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Mandala CXIX
(Mandala CXIX. 37 3/4" x 37 3/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: a broken tambourine; a ceiling cover for a light; carved, wooden donkeys/mules; two...
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Lost and Found ... perhaps a new series
(Lost and Found, 18" x 18". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage, utilitarian quilt. Found objects include: a hand mirror frame; two brass socket plates; assorted thimbles; brass...
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Not Beyond Repair
(Not Beyond Repair. 15" x 13" x 13". A collaboration with ceramist Gale Ray. Broken ceramic shards crudely glued back together; repaired, vintage ceramic glove form; unraveled thread mixed into UV...
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Lost and Found II
(Above: Lost and Found II. 14" x 14". Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage Drunkard's Path quilt. Found objects include: an old linoleum cutter; a metal coaster; two telephone ringers;...
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The Giant Triptych
(Above: Me with the two side pieces for a giant, commissioned triptych. Click on any image to enlarge.)For several months, I've been working on a couple of VERY LARGE commissions. They all started...
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The Giant Diptych
 (Above: Me painting the tan side of the giant diptych. Click on any image to enlarge.)For several months, I've been working on a couple of VERY LARGE commissions. They all started with...
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A trip to Norfolk, Virginia and three Relics stitched during the ride
(Above: A composite image of me holding each of the three Relics stitched during the drive to and from Norfolk, Virginia. Click on most of the images in this blog post for an enlargement.)Steve's...
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Mandala CXX
(Above: Mandala CXX. Custom framed: 27" x 27" when hung as a square; 38" x 38" as a diamond. Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: a unique Popsicle...
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Mandala CXXI and CXXII
(Above: Mandala CXXI. Custom framed: 17 1/4" x 17 1/4". Found objects hand-stitched to a section of a vintage quilt. Found objects include: miniature teddy bears; lids from vintage cans of Hoppe's...
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Mandala CXXIII
(Above: Me with Mandala CXXIII. Click on any image to enlarge.)This Found Object Mandala is BIG! When it was stapled to the larger stretcher bar, it was difficult for me to reach to the center and...
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Mandala CXXIV
(Above: Mandala CXXIV. Custom framed: 30" x 30" when hung as a square; 43" x 43" when hung as a diamond. Found objects hand-stitched to the center of a vintage, applique quilt. Found objects include:...
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Going to TEXAS !!!
(Above: Nine new Relics. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last week was SO EXCITING! My Found Object Mandalas were accepted into the Smithsonian Craft Show. (April 20 - 24) I was Booth 507, a 10' x...
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TEXAS
(Above:Â Steve and me early one morning on the Lost Mine Trail at Big Bend National Park. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last late summer, I was the artist-in-residence at Guadalupe Mountains National...
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Exposed Threads and the Pirn Installation
(Above: Exposed Threads, artwork behind the reception desk of the new, Cambria Hotel in Columbia, South Carolina. Click on any image to enlarge.)I've been anticipating this blog post for more than a...
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Installation in Seattle
(Above: The Triptych, my artwork installed someplace in Seattle!)I blogged about this commission a couple months ago. I didn't have a decent picture though. I couldn't capture this triptych while it...
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Six New Peacock Feathers
(Above: Six, new Peacock Feathers. Framed: 31" x 11". Layered polyester stretch velvet fused to recycled, synthetic packaging felt with heavy turquoise metallic foiling and a real peacock feather...
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Lola's World
(Above: Lola's World, a site specific installation inside Gatehouse # 3 along Heyward Street, outside the former Granby and Olympia Textile Mills. Click on any image to enlarge.)I'm excited to reveal...
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Christmas ornaments and workshop prep
(Above: A boat load of embellished wooden thread spools. Click on any image to enlarge.)Sometime in early February, I started wrapping old skeins of yarn around my collection of vintage, wooden...
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QSDS 2022
(Above:Â "One Woman's Trash Transformed", a two-day workshop at QSDS in Columbus, Ohio. Click on any image to enlarge.)It is always such a pleasure to return to my hometown, Columbus, Ohio to conduct a...
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