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Strata Series at Gallery West
(Above: Sara Cogswell, the owner of Gallery West with one of my pieces. The entire series is now in Sara's expert hands and will enjoy being shown during the upcoming show "Art-Life Itself: The Work...
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Trip to Columbus, fine friends, and new work!
(Above: Steve and me with the Brutus the Buckeye bronze in the Ohio Union on The Ohio State University campus. Click on any image in post to enlarge.)Last week Steve and I went to the monthly "First...
View ArticleVIDEO! Threads: Gathering My Thoughts!
Wade Sellers and his firm Coal Powered Filmworks created this wonderful video of my installation, work, and me as a fiber and installation artist! THANK YOU WADE!
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Thread: Gathering My Thoughts ... fiber art installation
(Above: My fiber art installation, Threads: Gathering My Thoughts, at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)First and foremost, THANK YOU to all those who answered...
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Tunnel to Tower 5K
(Above: Me before last Friday night's Tunnel to Tower 5K race.)I've never been in a race. I don't jog. In fact, I would never consider running unless something terrible was chasing me. But ... I...
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Stitching Together
(Above: Stitching Together, a sculpture art quilt. Click on any image to enlarge.)I've blogged about this piece a couple times during the past two months. It was created in response to a very...
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T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s
(Above: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, and Ethel Waters.)Several months ago I was contacted by Robert Philipson of Shoga Films in Oakland, CA. He wanted to use four of my Blues Chapel...
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Housekeeping
(Above: Jeana Boyd, my studio assistant, and me under Threads: Gathering My Thoughts. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)I've titled this blog post "Housekeeping" but it has absolutely...
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Nails in a Coffin, installation in progress
(Above: A really, really big roll of machine made cording. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)I'm one of ten visual artists and twenty literary artists (writers and poets) invited to...
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Two pieces placed!
(Above: Detail from Stained Glass LX. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.) A client wanted a very special, large "Stained Glass" fiber piece. Like me, she's one of four girls but her...
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot and Nails in a Coffin
(Above: Hit Me With Your Best Shot. 49" x 33". Used target practice sheet with collage of clipped letters and colorful papers in frame embellished with used shot gun shells. Click on any image in...
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Durham Art Council Show and Sustainable Midlands work
(Above: Rings made from recycled dairy pull tabs, artificial flowers collected from cemetery dumpsters, and assorted beads.)I adore using found objects and vintage materials in my work ... so...
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I Believe Anita Hill and in making new work!
(Above: A group of young ladies under the "I BELIEVE ANITA HILL" sign at last night's 23rd anniversary party honoring Anita Hill's bravery, feminism, and the power of female networking!)I haven't been...
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TEDxColumbiaSC
(Above: TEDxColumbiaSC presenters and performers.)I've known about this wonderful opportunity for several weeks but had to wait for the "official" announcement and the release of this great photo by...
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Framed Keys
(Above: The Key to Harmony. Inventory # 3243. 11 3/4" x 9 1/2". $80 plus tax and shipping, if applicable. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Although I'm always working on something I...
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Through Our Hands ... Cover!
(Above: Cover art for Through Our Hands Magazine ... featuring my installationThreads: Gathering My Thoughts.)I'm totally over the moon! Not only has my recent installation Threads: Gathering My...
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Recycled bags!
(Above: Recycled bags made from two spreads of Jasper Magazines. I put a pair of scissors inside ... just for "show". Click on image to enlarge.)My work has been accepted into two unique, local but...
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Natural Dyeing and Rusting Vintage Garments and Material
(Above: My guest bathroom ... hung with some of the results of a hair-brained idea. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)During the past month or so I've been enjoying the collision of...
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Through Our Hands
I'm totally thrilled! Recently I was invited to be an affiliate artist in the international Through Our Hands group based in England. My work was selected for the cover of the newest, quarterly...
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Western trip and new work!
(Above: Detail of Stained Glass LXII. Click on any image to enlarge.)My husband Steve is a genius when it comes to travel arrangements. He's always able to figure out the complicated "point" systems...
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