When I saw the beautiful installation work of artist Jodi Stevens I was inspired by its simplicity in both palette and form.  Her installation impediment reminds me a lot of Ann Hamilton’s performances with her use of the large table, facing chairs, and pile of materials. But with the hand wrapped stones and gray color [...]

One of my embroidery students sent me the link to Portuguese artist, Joana Vasconcelos, an artist who I had seen some work of before but not the full breathe of her work. I must say that her super fancy website has way too many bells and whistles, I just want to see the work, dammit.
But [...]

The second to last connective thread feature is on the Midwestern artist Summer Zickfoose, a fabulous name I must say. Summer had two lovely works in the exhibit, both hair embroideries on old childrens christening dresses. The work spoke about memory, loss, nostalgia, and innocence.
They were very beautiful and worked incredibly well with the [...]

Come one, come all, bring friends, tell friends.

Hear from the Artist’s mouth all about their awesome fiber work.
Featuring 8 artists from the connective thread exhibit.
Artists Talk this Sunday, January 24, featuring artists from the connective thread exhibition.
5:30 pm at Sweet Lorraine Gallery.
Artists include:
Sarah Bahr
Marcy Chevali
Crystal Gregory
Einet Imber
Joetta Maue
Alisha McCurdy
Simone Melteson
Stacy Renee Morrison
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Kendra Skalski

Here are some images of the opening and install of the fabulous connective thread exhibtion, I was so honored to curate this exhibition and blown away by the quality of work that was submitted. The curating process was so difficult – but in the end I felt like it was a very exciting and [...]

1200 hats crocheted by residents of the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women – one hat for every incarcerated woman.

I fell upon the awesome work of fiber artist Sherri Wood on flickr last week and was totally wowed. She combines traditional techniques and contemporary thinking to make incredibly cool embroidered works, quilts, and [...]

I so need to make it down to Lombard-Freid projects by November 14th to see the Mending Project by Lee Mengwei.

The press release states:
The Mending Project, is an interactive conceptual installation that uses the gesture of mending to explore ideas of trust and intimacy between strangers…Trained in weaving by a monk in Taiwan and [...]

In this months SDM they do a feature on metal smith and artist April Wood. Her work is extremely interesting combining elements of femininity and craft with concepts of the body, eating, and fluids. One review I read said:

[April's] work is all about the rituals of eating and the connection between sensuality and [...]