January 26, 2017
This fall in order to try to stretch my creative chops, I took a semester long Life Drawing class. The last time I did this was a hundred years ago in college and it took some time to get used to the messiness and loveliness of working with charcoal again. Each week we had a different model, all shapes and sizes and drew for over 2 hours.
I loved it. I’d leave each class covered in charcoal dust. I do think it was helpful for me to do something away from fabric and get back to looking and drawing again.
I have some ideas brewing on how to integrate elements of these drawings into my next fiber piece…we’ll see.
Tags: inspiration, Process, sketching
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December 2, 2016
I was contacted by Rebeca Schiller, editor of visually sumptious Hand/Eye magazine to be interviewed for an article titled “Invented Biology”about my art. I think she did a really good job of coherently conveying why and what I do from my oftentimes meandering answers. I’m grateful for this opportunity. I encourage you to check it out as well as taking a look at this beautiful, interesting online publication.
Beneath II
Tags: biological, biomorphic, cellular, fiber art, textile art
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November 26, 2016
Coming up next week!
I’ll have many small mounted (affordable!) pieces at this wonderful, annual show and sale put on by Brattleboro West Arts. I’ve made some new work for this event including this here gem, Biome V.
There will also be oodles of yummy gorgeous art created by my brilliant fellow artists.
A wonderful opportunity to peruse lovely artwork, find unique gifts and support local artists.
118 Elliot St.- Brattleboro, Vermont
Friday December 2 5-8
Saturday December 3 10-6
Sunday December 4 11-5
Tags: art quilt, exhibits, fiber art, textile art
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October 15, 2016
I’m digging through my stash, rediscovering some buried pieces of lovely silk I dyed and putting together a group of little creations. These 10″ x 10″ pieces will be mounted onto 12″ square black gallery wrapped canvas. I’m hoping to create at least eight and they all will be available at the upcoming Brattleboro West Arts annual first weekend of December show.More on that later!
Working at such a small scale gives me space to play with new ideas. Like did you know that embroidery thread can be curled on the edge of a scissor blade -like ribbon on a present??
Tags: biomorphic, cellular, fiber art, mulberry bark, silk
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September 1, 2016
…Main St. Bratttleboro, VT.
I’ll be there at least most of the time! Stop by Mitchell Giddings Fine Art gallery Friday between 5-7ish if you can. This exhibit will be up until September 18th.
Alsa, I’ll be giving an artist talk at the gallery with Jackie Abrams:
Saturday, September 17th at 5!
Tags: biomorphic, exhibits, fiber art, microscopic, silk, textile art
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August 17, 2016
The opening reception is tomorrow, Thursday, from 5-7.
Mitchell Giddings Fine Art
183 Main Street, Brattleboro Vermont
I’ll be there! All that’s left for me to do is decide what to wear…
Seed Dreaming V will be there,too!
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July 20, 2016
I’m excited to announce that my solo show with the catchy title above (courtesy of my son) opens at Mitchell Giddings Fine Art gallery in Brattleboro Vermont on August 18th ! It will be up until September 18th. I will be giving an artist talk (along with my friend and basketmaker extrordinaire, Jackie Abrams, on Saturday, September 17th 5-7.
I spent yesterday morning getting new work photographed by my wonderful new photographer, Al. I was impressed with the results! Here’s one of the new pieces that will be hanging in the show.
Seed Dreaming VI
If you can, please come see the show and to my talk and let me know what you think!
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July 4, 2016
The opening of my solo show at Mitchell Giddings Fine Art gallery is 6 weeks away. Despite trying to balance my day job and my elderly Mom here for the summer, I find I’m being much more productive during the precious minutes of studio time I can carve out.
detail-in progress
No dilly-dallying! No endless indecisiveness and tortured second guessing! It all feels a bit scary but so satisfying!
The first two large convex seeds are mounted (with rigid rug padding inside) and the third one is mostly finished. I’ve also simultaneously begun working on several smaller pieces for the show. This is all such a revolution in my usual only-work-on-one-piece-at-a-time style.
Once the show is hung and my mom has left, I wonder if I can somehow keep myself creating in this way…
Tags: biomorphic, fiber art, silk, textile art
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May 25, 2016
Or..Emergence II in English.
Emergence II
As I’ve written before, this piece was selected by the US State Department’s Art in Embassies progam to hang in Tirana, Albania. What an honor! I forgot that they also publish a small beautiful booklet for each exhibit and I got my copies yesterday complete with English/Albanian translation. A bonus was the cover image by amazing fiber artist and painter Deidre Adams.
Deidre Adams cover
Tirana artist statement
Shafaqja II
Tags: art in embassies, exhibits, fiber art
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May 13, 2016
I’ve decided that these new seed creations would each have a gentle convex shape that would emphasis it’s design and structure.
I toyed with the idea of using wire mesh underneath to create the form but I felt I wanted to keep things soft. So using wool batt, a form was made. Then came the (for me) tough problem of how to insure this form would push out the front and not the back! I mickey moused a solution. I’m sure there’s some professional way to do this (if you know please clue me in!).
I’m in the process of dyeing a piece of background charmeuse silk for each seed. A color is auditioning to the left. I’m planning on heavily stitching each background piece and then hand sewing the seed on.
And I have sketches for the third seed shape.
On a roll!
Tags: art quilt, biomorphic, cellular, fiber art, Process, silk
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