Wisconsin Quilt Museum

an invitation to exhibit Wisconsin Museum of Quilts.

Some of my works at the

Wisconsin quilt Museum. 

Thanks for the photographs Deborah Fell!

The Only Way Out Is In

yay! Another sold work! Thank you buyer!!
The Only Way Out Is In

 Digital Fiber
A deserted apartment, an inviting door. What comes next?

Images are printed onto treated natural textiles and teabag liners, combining painting and digital media into a one of a kind art piece.
Creatively stitched. 12x12

Honorable Mention! Award at the MFA

"time spent with trees" 

received Honorable Mention! Award at the MFA, Annapolis, MD   

Reminder Upcoming Workshop!

November 28-December 2 at Hudson River Valley Art Workshops- 3 days of Digital Explorations - Info http://www.artworkshops.com/art-workshop-in…/wen_redmond.htm

'Leafing'- mixed media- digital print on painted interfacing over a leaf print in white gesso. 

AND

'Edges Between'

Featured on an online exhibit, Visions Museum, CA http://www.visionsartmuseum.org/online-exhibit-2-2/

And to Top it off!

Delighted to have a solo corridor gallery exhibit at World of Threads!

 http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/exhibitions_pages/2018-Oakville/solo-shows-installations.html

Edge of Winter

lovely news- I received Honorable Mention for my work- Edge of Winter at the New Hampshire Art Association, Lincoln Levy Gallery, in Portsmouth! 

This is especially exciting as it is a photograghy exhibit! My work crosses medium's in this regard.

Photograph was slightly manipulated for contrast and printed on digitally prepared textured molding paste. I use inkAid's digital grounds. In this case, it was a combination of clear #2 and pearl. The printed photo was cut into segments and mounted, with variegated pearl cotton, on black dyed wool, both for color and contrasting matt wool’s appearance.  Further collage elements were added. 

Dinner at Eight in Houston- Fond Farewell!

     I have been lucky enough to participated in all but 2 of these wonderfully curated exhibits at the International Quilt Festival since 2009. Jamie Fingal and Leslie Tucker Jenison are the women behind the curtain. They have come up with different themes for each year's exhibit and host a lovely dinner for those who can attend.
     This year is the The Best of Dinner at Eight Artists: Celebrating 10 Years of Exhibitions. Each artist selected a theme from the last 9 years for the final exhibition. Quilt size must conform to 30” wide by 50” high.

     My piece, Layers of Meaning, draws on Personal Iconography! It is constructed from an under collage with a digital photograph I created, printed on digital ready silk organza, as an overlay.

looking under

Inspiration- art as a journey; symbolized in a layered manipulated image of a lone boat crossing a lake, a Queen Anne’s lace blossom and painted fabrics for color. This is printed on silk organza that floats, like the boat and seeds in the air, to be caught, perchance to land. 

The boat is the heart of the piece while the shoots of the flower direct the creative energy beyond and outward

This journey is taken together, with like-minded artists, a kinship of art making. This confirmation, this encouragement, has the power of affirmation. Mark making, exploring, taking me beyond my edges, an excursion, causing much consideration to create works that reflect not only a current theme but also my own personal symbolism. Layers of Meaning.

detail of undercollage

Construct

Multi-layered collage of molding paste, paint, teabags liners, text, string and found items was created on a substrate. This was quilted.  A layered manipulated image, printed on silk organza, floats above, beckoning closer inspection. Hand and machine stitched. 

second under collage

first under collage

Materials -interfacing, batting, molding paste, paint, tissue paper, recycled tea bag liners, text, string, gesso and specialty mediums, and digitally prepared silk organza. 

More about Dinner at Eight and all the rest of the fine artists- here

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My SAQA Auction Dream Collection 018

SAQA's auction will take place online from September 14 through October 7. 

All proceeds help support SAQA's exhibition and outreach programs. 

Soft with a Splash of KaPow!

Contrasts and softness, neutrals and color, awareness awakened as with a zen mediation bell. 

To see all the the pieces with closer views- go here

Questions? Please email at auction@saqa.com.

Painting Thread

Can I color my own thread?
what if?




I used some found thread at thrift store about the same weight as pearl cotton #5.







I placed a long piece of thread into a recycled veggie tray and poured in some Dyna-Flow liquid textile paint
It Worked!!

pages

if we take the time, we might hear it, the inner most dreams of the self, 
the person we are meant to be.

 The morning tide comes to wash away yesterday and leave a new day to begin.

and when the rain comes, I shall find a book and listen to soft words

wandering thru pages

walking faster 
trying to stay ahead of the chaos

upset, she wanders looking for peace that only she can give herself

Thinking out loud again hearing, as if for the first time, her plans gone awry

Journal pages take me inside

stopping, pause, having some time, I turn toward memories of you.

sometimes it just happens

Looking through some old journals, I pause.

singing in pieces 
falling by my side
I wonder out loud on paper

 I'm selling some unique and funky art journals on Etsy-
 https://www.etsy.com/…/listen-to-the-whispers-of-your-heart…

News!

I'm pleased, surprised and honored to be part of a non-fiber art exhibit with my work Time Spent with Trees, a digital mini-quilt! 
"Congratulations! With 897 entries, you are one of 63 artists selected for Maryland Federation of Art American Landscapes Exhibition by show juror Joann Moser. Joann Moser, Senior Curator Emerita, of Smithsonian American Art Museum was the Museum’s Senior Curator of Graphic Arts from 1986- 2016."


See the rest of the accepted works at- http://mdfedart.com/mfaentry/sales/salesgallery.php…

AND

Pleased to have been invited to show some of my Digital Fiber pieces in Wisconsin this fall. Pictured- 'The Creative Hand'- printed on molding paste. 1 of 4 works.

Fiber Arts in the Digital Age
Wisconsin Quilt Museum
September 27, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Living in the digital age means living in a time where we are increasingly able to do what was previously considered unimaginable. This era has touched every aspect of life and fiber art has been no exception. To artists designing their work via software to the benefits of digitally printing textiles this exhibit explores various fiber art pieces that only exist due to the age we live in.

Invitations, Exhibits and Acceptances- OH My!

I recently was looking to enter an exhibit when I realized the very sweet truth that most of my work is spoken for!
I have been so fortunate to have my work invited to 3 exhibits!
Corridor Gallery Solo Exhibit World of Threads Festival 2018 Canada   info
Invitation to exhibit 'The Nature of a Stitch' Sheehan Gallery, WA
Invitation to exhibit Wisconsin Museum of Quilts- 'Fiber Arts in the Digital Age'   info

 A Page in a Life detail, Exhibit World of Threads Festival

detail- Continuing the Conversation, Explorations: Journeys in Creativitity

I was juried into 3 invitational exhibits!
Things that Matter, Sandra Poteet curate   info
Explorations: Journeys in Creativity, MA/RI SAQA TBA
IQF, The Best of Dinner at 8, TX   info

detail- Layers of Meaning, Dinner at Eight

And had my work accepted at
Quilt Visions, CA  info
ThreadWorks, Yonkers NY  info
Peters Valley School of Craft, NJ  info
Artist as QuiltMaker, OH  info
Fiber Options, MD  info

And icing on the top, a finalist in 3 categories’ Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers!   info

Stepping Stones, Nature Award for Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers
soon to be made into a fiber piece

I'm not bragging, well, maybe. But as a working fiber artist for over 4 decades  I am so absolutely happy, proud, excited, confirmed, just plain elated! 

ya-ba-da-ba-doo!

If your interested in taking a workshop with me, see my workshop schedule tab at the top of my blog.

Be There Accordion Book SOLD!

Be There

8 page Accordion Book
made from watercolor paper with a series of natural leaf prints
some pages have sewn detail stitches while others are accented with paint or oil stick.

Can be displayed with front or back open 
store closed to 4x5"
Thank you Laura!

Sold! Leaping Point 2

Digital Fiber Collage

Created by melding several photographs and printing onto a digital ready molding paste. The digital fiber photograph is mounted onto free sections 

of heavy stabilizer. Segments are creatively stitched and held together with a hand-tied bookbinding method using dyed pearl cotton.

Edges and top are sealed with UV medium and paint.

12x12 

World of Threads Festival 2018

Got this email yesterday- 

"We’re very happy to let you know 5 works have been ACCEPTED for a solo show in the Corridor Galleries of Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre at the World of Threads Festival 2018! Congratulations!

We’re excited to have your work as part of the festival.‬
" 

A Page in a Life‬

‪Amazements of Tender Reflections‬

‪Rocks are Smiling‬

‪The Content of the Light‬

‪Three Feathers Remain‬

"For these we looked for coherent and compelling bodies of work that we liked, went well together, and were different from previous festivals. We’re very limited on the amount of installations we can mount and by what’s possible in specific public spaces.‬"

Happy Dancing! Cha-Cha-Cha!

Treelines sold!

Holographic Digital Fiber Images

Original image digitally printed twice for holographic 3-D effects.

Printed digital border in cotton Satin

13x15 

sold!

Sold Taking a Stand and Leaning 

Thank you Susan! 

Into the Woods

 a tactile journal of handmade paper book covers

about 10x12

 pages were created using eco-printing

 and retain a embossed surface

 wonderful to touch!

buy on my Etsy shop- HERE