Upcoming shows 2012
The American Craft Council Craft Show at
Baltimore Convention Center,
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, February 24 10 AM - 8 PM
Saturday, February 25 10 AM - 6 PM
Sunday, February 26 10 AM - 5 PM
I'll be in Booth #721
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American Craft Council Craft Show at
San Francisco:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
August 3, 4 and 5, 2012
Details to follow.
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About the work:
My original craft work was hand painted and quilted vests and jackets, designed as whimsical clothing for women. The clothing was done in food themes, and was accented with soft-sculpture ties which were designed to move with the wearer. In the 1990's, I turned to the quilt format, originally creating "square-within-a-square" designs, again using vegetable and fruit as inspiration. The squares disappeared, but the grid remains with the design elements in each square playing off of each other and interacting in a dynamic between vertical and horizontal, close up and overall views. The detail of the close up views led to my creating miniature quilts, focusing on embroidery detail, quilting and beading to emphasize the design elements, usually of flowers. When the American Crafts Council introduced Crafts4Kids, I returned to making quilted clothing trimmed with soft sculpture, this time for children. I have also enjoyed the challenge of using recycled materials in creating crafts for GreenCrafts.
Recent Exhibitions:
Art Encounter 2009, Von Liebig Art Center , Naples FL
Repurposed, Renewed, Reborn Quilt Project 2009, Illinois Artisan Program 2009
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, High Fiber Under Five, November 2008
Evanston Art Center, Evanston Illinois December, 2008
Heart of the Matter, Illinois State Museum & Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 2008
Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago Illinois, Garden Inspired fine crafts, April-June 2007
Fine Focus, Juried Traveling Exhibit of Small Format Quilts, 2004-05, 2006-07
LaPetite, Alder Gallery, Coburg OR, Nov, 2003 - Jan.2004, Nov, 2004 - Jan.2005
Form, not Function, Quilt Art at Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany IN 2004
Greater Midwest International Exhibition XIX, Central Missouri State University Art Gallery,
Warrensburg , MO Jan-Mar.2004
Art & Soul of Quilting, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha WI , Jan-Mar.2004
Honorable Mention, National Craft Festival, Northbrook IL , 2004
2nd Prize, Illinois State Fair Professional Art Exhibition, Springfield, IL August 2004
Women in Textile Art, 3rd Int. Biennial Square-Carre-Cuadrado, Valencia, Venezuela , 2004
New England Quilt Museum , QuiltedCuisines, Lowell, MA Nov.2004-Jan.2005
Museum of the American Quilters' Society, Quilted Cuisine, Padukah KY, Feb-April 2005
Literature, Liberty & Art, Northbrook Public Library, October 2004
1st & 3rd Prizes, Crafts, National Capital Orchid Society 57th Annual Show Washington, DC 2004
2nd Prize-Embellishments/Gleaming Treasures, Quilts Inc. Rosemont, IL 2003
Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Material Images: Contemporary Midwestern Quilts, Peoria, IL 2001-2002
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygen WI,Treasures, 2001