drawing and stitch - exquisite corpse

in my drawing class, we were exploring kind of an exquisite corpse drawing exercise. each person drew with a variety of objects and a variety of materials for a specified amount of time. then we each got a part of everyone's work. we had to make a cohesive piece of work using part of all of the drawings. i played with repetition and stitch and simplicity. what i like best is how it looks installed with glass head pins. i was inspired to use glass head pins after viewing the work of shannon rankin.

bad buddy in the print shop

lots going on in the print shop. we have a lift, called 'buddy,' that we use to pick up the ultra heavy litho stones. i decided to introduce bad buddy to buddy. they have become good friends.

resolving work with cloth and stitch

here i am back in portland maine at the maine college of art and enjoying every minute of working on my BFA in the printmaking department. printing goes well with cloth and stitch. i am a real novice with a alot of printmaking techniques, so i fret about making my work look like a printmakers work 'should' look. at heart i am a textile or embroidery artist...so, after haggling with my 30 day project, i came up with this idea as a beginning. i am really happy with it. i printed on muslin with coffee grinds. i ran the printed text thru my inkjet on kettle cloth backed with freezer paper. folks in the department were really curious about my techniques. i am breathing a sigh of relief about integrating what i love with printmaking.