Archive | May, 2006
Time and Energy?

Time and Energy?

We just wrapped up a month of discussions about the work of Liza Lou, bead and installation artist, on the Ragged Cloth Cafe. When I first signed onto RCC, I was skeptical, then involved, and then dropped out for a long while. Then when founder June Underwoood thought about pulling the plug, I volunteered along [...]

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Illustration Friday: CAKE

Illustration Friday: CAKE

Happy coincidence! The theme for Illustration Friday this week is “Cake” — I’ve already used this drawing for another theme – “Song”, but now I’m working on the quilt so this one is in fabric! It’s based on a summer job I had once delivering singing telegrams. I actually jumped out of a cardboard cake [...]

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Paley at the St. Louis Zoo

Paley at the St. Louis Zoo

Thursday we went to the preview event for Albert Paley‘s new installation at the St. Louis Zoo. It’s made of COR-TEN steel, is three-stories high, weighs over 100 tons, and features over 60 animals. “Animals Always” is the largest public zoo sculpture in the world and the largest sculpture in St. Louis, other than the [...]

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Good ole RW&B

Good ole RW&B

It feels good to be back in the studio. Here’s what I’m working on now — a red, white, and blue theme. I’ve been collecting these patriotic fabrics for over six months and when I pulled out the collection, was surprised at how many star fabrics I’ve collected. I’m not sure that I can even [...]

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Where did last week go?

Where did last week go?

What a week of constrasts! Here’s a photo from the reception at Grounds for Sculpture. It was a great event, and lots of people turned up… some family and friends too. Then we headed to rural Pennsylvania to visit some friends who have sculpture studios in a couple of rustic barns and a quaint old [...]

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