(Above: The Wall of Keys, detail. 2011. Click on image to enlarge. For more information and additional images of this installation, click HERE.)
(Above: Two Hours at the Beach, art quilt. 2011. 51" x 38". Click on image to enlarge. Recycled packaging felt, repurposed bridal veil netting, and two hours worth of collected beach trash. For more information and additional images, click HERE. This piece was accepted into the national juried Art Quilt Lowell, 2011.)
(Above: Recycled Bridal Party and designer Susan Lenz at Runaway Runway. 2011. Click on image to enlarge. From left to right: Bridesmaid in dress of woven dry cleaner bags and jewelry of dairy product seals and picture framing wire; Maid of Honor in two dry cleaner bags embellished with ruffles and necklace of densely gathered caution tape; Flower Girl in dress created from yellow artificial cemetery flowers on water soluble stabilizer; Bride in bodice of white artificial cemetery flowers and skirt of heavy-ply paper napkins over crinoline of dry cleaner bags with a veil of the tiniest artificial cemetery flowers; and designer in a simple garment bag with plastic sash. For more about these recycled fashions and the event in which they were featured, click HERE.)
(Above: Wasted Words, Global Warnings. 2009. Click on image to enlarge. Fiber vessel filled with wrapped and stitched pages from World Book Encyclopedia's Yearbooks, 1962-75 ... the articles that dealt with pollution, ecology, and environmental issues. For more information and images about this piece, click HERE. This piece was recently included in the Textile Museum's exhibition: Green, a Color and a Cause, Washington, DC.)
(Above: Ophelia, Performance Art and collaboration with film maker/photographer Heather Bauer and graffiti artist Michael Krajewski. June 2, 2011. Click on image to enlarge. Window installation at the Tapps Center for the Arts. For more about the "dress rehearsal", click here. For a short time-lapse film, click here. For additional images, click here. Yes ... I lay completely still for three hours under a mirror and in a bathtub filled with artificial flowers collected from cemetery dumpsters. Laying still was easier than trying to be a dead 19 year old at age 52.)
(Above: Looking for a Mate, a public art quilt project. 56" x 56". Click on image to enlarge. Mateless socks donated by the public and stitched into a unique art quilt. 2010-11. For the prototype, click HERE. For the public event, click HERE. For the project's influence at Rosewood Elementary School, click HERE and/or HERE. For the presentation to City Hall, Columbia, click HERE.
(Above: Keys to the City, Window Installation at the Tapps Center for the Arts, Nov. - Dec. 2010. Click on image to enlarge. Four doors converted into two sculptural units and covered with framed and unframed tagged keys. 350+ tagged keys suspended from the ceiling and hundreds scattered on the floor. Tags include: Key to Wisdom, Key to Happiness, Key to Success, Key to Her Lips, Key to Failure, Key to Respect, Key to the Kingdom, Key to Revenge, etc. Click on image to enlarge. For more about this window installation, click HERE. The keys have been re-figured several times and are an on-going installation/art project. )
(Above: Personal Grounds, Statement. 2011. Click on image to enlarge. This photo shows the statement for the exhibition "Personal Grounds" as shown at Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Salisbury, NC. Computer programmed script was stitched to a heavy Peltex material and fitted into the antique typewriter. For more about the exhibition in Salisbury, click HERE.)
(Above: Anonymous, Grave Rubbing Art Quilt Series. 2011. 49" 47". Crayon grave rubbing on 1930s slip. Fabric collage of vintage household linens. Hand stitched. Click on image to enlarge. For more information and additional images, click HERE.)
(Above: I Do / I Don't, installation, 2011. Click on image to enlarge. Free motion machine embroidery on wedding veils. Statements collected from the public dealing with both marriage and divorce. For more information and images about this installation, please click HERE. For a blog post covering the installation, please click HERE.)
THAT'S TEN IMAGES
Yet ... I have lots more. I've tried to compile a grouping of ten images that show my sensitivity to recycling, repurposed materials, and love of anything vintage/antique/old as well as my fearless attitude in the face of new artistic adventures. I will try anything. I am adventuresome, easy-going, and willing to work in collaborative efforts. Below are a few other images showing some of my serious explorations in fibers.
(Above: Handed Down, art quilt. 2011. Click on image to enlarge. Vintage gloves and cutwork tablecloth on antique paisley. Hand stitched. For more information about this art quilt, please click HERE. This piece will be on view at the national juried art quilt show in the Lorton, Va Workhouse Art Center, Nov. 23 - Dec. 20, 2011.
(Above: Milestones, Grave Rubbing Art Quilt Series. 44" x 36 1/2" x 7". 2010. Click on image to enlarge. For more information and images, click HERE. For more about the Grave Rubbing Art Quilt Series, click HERE. This piece has been exhibited nationally.)
(Above: Stained Glass XXIII. 2010. Framed: 64 1/2" x 24 1/2". Click on image to enlarge. I am represented by the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville. The work they carry is from my faux-stained glass fiber series and my "In Box" series which is a related technique. These works and my unique melting/stitching techniques have been featured in several national magazines.
(Above: Happily Ever After Again, Decision Portrait Series. 2010. Framed: 31" x 37". Photo transfer on fabric. Hand stitching and beading. Click on image to enlarge. For more about the Decision Portrait Series, click HERE. This was one of 107 pieces in a solo show at City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC.)
(Above: Endless Life, Grave Rubbing Art Quilt Series. 2011. For more information about this piece, click HERE. This piece has been exhibited nationally.)
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