last year an old friend passed away. his son gave me a garbage bag full of old clothing and slowly but surely i have been turning the materials into new and functional objects.
This is a woven rug.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
This is the Baby Surprise Jacket- surprise because when you are finished knitting it it looks like a very strange little object
but after you sew 2 seems together you have a wonderful little garment!
this is the Vandercook proofing press i recently purchased. this is stage one- in pieces waiting to be cleaned. But this is its new home at Open Lot Studios
these are the molds are making for my Hine's Emerald Dragonfly instillation. the dragonflies will be made with recycled paper pressed into the molds and colored with natural dyes and soy paint. these guys are currently listed as endangered by the Chicago Field Office, thought extinct, small isolated populations have recently been discovered in new regions of the US.
diving bird rubber stamps, oil paint, marker, & thread on rag paper January 2009
This is the beginning of a new project, in this particular piece the bird had to be moved manually down the thread in order for in to dive into the pit and out through the hole in the bottom.