Whew! It has been a few days since I’ve posted here. Roxanne is currently attending two summer camps at once, Charlie is away on a business trip, we are embarking on a major landscape construction project to transform our backyard into usable space, and my mom is in town. And our babysitter is away this…
Archives for July 2008
looped lark in red
We had a great time at the opening at artstream on Friday night, despite a really scary and trying drive up there through much traffic and torrential rain! It was so nice to see Susan again and to meet many women artists from blogland in person at long last. I do love the internet for…
Art Shows at Bluebottle and Three Graces
Just a quick post today. I am excited that my birds arrived safely in Seattle and are now listed on Bluebottle Art Gallery’s website! I feel so honored to be listed there, along with so many awesome folks including the amazing Eleanor Grosch. Also this week I am working with Kim, my web designer and…
small owl!
I made a very small (only 7″ tall!) version of my owl soft sculpture. This little fellow is here in the studio now, hanging out with small sewing notions and feeling rather antsy as other, larger birds, peer down at him. I find him rather endearing, though. As usual, he has a wire armature and…
looped lark
This small series is now complete and I will ship three birds to Blue Bottle Art Gallery and Boutique early next week. The final one is this looped lark. Here she is from another angle so that you can see her open beak. And a detail of the loops and stitching on the wings. I’m…
A Rooster
The second piece for Blue Bottle Art Gallery. This rooster is more pink and deep red than the previous orangey one. Deep red is my favorite color and it always makes me happy to pick red fabrics and sew with red thread. I have one more bird to make in this little series and then…
owl (in grey)
I hope you had a great 4th of July. It was a bit on the cold and cloudy side here, but we still enjoyed the parade in Needham, hosted a cookout and attended another. Here we are trying to stay warm and dry while admiring the floats going by. It was a nice long weekend. …