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Hudson Yards NYC, a mini art quilt
(Above: Hudson Yards NYC, mini art quilt. 12" x 16". Digital image printed on fabric with hand and free-motion machine stitching. Click on any image to enlarge.)Almost a year ago (June 2019), Steve...
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The rest of the Laundry Day Series
(Above: Me holding up one of four, framed Laundry Day Series pieces. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last week I blogged about the first twenty-four finished pieces in a series called Laundry Day....
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Postcards
(Above: Twenty-eight postcards. Click on any image to enlarge.)It all started when I realized that I'd made fifty-one compositions in my recent Laundry Day Series. I only intended to make fifty....
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Pandemic
(Above: Pandemic. 29" x 29". Antique child's sailor suit shirt mounted on a vintage Carrom board with hundreds of assorted nails, screws, and various small objects. Click on any image to...
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Monika's Leaf and a hand-stitched In Box
(Above: Monika's Leaf. 12" x 9" mounted on a 14" x 11" piece of mat board. Click on any image to enlarge.)Recently I made four Window Series pieces and posted them both on my blog and on Facebook....
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Quarantine Flags, a new outdoor installation
(Above: Quarantine Flags at Saluda Shoals Park. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last September I was contacted with regards to leftover scraps of "material" looking for an artist who might want to...
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In Box CCCLXXIV
(Above: In Box CCCLXXIV. Totally hand-stitched. Framed, 22" x 18"; unframed 15" x 11". Inventory # 4785. $395.)I finished another one! This is how I've been spending my evenings, hand-stitching with...
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Thank You Mr. Fujita: Tornado Quilt
(Above: Thank You Mr. Fujita. 55" x 55". Recycled yellow vinyl triangles free-motion stitched to a synthetic upholstery fabric. Click on any image to enlarge.)This past week has been a whirlwind!...
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Impossible Sites
(Above: My sketch submission for Impossible Sites. Click on image to enlarge.)A recent email from the American Craft Council included a link to this Black Cube art opportunity. I didn't see it....
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Nike's Advice continues with a selection of small works
(Above: Top row, left to right: Nike's Advice XIX, XX, and XXI. These are 13 1/2" squares. Each one is $275. Bottom row, left to right Nike's Advice XXII, XXII, and XXIV. The first one is also a 13...
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Keeping the Flow Going
(Above: The Lay of the Land, photographed at an angle in order to better show the textural surface. Click on any image to enlarge.)Businesses and non-profits are starting to open up all over the...
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The Big Day, an anniversary installation
(Above: The front and back of a shrunken, wool bodice worn by a friend for her first wedding and my storage area ... where I'm currently collecting used wedding gowns. Click on either image to...
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Re-working old pieces and old presentations
(Above: Three Tessera ... "new" pieces made after pouring UV filtering epoxy over "old" pieces. Click on any image to enlarge.)2017 isn't really that far into the past but it seemed that way when I...
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Capital on Blue and Capital on Gold
(Above: Capital on Blue and Capital on Gold. Each piece is 32" x 26". Paint, ink, and pastels on canvas with self-guided, free-motion machine stitching, mounted to white-painted stretcher bars using...
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Reworking
(Above: In Box CCLXXIX, reworked older piece. Layers of polyester stretch velvet, stiffened with Golden's GAC 400, hammered onto black painted stretcher bars using galvanized roofing nails, and...
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Rococo I and II
(Above: Rococo Diptych. Each panel is 32" x 26", paint, pastels, and artificial gold leaf on unprimed canvas with self-guided free-motion stitching, mounted to gold painted stretcher bars using 3/4"...
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If you hate it, rip it to pieces!
(Above: Nike's Advice Triptych. Individually from left to right: Nike's Advice XLII, XLIII, and XLIV. Each panel 16" x 9 1/4", paint and pastels on canvas with free-motion stitching that has been...
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In the meantime
(Above: Newspaper Rock, detail. Click on any image to enlarge.)While making work that squarely falls into a series, I am also working on other projects. Many others call them "one-offs" but I don't...
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Four More!
(Above: Window CXCI. Inventory # 4838. Layers of metallic and "shiny" polyester stretch velvet on recycled black industrial felt with free-motion machine stitching and melting techniques. Artwork:...
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Black Lives Matter
(Above: Black Lives Matter, a series of eight. 22" x 46". Altered cross stitch profiles with affirmative phrases mounted in 10" wooden embroidery hoops. Click on any image to enlarge.)I'm lucky in...
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