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The Class of 1949
(Above: Sierra Hampton modeling The Class of 1949, a garment made from vintage yearbook photos for upcoming opportunities with ecoFAB Trash Couture. Click on any image to enlarge.)I'm very excited...
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Freiheit VI, VIII, and IX
(Above from left to right: Me, Freiheit VII, Freiheit VIII, and Freiheit IX. Click on any image to enlarge.)Although I haven't written a blog post in over a week, I have been busy! Constructing these...
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Freiheit X, XI, XII, and XIII
(Above: Me with Freiheit X, XI, XII, and XIII. Click on any image to enlarge.)Since December 2005, the four square frames against the yellow painted wall have hung with embroideries stitched in...
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A Picture of a Plant
(Above: A Picture of a Plant, detail. Click on any image to enlarge.)Late last year I joined ecoFAB Couture, a group of artists who create wearable art from trash. The collective is organized by...
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Seasonal Leaves: Summer
(Above: Seasonal Leaves: Summer. Inventory # 4411. Framed: 29 1/4" x 23 1/4"; unframed: 21" x 17". Polyester stretch velvet, metallic foil, free-motion stitching and melting techniques.)In the...
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HOT workshop in Seneca, SC
(Above: HOT Workshop for the Lake & Mountain Quilt Guild of Seneca, SC. Click on any image to enlarge.)Monday and Tuesday were wonderful! I presented my truck show of Grave Rubbing Art Quilts at...
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A Trip to Paris and London
(Above: Notre Dame and a tourist boat on the Seine River. Click on any image to enlarge.)Steve cashed in our frequent flier miles and hotel points for an amazing five days in Paris, a chunnel ride...
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Feminist To Do List
(Above: Detail of The Feminist To Do List. Click on any image to enlarge.)For several weeks I've been happily stitching on these vintage quilt blocks, but the idea was formed more than a decade ago....
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The start of a two-month art residency with Osage Arts Community
(Above: The front of the Osage Arts Community Gallery in Belle, Missouri. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last week was a whirlwind of activity. I was BUSY! Not only did I have to drop off my...
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White Collars Installation
(Above: White Collars, Fortune 500. Click on any image to enlarge.)Three-and-a-half years ago I created White Collars while at an art residency in Wisconsin. At the time, I was pleased enough with...
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Red, a biomorphic abstraction
(Above: Red, a biomorphic abstraction placed in a circular arrangement. Flexible dimensions. As shown: 48" x 48". Click on any image to enlarge.)I started out to make a boa for The Red Carpet...
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The Dremel Saves the Day
(Above: Selfie with a dremel tool and wearing my carbon filtering ventilator mask. Click on any image to enlarge.)Well over a year ago when I first applied to the Osage Arts Community, I sent a...
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The Gift of Time
(Above: Cigar boxes in progress. Key contact areas have been sanded away using a dremel and then painted ... to allow the lids to close after collage elements have been added. Click on any image to...
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Zophia and the Boa
(Above: Zophia McDougal and The Red Carpet Boa. Click on any image to enlarge.)It's not really like me to wait more than a week before posting on my blog, especially when I'm at an art residency...
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Puebloan Architecture
(Above: Puebloan Architecture. 12" x 12". Digital images on fabric with self-guided, free motion embroidery and hand stitched/blanket stitched binding. Click on image to enlarge.)Late last August...
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The Virgin of Guadalupe Triptych
(Above: The Virgin of Guadalupe Triptych. 21" x 22" x 5". Free motion embroidered and hand beaded digital image on fabric in a collaged wooden triptych. Click on any image to enlarge.)This was once...
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Where Did the Week GO? Oh yes, it went into ART!
(Above: Cigar boxes collaged with decorative papers, vintage ephemera, antique prints, and cancelled stamps. Click on any image to enlarge.)When I came to the Osage Arts Community (OAC) in Belle,...
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Earth Day Missouri Style
Last weekend I celebrated Earth Day in a most unusual and totally fun way! I toured the St. James Winery and Public House Brewing Company in nearby St. James. The two businesses sit side-by-side and...
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Time for Hand Stitch
(Above: In Box CCCXXXIII. That's Roman numerals for 333! Unframed: 15" 11". Layers of polyester stretch velvet on recycled industrial packaging felt with hand embroidery and melting techniques....
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Altered Cigar Boxes
(Above: Forty-six finished, altered cigar boxes. Click on any image to enlarge.)They are finished! All forty-six cigar boxes have been covered in decorative paper and paint, collaged with vintage...
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