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5-2017 Expansion & Erosion

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1-2017 Hair is Adornment

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6-2016 Infrastructure & Surface

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5-2016 Glacial Inspirations

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Finishing the SNAG Exhibition In Motion Collaboration

With all the felting for the piece completed, I sent all the individually worked components back to Sarah West in Raleigh. Sarah had to finish

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Bringing the SNAG Exhibition in Motion Collaboration to Fruition: Part 2

When it came time to encase the large angular shoulder pieces in a continuous skin of felt, I had some trepidation as they were the

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Bringing the SNAG Exhibition in Motion Collaboration to Fruition: Part 1

I am doing a little retrospective blogging of this project, as there just wasn’t time to post during the time of making and SNAG’s Exhibition

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Reflections on my Hambidge Residency

During my time at the Hambidge Center, I became rather keen on the idea of seeking out artist residencies, the traveling to reside and make work

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SNAG Collaboration Explored at the Hambidge Center Residency: Part 3

My previous blog entries about the SNAG EIM collaboration I am working on with Sarah West shared two approaches to encasing her 2-D steel frames

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SNAG Collaboration Explored at the Hambidge Center Residency: Part 2

In my second attempt to envelop Sarah West’s steel structures in felt for our collaboration for SNAG’s Exhibition in Motion, I used a process similar

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SNAG Collaboration Explored at the Hambidge Center Residency

The second project I began working on while in the Hambidge Residency is a collaboration. I had recently partnered with a metal artist, Sarah West,

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Hambidge Residency Intention: Wire Armatures

I have recently been experimenting with stainless steel wire for structuring bone-like bead forms and bracelets. The stainless steel is choice as it doesn’t rust

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The Hambidge Creative Residency Program, Dillard, GA

I was presented with an Award of Excellence jointly by the American Craft Council and the Hambidge Center last March 2015 at the ACC Show

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Opague or Illuminated

Here are images of the finished surface composition of the chest piece. The image on the left is opaque being lit from the outside, revealing

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Completion of Reparation

My donation piece for the DHG Charity Project has arrived in Prato, Italy! Dyeing House Gallery has posted an interview with me on their site

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Further Thoughts on Materials Used

I closely observe the materials I choose to work with.  I had mentioned making wet felted partial felt from DHG’s Merino Top. I had laid

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Handstitching….the Reparations

I use silk fabric of a lower momme weight as it’s more transparent, allowing the shape and colors of the beach glass to be seen.

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Free-motion Machine Stitching

I delight when it is time to transition from the wet felting process to the machine stitching. Of course, it is nice to not have

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