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“Birds of a Feather”

February 24, 2009

My show at Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta with the amazing David Hale opens next week on Saturday night, March 7.  I will be there and if you are in the area, I hope you will, too.  I'd love to meet you.  I have made 17 original soft sculpture birds for this show, my most… 

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little lark

February 18, 2009

I made another little lark, this one for the shop.  I hope you'll check it out. My mom is visiting this week and we are on school vacation so not a ton of sewing going on.  But fun projects are in the works for next week.  Looking forward to seeing you then.

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little lark

February 17, 2009

A little spring lark for a special project.

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An Owl for Lisa

February 11, 2009

Today I finished an owl I made for Lisa. About a month ago Lisa took more than 300 amazing photos of my birds and I made this owl for her as a way of saying thank you.  I hope she likes it. Besides being a incredible photographer, Lisa now has her own Etsy shop where… 

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woodpecker

February 5, 2009

With spring on my mind I made a little woodpecker.  She is affixed to a little wooden plank. I drilled three small holes at the top, as though she has already begun her work. She is now listed in my shop.  There are lots of birds available, and many with new lower prices.  I hope… 

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a pea chick

February 2, 2009

Let's see. This bird started out as something else entirely (this is often the case with me).  I saw a little prop in a photo in a catalog a few days ago (was it Urban Outfitters?  Anthro.?  I can't remember now).  A little quail-like bird with no feet.  I clipped it out and then dug… 

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crows and a close

January 30, 2009

A murder of crows.  There are two more in flight above them. These bring me to the end of my work for Young Blood.  18 birds made over the last four months.  This is our dresser this morning. Wading birds waiting to be affixed to their driftwood bases. Owls and a peacock looking around the… 

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Pink Bird

January 28, 2009

My sewing machine is fixed and back home where it belongs.  And it works so well now!  Wow. Smooth operating.  I hadn't even realized that it needed to be cleaned and oiled. Last night Charlie was out late at a meeting and I made this bird. I have been using the same color palette of… 

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Wool Stuffing and a Tall Wading Bird

January 22, 2009

Let’s see.  My big 6 lb. box of stuffing arrived from the Amish, much to my delight. And right in time to finish up the 16th bird for my show at Young Blood. Promptly upon finishing this bird my sewing machine began making an odd chugging sound and then stopped working all together.  I took… 

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Professional Photos of my Work

January 16, 2009

My awesome friend, Lisa Roy Sachs came over yesterday for two hours while our kids were at nursery school and photographed my birds.  Lisa has an incredible, creative and fresh eye and it was so exciting to watch her work.  And the photos are amazing.  Here is a little taste, but there are 344 of… 

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