"I Think It’s Time"mixed media soft sculpture with working clockmounted on wood block I like how these two creatures are in conversation with one another. It makes me wonder about what they’re thinking. Saturday morning we are leaving for a week’s vacation to visit my family on the Eastern shore of Maryland. I’m looking forward…
Archives for August 2007
some nice press
"Things With Wings" got a great review in yesterday’s Portsmouth Herald. Here is the excerpt about my work: But by far the most exciting pieces come from a newcomer, Abby Glassenberg. These "soft sculptures" drew the hand of my 4-year-old companion immediately toward them. It’s hard not to touch these birds, lovingly crafted from fabric…
I’ll Meet You There
I’ll Meet You Theremixed media collage and soft sculpture12" x 24"(paper ephemera, wood, Guinness bar towel, wire, floral tape) This is the end of the Guinness bar towel. I used every little bit of that thing – the best .25 cents I’ve spent in a long time. I’m on the search for another. I’ve been…
the shows
"Things With Wings" opening last night at the Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth,NH. A bit over two and a half years ago when I started this blog I had just begun to sew in earnest. I was making all sorts of things, but soft toys seemed to be what excited me most. After sewing for a…
Raptor II (Out on a Limb)
"Raptor II (Out on a Limb)mixed media scultpure(Guinness bar towel, muslin, wire, polyfill, floral tape, acrylic paint, Paperclay, scrap wood) When I was packing all the pieces to take to Portsmouth for the show , it was this one that was the hardest to let go. I felt I should make another. Of course, it…
“What Would Joseph Do” – a juried show!
Awesome news today. Two of my pieces, "Get Ready. Get Set" and "Nest of Thread VI" have been accepted to the juried show, "Ode to Cornell: What Would Joseph Do?" . The judge was Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, Cheif Curator of the Peabody Essex Museum and a world renown expert on Cornell. I drove my pieces…
Things With Wings
These nine pieces will be on exhibit at the Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth, NH, as part of a group show, "Things With Wings". The show opens this Friday, Aug. 10 and runs through Sept. 8. The opening party is this Friday from 5-8 pm. I hope you’ll come by and say hello if you…
disassembled
"disassembled" mixed media sculpture(muslin, embroidery floss, yarn, glass mason jar, wooden box) Charlie is frightened by this piece. I think it would be creepy if the doll were a baby. As she is now, I think being…