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Framed brooches and last push toward ACC Baltimore
(Above: Detail of Lancet Window LI. Click on any image to enlarge.)This week has been crazy! Why? Well, there's so much to do before Monday morning when Steve and I load the rental cargo van and...
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Catching up!
(Above: Ed Madden and me ... the Monarchs of the Jasper Magazine Mardi Gras krewe.)It seems like ages since I last wrote a blog post but it has only been two weeks (which, admittedly is a long time...
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I believe in serendipity and coffee!
(Above: Key to Coffee, a trade with Virginia Spiegel. Unframed: 9" x 9"; framed: 14" x 14". 1960s military map, vintage key, buttons, clipped paper letters, and machine stitched cording on recycled,...
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Although my work isn't in this pre-release video, I'm one of the fifty artists selected by TextileArtist.org to be featured in this upcoming publication! I'm thrilled of course ... and who wouldn't be...
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Getting ready for ACC ATLANTA
(Above: Charm I, Inventory # 3382. Framed: 9 1/2" x 8 1/2". $100. Click on any image in this post to enlarge.)The last three weeks have been almost strange. Why? Well, on one hand there was a lot of...
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Catching up after the Atlanta ACC Show
(Above: Thursday night's "Preview Party" at the American Craft Council's Atlanta Show.)I'm not sure how it happens but every time I'm out-of-town for a weekend, a week's worth of work seems to...
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Art and storage
(Above: The storage room ... rearranged and the carpet was even swept! Click on this image to witness this rare, nearly unbelievable tidiness!)I am a very, very fortunate artist. I live in an...
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Time Marches On
(Above: Back room at Mouse House ... my "home studio" for 3D found object assemblages! Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)The other day I worked on the storage room upstairs at Mouse...
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Prayers for Mary Pat
(Above: Recycler, Decision Portrait Series. 2009. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Back in 2009 I was hard at work creating the Decision Portrait Series. Eventually there would be...
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The Virgin of Guadalupe and more tagged keys
(Above: The Virgin of Guadalupe, 12" x 12", a SAQA donation quilt. Digitally image transfer with self-guided, free-motion machine embroidery and hand beading; buttons. Click on any image to...
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Morning
(Above: Morning, mixed media on printmaking paper. Unframed: 30" x 22 1/2"; framed: 39" x 31 1/2". Click on image to enlarge.)Recent blog posts include entries describing the task of...
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Shadow's fur
This is the start to a hair-brained idea ... dry felting all of Shadow's cat fur into a unique "art quilt top". I hope it works. Shadow was our much beloved "shop cat", unafraid of toddlers, unable...
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Shadow's fur
This is the start to a hair-brained idea ... dry felting all of Shadow's cat fur into a unique "art quilt top". I hope it works. Shadow was our much beloved "shop cat", unafraid of toddlers, unable to...
View ArticleA Walk thru Mouse House
After three days for scrubbing/sweeping/sorting/filing/vacuuming/pitching/scouring/pricing/etc., Steve and I are READY for both the Historic Elmwood Park Tour of Homes and Gardens, tomorrow, Saturday,...
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Book I - VIII, Made during Open Studios
(Above: My "home studio" after a busy weekend! Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Last month I spent two days organizing my "artist shipping center" (aka "junk room" and location for...
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Guardian Angel
(Above: Guardian Angel. 38" x 30". Image transfers on fabric, vintage coverlet scrap, antique glass buttons and newer buttons, beads and sequins, trim, and a single artificial flower collected from a...
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Stitching Together is now in the McKissick Museum's collection!
(Above: Stitching Together.)Last night was wonderful. Steve and I anticipated a great evening. After all, it was the Nat Fuller Feast at the McKissick Museum. We were invited to this elusive meal...
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The Gossip Game at Artista Vista
(Above: Gossip, detail, my contribution to The Gossip Game at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios for Artista Vista.)Every spring the downtown arts and cultural district here in Columbia (known as "The...
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Obsolete: Books IX through XX
(Above: Book IX, 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" plus the dangling cord. Antique book covers, zigzag machine cording, two old pulleys and part of a rosary. Click on any image in this blog post to enlarge.)Last...
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Last Minute Rush Before the Art Residencies
(Above: Detail of In Box CLXXX. Click on any image to enlarge.)Tomorrow morning before 7:00 AM, I will kiss Steve good-bye and head north on an amazing adventure. My first two weeks will be at the...
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