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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
I get excited about felt hinges and their dual purpose as clasps…this airy wool fiber that has qualities of softness and vulnerability felting tight into
I had decided the piece didn’t feel strong enough with only a focus piece to lay on the chest of the wearer. I wanted the
After placing a base layer of fabric on top of the partial felt cut into a fence pattern, the beach glass is placed on top of this
The two main reasons I encase beach glass in fabric pockets, aside from the conceptual nature of the inclusion, is to give weight to the
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