Archive | November, 2005
A New Wardrobe

A New Wardrobe

As much as I wish it weren’t true, I’m really crummy at making real clothes. However, I did make this tiny vintage wardrobe for PaMdora in just a couple of days (once again, ignore the red and white pins!) Last month we saw an exhibition by Andrea Zittel at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. She [...]

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Still Life with Lipstick

Still Life with Lipstick

One of these days I’m going to make some little quilts that just feature objects. I love drawing and cutting out these little things. They look just dandy on their own, but actually they are for a big quilt. Here’s a section…ignore the little red pins, they are just holding the buttons until I sew [...]

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Illustration Friday: Small

Illustration Friday: Small

I love all the little vintage-looking purses that I see in shops nowdays, but can’t seem to fit everything inside because they are TOO SMALL! It’s been a while since I’ve done an Illustration Friday, but this theme gave me an idea for another drawing for a quilt that I’ve been trying to work on [...]

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Art Car Museum

Art Car Museum

When I saw this sign laying around Mark Bradford’s studio, it reminded me of all the metal valentines I’ve gotten from Russ. Luckily we live in the same house — can you imagine the postage?! Anyway, while Houston we did get to the Art Car Musem, not easy to find and less easy to park [...]

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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

While in Houston we made it over to the Center for Contemporary Craft which was having an exhibition of eight internationally known textile artists. I thought these big long pieces on linen by Ilize Aviks were okay, but when I got closer I was really impressed by how all the embroidery made the work. It [...]

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