I finally set up an Etsy shop. I’ve been putting it off for years, not willing to sit down and spend the hours necessary to put it together. But now that it is up and going, I am sort of excited! https://www.etsy.com/people/AuntyMarty I have departments for Throw Pillows, Hot Spots, Friendship Wine Totes and Art. […]
I decided I needed an additional “craft” type product, and got excited about the idea of making throw pillows. So far I have three types, a collage of vintage linens, designer cotton diamonds, and use of Molas from Panama. I’ll try selling at the Holiday Shop at Art Plus Gallery in West Reading and the
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I’m working hard to get ready for some fall art festivals. Currently I am making 37 Friendship Wine Totes. First I make the linings, and set them aside. Then carve up blue jeans for the “signature” panels on the totes. This photo shows the four panels that will form the tote, all trimmed, pressed and
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I have been interested in learning about native plants and their interaction with insects. Douglas W. Tallamy’s Bringing Nature Home whetted my appetite, and now I want to learn more. With five acres of land to play with, my husband and I have been trying to carry out what we are learning. We encourage milkweed, including
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I was amazed and honored to be accepted into this year’s Art of the State, the premier state-wide art competition in Pennsylvania. Only 122 works were chosen out of almost 1800 entries. The show runs from June 22 to Sept 14, 2014 at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. The piece that was accepted
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I recently attended the national conference of SAQA, Studio Art Quilt Associates. I’ve been a member for several years, but only recently have decided to get more active. It is an important national organization of artists who work in the same media as I do: Studio Art Quilts. I belong to a number of art
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We recently re-photographed a number of my Studio Art Quilt pieces. This was based on acquiring new knowledge about what is expected on a professional level. The background we were using wasn’t completely white. The photo shows a detail of the old (on the left) and new photos (on the right) side by side. I
This is another new piece inspired by walking and visiting towns in Berks County, my new home. Hamburg is the town of 3000 something that is closest to us, and this is from there. I combined a couple of locations, the church with the pointy green towers, a house, and some row houses. The background
Along with my partner Jay Ressler, I have started visiting towns in Berks County for artistic inspiration. This piece represents an old dye works in Shoemakersville. It turns out Jay’s grandmother worked at an knitting factory across the street years ago. I was interested in the textures of the brick work, and had great fun
This is the other piece I got into “Me Myself and I” at Some Things Looming Gallery in Reading. The opening is Saturday April 12, 1-4 PM, at 526 Washington St., Reading, PA 19601. Since the concept of the self portrait was a broad one, I submitted this work. I worked in the steel industry
