A friend commissioned me to make her a Hot Spot in a particular design: a comic book woman crying, saying “OH MY GOD I FORGOT TO HAVE CHILDREN!” I checked my go-to fabric designer, Michael Miller, but he has no such design, nor does any other fabric designer that I could find. I did find […]
This is not a new piece, but I’ve been thinking about it lately. The urban, rust-belt theme, found objects, and tons of hand stitching makes it one of my all time favorites. It is still at the shop at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. 36″ x 20.” I remember I thought I’d never get finished with
This piece will be in a show called Women’s Work at Fe Gallery, 4102 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. The opening is Friday, June 1 from 7-9 PM. The shows closes June 23. As I walk to work at McConway & Torley every day, I cross these railroad tracks as my entry to the plant.
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I dropped off some new pieces for the Shop at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. In case you are not familiar with this beautiful shop showcasing local artists, it is housed in the PCA’s Marshall building at 6300 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15232. “Pink Awning” is a small stitched photo on cloth. It is floated in
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After much thought, I decided to enter “Not So Empty Lot” into Art All Night this year. This deserves to be known world wide, but just in case you haven’t heard of the event, dedicated volunteers find an abandoned factory site (so far pretty easy) in Lawrenceville, clean it up, and hang thousands of pieces
This is the first piece I have completed in the new series I am working on based on fabric, found objects and 10,000 steps a day. It is 21 x 18 inches, a little larger than many I have done, with tons of hand embroidery on it. I was especially excited by the blue diodes(?)
When I went up to the Maridon Museum in Butler, PA to pick up my pieces from the Fiber Haiku show, the director again told me how much she liked my piece, and suggested that it would look great in a child’s room or nursery. I think she’s right. There is plenty of room for
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Jay Ressler and I have art hanging in the cafeteria at Harmarville HealthCare South, Guys Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. The show, called Photos and Fiber, runs March 29-May3, 2012. The phone number there is: 412.828.1300. May 11 -July 22 is Tone it UP and Lenses and Filters at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 5th Avenue,
This piece was accepted into “Tone it UP” opening May 11 at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. The idea was to create on a theme that we are passionate about. I am passionate about lowering my carbon footprint, so I used plastic bags, cut them up and heat-fused them together. I used a simple, classic
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