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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I saw a mention of Finnish artist Anu Tuominen on visual notes a month or so ago and without even looking at her website bookmarked it as a place to revisit and check out when I had time. And I am so glad that I did because I would have been so sad to miss [...]

NANCY PETTWAY- BRICKLAYER VARIATION

Work Clothes Quilt
During an adventure to the dismal craft section of the Brooklyn Public Library I fell upon a book which celebrates, documents, and gives voice to the Quilters and Quilts of Gee’s Bend.

LORETTA BENNETT- CRAZY QUILT
Gee’s Bend is piece of land surrounded by three sides with water of the Alabama River. [...]

Maes Chwarae Playground
I recently read an article on artist Sophia Horton and was very intrigued by both the power and simplicity in her work. Most of the  work that I am drawn to is work from her interventions series. In this work Sophia uses knitting to question boundaries, expectations, and site.

Cordon at Cove Park.
Often working [...]