Exhibition Year Archives

Free form pieced using the small piece of driftwood in the center as the catalyst for the design – machine embroidered, I started this piece in a workshop and only intended it to be a small 8 x 10 practice piece. It continued to grow and I really like the result.

Center squares are raw silk with painted wonder under & paper towels fused down; embellished with painted tyvek, hand embroidery & beads. Squares are mounted on background of chiffon/netting with machine stitching, The first square was done to try out a new technique. I was so happy with the spontaneous, organic nature that I decidedContinue reading “Flotsam & Jetsum

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The canvas was painted, inked, printed & had hand painted paper towels applied. The central design is dyed silk that has been embellished with painted tyvek, hand embroidery & beads, I painted the canvas first, with no preconceived idea about what I planned to do with it. I went through my stash of dyed silksContinue reading “Tidal Pool

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Central piece hand felted using alpaca fibers, silk & silk organza; heavily embellished with hand embroidery & beads. Attached to painted, collaged canvas & framed, My love of the ocean continues to surface in my work. I began this piece with no ideas and it just morphed into what looks like an underwater coral garden.

Center is decorated fabric gessoed, painted, inked, heavily stitched with metal ‘man’ attached. Borders pieced & machine embroidered, The center fabric was just an experiment at creating my own fabric. I love a very textured, layered look so that was my objective with this piece.

Another layered centerpiece of paint, ink, chiffon, etc heavily stitched with pieced borders & machine quilted, After my first textured forest piece, I felt I needed to continue exploring the textures and depth of trees and forests. I plan to do more of these.