Perfume Bottles II

Detail


Threads with sheer fabrics and netting; free-motion machine embroidery (16" x 25"). 2008

This piece is hanging in the Ohio Designer Craftsmen Best of 2008 exhibit at the Ohio Crafts Museum in Columbus, OH until June 22, 2008. After that, the show will travel to the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, OH (June 28-Aug 20), and to the French Art Colony in Gallipolis, OH (Sept 5-Oct 26).

The Laboratory

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All thread; free-motion machine embroidery (17" x 57"). 2007

Winner of the Award of Excellence in the Pfaff Art Embroidery Challenge 2007: Still Life, which was part of the Knitting & Stitching show at Alexandra Palace in London in October 2007. From July 1 to September 14, 2008, the exhibition will be in France at l'Office de Tourisme du Pays de Chatelaudren.

Canning Day

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All thread; free-motion machine embroidery (28" x 64"). 2007

Winner of the Award for Innovation in the Artist as Quiltmaker XIII exhibition at the FAVA gallery in Oberlin, Ohio. May 18 - August 2, 2008.

Also won an Honorable Mention in the Farm Art: From Plate to Palette exhibition at the John F. Seigerling Gallery in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH (June-August 2007).

Perfume Bottles

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All thread; free-motion machine embroidery (19" x 27"). 2008

"Perfume Bottles" is now in the collection of University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH.

Included in the Focus: Fiber 2008 exhibit at the Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH, sponsored by the Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art, from May 16 through June 21, 2008. After that, the show travels to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY from August through November 2008.

Vases

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All thread; free-motion machine embroidery (14" x 26"). 2007

Included in the Art of the Stitch 2008 exhibition at the Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK, until June 15, 2008. The show is scheduled to tour to: The Deutsches Textilmuseum in Krefeld, Germany (Sept 28-Dec 28, 2008); Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, Hungary (Jan 31-March 21, 2009); and Fundacion Valentin de Madariaga-MP, Seville, Spain (April 25-June 20, 2009).

The Greenhouse II

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Thread with bits of sheers and yarns; free-motion machine embroidery (10" x 20"). 2008

In a private collection.