Photos of my Solo Exhibit

December 10, 2006

Here’s a photo of the front part of The Perils of PaMdora exhibition at Pool Art Center Gallery. I have six new quilts in this exhibit — “The Singing Telegram” is on the left and “Alien Invasion” is on the right.

The back of the partial wall with my quilt “The Vintage Purse.”

This is the section behind the partial wall.

Sixteen quilts in all. I feel pretty good about this, because a year ago when I first got this show scheduled, that’s how many I planned to have done. But since two of the quilts are very small, these sixteen quilts don’t fill the whole gallery. That’s why I designed the quilt-studio installation in the right wing.

From this view, you can barely see the installation on the right — PaMdora’s Pink and Blue Quilt Studio. I choose that section for the installation because it seems almost like a separate room in the gallery and doesn’t seem to interfere with viewing the finished work. Would it have been easier to finish more quilts or the installation? I’m not sure, but it does make for an interesting mix that has been well received by the students and faculty at the university and most people who have seen the show.

Back at the front again, this shows a better view of the Yoga 101 series. At first we had them evenly spaced, then later squished one to add the small ones, but I kind of wish we hadn’t.

Last week we made these Christmas cards with Russ’s sculpture to send out, so I could send a note that the PaMdora opening had been delayed due to weather without paying for extra postage. It worked out well though, and we had a nice turn-out that filled the lecture room at the university.

I also spent a lot of time organizing my photos and thoughts for the Artist’s Talk. This week I hope to get some of this stuff posted on my website. I’m thinking about presenting some of my talk in a web-magazine format.

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The Perils have been Postponed!

December 1, 2006

The opening of The Perils of PaMdora has been postponed until next Friday because a big ice storm the size of three states hit yesterday. It feels a little like having school cancelled because of snow on the day you have a big test. Oh great, I have another whole week to prepare. And then, Oh no, I have another whole week to prepare.

Actually it’s mostly done. I spent the snow day finishing up my jars of blue and pink dyes and arranging tedious details like these vintage tidbits in an old Danish sewing box. Lisa asked where I got the day-glo pink plastic gloves. The Asian food store. If you haven’t been to one of these, check out the kitchen utensil section, there’s always interesting stuff there.

The pink and blue clothespins came from Japan where many people still air dry their clothes. Lisa also asked if I was worried about any of my stuff disappearing. At first I was, then realized I couldn’t do my best if that’s what I focused on, so I’m just putting my personal invisible force-field around everything and going for it. Actually, when we visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water house, there was millions of dollars of stuff laying around, but there’s micro-chip alarms attached to everything — so you never know!

There are stories about most of the stuff in this installation. The sink came from our old house, but I love it so took it with me. The little metal chair I use to reach high places on the design board is actually one that Russ built for baby chimapanzees when he worked at a chimpanzee psychology research center (they need strong furniture because they are very strong.)

Speaking of Russ, there he is — hanging folding rulers above the Infinite Drawing on the wall. I like these old ones when they are expanded to look like rick-rack. Have you ever looked through your art books for pink or blue ones? They’re rare. And that’s my grandmother’s fuzzy vintage coat on a blue plastic hanger above all the rolled-up patterns for all the quilts in my show.

Here’s another view of a still life I showed a couple of days ago. The printer blocks on top say “Time to make some art!” That pink box is a tiny bottle of vintage Ben Hur Perfume that I found at a flea market. Who ever heard of Ben Hur perfume and what does it smell like - horses?? The necklace on the dress form is made of tiny toy keys and toy padlocks that I accidently found on Ebay when I was looking for something else. I painted the dress form with latex a couple of years ago to match our dining room.

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