-and-early Sunday...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Two
 (Above: The Palmer-Epard Cabin at Homestead National Monument in Nebraska. Click on any image to enlarge.)I've promised to blog about my art residency every day! Each day I plan on sharing some...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Three
(Above: The Palmer-Epard log cabin at Homestead National Monument ... and a really big piece of farming equipment. Click on any image to enlarge.)DAY THREE as the artist-in-residence at Homestead...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Four
 (Above: Homestead National Park volunteer quilters. Click on any image to enlarge.)DAY FOUR at Homestead National Monument in Nebraska! As promised, I'm daily blogging my experiences at this unique...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Five
 (Above: The Visitor's Center and exhibition area at Homestead National Monument. Click on any image to enlarge.)Today was the fifth as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National Monument. I've...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Six
 (Above: Hunter Hendricks showing off his first Junior Ranger badge.)Today was my sixth full day as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National Monument in Nebraska. As promised, I'm blogging every...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Seven
 (Above: A happy community gardener. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)It's hard to believe that today is the "halfway" point in my art residency at Homestead National Monument in...
View ArticleDAY EIGHT, Homestead National Monument
 (Above: The Freeman Brick Schoolhouse at Homestead National Monument. Click on any image in this blog post for an enlargement.)This is Day Eight as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Nine
 (Above: The sign outside the visitor's center at Homestead National Monument explaining the installation of metal states on the long entry wall. Click on any image in this blog post for an...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Ten
Today was my tenth day as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National Monument in Nebraska. I've been blogging every day, sharing first something about this unique place. Then, I blog about the...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Eleven
(Above: A fawn at Homestead National Monument in Nebraska. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Today has been my eleventh as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National Monument in...
View ArticleHomestead National Monument, Day Twelve
(Above: The Not-So Junior Ranger Program ... with successful pin and badge! Click on any image in this blog post for an enlargement.)This is day twelve as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National...
View ArticleLast Day at Homestead National Monument
(Above: Two pigs at the Gage County Fair, Beatrice, Nebraska. Click on any image in this blog post for an enlargement.)Today was the last as an artist-in-residence at Homestead National Monument in...
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