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.

what is hanging on our door for the holiday?

this is hanging on our front door. made with grandkids using stuff around the house, including dryer sheet angels! santa image is from a sculpture by cameron stewart, called 'zenta.'

HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON TO YOU!

organic shapes of cloth

paper circles

playing around with circles and paper and raw edges and minimal stitching...

LOVE TO ALL.

cloth zine pages

i named this piece 'art school prayer flags.' they are made from pieces prints i worked on throughout the semester. i photocopied the prints on to cloth and then made relief rolled words from cut up cereal box. the words i chose to print were words that i thought would be good reminders for someone on the treadmill of an art school semester - rest, love, exhale, veggies. one of my fellow classmates suggested that i should also have included the word 'bathe.' oh, yeah...i know it really isn't a zine, but it's how the piece evolved.

zines

we had to make zines as a final project for a printmaking class. here are my zines!

i was home sick for the past few days and didn't have much to work with. i don't really have a press in my little teeny apartment, so i did the best i could with what i had. of course i had plenty of fabric. will show you the final result on the next post.

doodling

sometimes i have to take a break from school work and doodle with a new set of markers. ahhhh...