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Vista Lights, Death Bed makes it debut!
(Above:Â Death Bed hanging in the atrium at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios for the annual Vista Lights art crawl, 98" x 48", crayon grave rubbing on silk with free-motion machine embroidery and dense hand...
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Sustainable Midlands, new work, and the start of Nutcracker season
(Above: Wrapped wooden spool Christmas ornaments. Click on image to enlarge.)A week from today is the Sustainable Midlands Holiday Show at 701 Whaley here in Columbia. The one-night-only sale runs...
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Flower Pounding
 (Above: Antebellum, Vintage sleeping gown with flower pounding. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)For the past couple months I've been exploring new ideas and inspirations that swirl...
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New work for the Wall of Ancestors and more tagged keys
 (Above: Tagged keys. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)In anticipation of this past Monday's Sustainable Midlands Holiday Sale and the upcoming Crafty Feast Sales on December 14th, I...
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Tagging more keys
 (Above: More tagged keys. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Quite a few tagged keys sold at the Sustainable Midlands Holiday Sale on December 1st. So, I decided to make another...
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Stained Glass LXIII
 Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)This is Stained Glass LXIII. Despite all sorts of other deadlines, art opportunities, and hair-brained ideas for new work, I'm still very much...
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Fiberarts for a Cause. I'm one of "The 100" Artists!
(Above: Me holding Key XI, my Fiberart for a Cause donation. Click on any image in the blog post for an enlargement.)I am very honored to be among "The 100" invited artists donating work to Virginia...
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Art from the Arts, Night of Terror ... and installation in progress
 (Above: One of thirteen vintage garments intended for the upcoming Art from the Ashes invitation exhibition. Click on any image to enlarge.)Last month I posted the first few photos that resulted...
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Surprise trip to London!
(Above: Curtain Call in London's Coliseum for English National Ballet's Nutcracker.)When Steve and I are planning a big trip, I generally mention it on my blog ... before we leave. This time,...
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A New Year!
 (Above: Detail from Stained Glass LXIX. Click on any image to enlarge.)After Steve and I almost caught up on things after our surprise trip to London, we headed north for a New Year celebration in...
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In Box CLXXI and getting ready for a sesquicentennial
(Above: Detail of In Box CLXXI. Click on any image to enlarge.)The past month has been busy. Steve and I went to London to watch our son Mathias Lenz Dingman guest dance as the Nutcracker prince for...
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Drypoint workshop with Steven Chapp
 (Above: Cotton, drypoint with Chine-collé. Plate: 4" x 5". This is one of three pieces that I'm considering "finished" and "good"! Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)On Saturday I...
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War Map
(Above: War Map, 22" x 22". Monogrammed, vintage damask dinner napkin, rusted and naturally stained with plant life from my own backyard. Dense hand stitching. Click on any image in this blog post...
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TEDxColumbiaSC
(Above: Me with the big X on the stage of the Midland's Technical College's Harbison Theater. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)For the past few months I knew Monday, January 19th...
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Cover Girl!
 (Above: Art from the Ashes, a Jasper Magazine publication.)This morning I opened an email that let me know Cindi Boiter, editor of Jasper Magazine, posted an image of the cover of the new book she...
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A busy weekend
(Above:Â Working with the 72 strands of cotton in my installation for the upcoming Art from the Ashes exhibition with Alejandro Garcia-Lemos nailing his work onto the wall behind me.)This weekend was...
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Two installations up and one more to go!
(Above:Â Cotton and Nails in a Coffin, two of three installations that I'll have in the upcoming Art from the Ashes exhibition at the Tapp's Art Center during February.)Last night I put the finishing...
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Night of Terror, installation and a trip to McKissick Museum
(Above:Â Night of Terror, installation, alcoves one through three. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Had anyone asked me a year ago whether the sesquicentennial commemorating General...
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On Gold and other things
(Above: On Gold VI. Inventory # 3346. Framed: 9" x 11". $150 plus tax and shipping. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)Every once in a while I see a new custom picture framing product that I...
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Panel Discussion, three poems, and two new Lancet Windows
 (Above: Lancet Window L ... as in FIFTY ... Roman numerals! Inventory # 3358. Framed: 31 1/4" x 11 1/4". $375 plus tax and shipping. Click on image to enlarge.)Daily I split my time between custom...
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