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
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
I have been incorporating fence patterns in my work for sometime now as well as other protective imagery such as stone or brick walls and
I was contacted by Annalisa of the Dyeing House Gallery in Prato, Italy back in January 2015 about a special project that they had initiated and asked
The next class running in the STRONGFELT STUDIO in Asheville, NC is Solid Form Felting Techniques, June 19-21. We will be working small in this
I came across this shot last night from March 2013. I was sharing my vision for building the STRONGFELT STUDIO with local photographer Michael Mauney
It had been just a few weeks since the first STRONGFELT STUDIO class in early April, but this crew got to see all the terraced
The piece created during my Vance Elementary School Residency with 5th graders last week, April 7-10, 2015, has been completed today! I stretched it over
A rather joyful group started off the 2015 workshop schedule at the STRONGFELT STUDIO last weekend with a course on all things related to the
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