I was thrilled to be chosen as an “Artist to Watch” in the Studio Art Quilt Associates Art Quilt Quarterly this issue. I think they did a great job of knowing what questions to ask, and also of editing my words. I’m very pleased with the article! Take a look. Art_Quilt_Quarterly_Artist_to_Watch036
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I decided to join with the members and Friends of Art Plus Gallery in West Reading for a Daily Artwork Challenge. My theme is Pagodas in imaginary surroundings. Remember the movie Amelie (2001). In my memory she takes her father’s garden gnome and puts him in different surroundings around the world. I confess I didn’t
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I wanted to learn something new. I chose to learn about improv piecing and took a class from Maria Shell. She was a student of Nancy Crow’s who has taken off in her own direction, and has many students and followers. The idea is to build pieced units and follow your visual instincts in constructing
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Ok, sometimes I repeat myself, I admit. Unless I get tired of making something I might make multiple versions of the same thing? Does anyone else do that? One image has been particularly prone to this repetitive activity. I had silkscreened a two-color image on a piece of satin rescued from an old wedding gown
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Here is a little video of Berks in Stitches, currently on display at Art Plus Gallery in West Reading. And, a link to the show: https://art-plus-gallery.square.site/berks-in-stitches And in case that wasn’t enough to pique your interest, an article in a local paper. https://smartnews.link/w/gcBs It has been really fun to meet friends and visitors to the
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I was invited by Kay Bennecoff of the Reading Berks Craftsmen Guild to be her guest on their monthly cable TV show. She was a capable and charming host and I enjoyed getting to know her. I think she read my whole website, because she had really done her research and asked insightful questions. This
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I’ve been having fun with one of the many apps or websites used to “hang” a piece of art on a virtual wall. It allows the viewer or potential customer to see the size and scale of the work, and get an idea how it would look installed in their home. I went to the
On my last day, I want to give a shout out to my challenge group within SAQA. Karol Kusmaul was our founder and is our leading light and has recruited 11 members from 8 countries. We take turns issuing a prompt and we have two months to finish our quilt. We are in round two
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I’ve done many small (mostly 5 x 7”) quilts while travelling. These have often included found objects from those places. I combined some in a piece entitled “From the Other side of the Wall,” which is currently travelling with Quilt National 2019. For the last two and a half years I have been working on
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[This is the fourth in a series I am posting on the SAQA –Studio Art Quilts Associates– members only Facebook page. It follows my journey as an art quilter.] After stumbling for a bit, I realized that what actually inspires me is that which surrounds me. And in rural Eastern PA, that means hills and
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