2013 MFA Exhibition

at the Schmidt Gallery, FAU, Boca Raton Campus. Features the work of Alexandra Schwartz, Brittany Schade, Eduardo Rosas and Jill Lavetsky. What a beautiful show, I was impressed and inspired.

The work is thoughtful and provoking.

 Allie's beautiful porcelain work is exquisitely laid out and titled with such tempting menu ideas. I was glad I had just had lunch or I may have had to rush out to eat!

 Slogans we find in our everyday life have been turned into wallpaper, the old-fashioned wallpaper that is. Good reading!

 "Last Regrets" added a quietening touch to the show as one considers the last wishes/regrets that we may each have ourselves.....

 I'd love to revisit this show. It runs until May 24 and the gallery is open Tuesday through Friday 1-4 pm and Saturday 1-5 pm.

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Lots of Clay Candy .....

both functional and sculptural, at the FAU Potters' Guild Show and Sale .... many thanks to those who visited and for those who couldn't attend enjoy a few shots of the show..... 

Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

FAU Potters'Guild Show

...opens this evening 5-8pm at the Ritter Gallery, FAU, Boca Raton campus. Continues Friday and Saturday 10-5. I forgot to take my camera to set up yesterday but will take it this evening to the opening so hope to post some photos of the show. Hope to see you there!

These are a few of the pieces I finished this week...mini quilts and crochet with clay. Hope you're having a fun creative week!

Postacrd Project

Yesterday I received this beautiful postcard in the mail! It is hand painted by Grtechen Markle of British Columbia. She started her Postcard Project almost one year ago and will mail out a postcard to anyone who signs up. She asks that you send a postcard (handmade or commercial) back to her with a statement of why you like to receive real mail. You have until the end of May to join. Check out the details here at her site.

I have just written my postcard and it will go into the mail today ..... I'm not a painter like Grtechen but I wanted to send a handmade card so decided on tea wrappers since having a cup of tea is part of the joy of receiving mail.

Why do you like to receive real mail? Or NOT receive real mail as Gretchen gives that option! I'd love to hear but so would Gretchen .... go ahead and sign up!

(oops, glad I took a photo of my postcard reply as I see I left out a word ... I've fixed it now on my real card and it hasn't put me over the 50 word limit!)

Remnants

Yesterday was reveal day over at Tangled Textiles. Brigitte had given us 'Remnants' as our inspiration and of course I had to take this one literally considering how many of those I have piled in crates in the sewing room. I decided to use some upholstery samples and the idea of upholstery rolls in the fabric store as my beginning. I did a quick sketch to start me off....

Initial arrangement of remnants of course was changed many times before stitching.....

I made hang-tags by fusing used coffee filters on both sides of fusible batting. then tied in place with embroidery thread. Rather than a literal price on each tag I experimented with a few of the stitches on my sewing machine.

I machine quilted the red background but decided to leave the bolts just stitched in place with a blanket stitch so they have a little more outward body. Rather than a binding or facing I chose to use some of that fun eyelash yard around the edges. I've found that a little diagonal cut across the corners of my quilts make attaching the yarn easier. Without that cut I find the corners tend to stick through the yarn. 

This was another fun challenge and I'm now motivated to try and find time to get into my sewing room..it's a challenge!

Stitched Rabbit?

No additions of petals, seeds or yarns were added to the fabric in this piece. It is just plain old cotton fabric, but it is one of my favorite hand-dyed pieces. As I was creating the clay piece, cutting out the opening I was brainstorming about what I would stitch behind those openings. Well this is what I came up with .....

 Here's a peek inside ... I adhered the fabric to light weight batting to add some body to the cotton.

Now to find time to make a playmate for this guy! Or maybe he isn't really a rabbit?