new blog

i am moving my work to a NEW BLOG, while i focus on my senior thesis project at the Maine College of Art. will just be posting images to see if there is a connection in some of my randomness. hope to see you there!

paper and stitch

my studio

...a snapshot of my studio today. does anyone use the term 'snapshot' anymore? making patches out of scraps - one of my favorite things to do. hope to sell them at the MECA holiday sale this winter. yes, i am planning ahead:) i stitched my index finger to one of the pieces while free-motioning with the bernina...not the first time i've done that, but still a big shock and kind of bloody. i won't try to sell that piece!

summer embroidery

still here. still stitchin'. staying cool for the HOT summer. xo

more stuffed yo-yo's

having fun making quilt yo-yos with faces, and stuffing them and adding them to a tree branch on my studio table.

ms. emerick's art classroom

a friend is going to teach art in barcelona spain this coming fall. she asked me to make her a sign for the classroom door. a nice, relaxing project to work on after school was finished!

woven cowl - partners for world health

in my sculpture class we received bundles of hospital blue wrap from partners for world health. our assignment was to find creative ways to use the sterilized blue wrap, which gets disposed of in large amounts. here is my woven cowl.

partners for world health takes unused sterilized, hospital supplies and distributes them to third world countries. they have volumes of durable, sewable, easy-to-cut blue wrap - great for all sorts of projects!

more fobs & pods

the semester will be over soon, so now i have time to catch up on the blog. i will be showing pictures of stuff i have been working on and people who have kept me laughing.

the fobs 'n pods are back...this time incorporated with cardboard sculpture a la karel appel.

yo-yo's

making lots yo-yo's. i stuffed them and sewed groups of them together on a metal frame. these are part of my fobs 'n pods themed work...work about the things we use to cope with uncertainty.

tagging

'tagging' nyc with stickers from my other blog...let's see if more hits show up on google analytics. influenced by keri smith's guerilla art.

more fobs & pods

more playing around with the idea of fobs and pods...working with organic shapes on paint rags. right now i am working in 2D. i have a 3D project in the works...stay tuned.

FOBS & PODS

playing with the idea of 'fobs & pods' in my work. this is stitching on a silk-screened, tea stained muslin.

flip dolls

i have been wanting to make a flip doll for a long time. i wanted to make the doll represent the 7 deadly sins and the 7 virtues. i put together a few prototypes, made of cloth. then i decided if i really wanted the contrast of sins and virtues, i needed to go over the top. one side is made papier mache and the other is made of cloth.

corrugated cardboard collage portrait

something new for me...working BIG. this piece is about 4 feet square. had a great time cutting corrugated cardboard with a utility knife and shaping and re-shaping the face.

print 'n stitch

very excited about my new skill with screen printing. for one of my classes, we had to make a two-sided card to give out to prospective students. one side of the card was to show them the kind of work they might be doing in our print department. the other side was to be an artist statement. on the one side i screen printed some organic shapes from things hanging around my studio. on the other side i stitched and drew on mylar and shot the screen through the mylar. then i used my sewing machine to stitch through the printmaking paper following the lines of the organic shapes. i made 100 of these guys. my first foray into such a large edition. very fun and satisfying.

i took a one-week intensive screen printing class last month with the GREAT kevin townsend. take a class with kevin if you get the chance! he is a fabo teacher!

my work at space gallery

my work is hanging in a show at space gallery in portland maine. tonight was the opening. the piece i had hanging was embroidered text messages. i forgot to go to the opening:( the show will be up for another week or two or three.

home sweet home - studio

happy new year to all! here are a few photos of my comfy small studio in portland maine (yay!). swamped with work at the great maine college of art and having a great time. more pix to follow.