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 [...]

I recently saw an image of the very lovely poetry and embroidered writings of artist, crafter and poet Cathy Cullis.

As a huge fan of the use of text and language in art I was immediately smitten.  Cathy considers her work to be visual poems and indeed they are.  Often her work explores the language and [...]