Overkill

As I have said, art should make you feel something.   It should move you  ---make you smile, cringe, dream, visualize, think.

This is my reaction to an NRA notion that teachers should carry guns in schools.   Disturbing.

And seriously, if we register our cars, all guns should be registered, too.  Background checks?---take as long as you need.  Don't get me going on types of guns ... big difference in hunting an animal vs. shredding an animal ---unless the plan is to make jerky on the spot.

    

Overkill /  12"x12"x6"

Overkill (back and side view)

Always something surprising on the inside.

Apple Power

Problems of Power (2'x2') from studioCB

Problems of Power,  a mixed-media construction.

Apples are used symbolically in many stories and myths ---carrying themes of immortality, youth, love and power ... just ask Eve.

-timber (original paint)
-leather
-book covers
-acrylic paint
-vintage game boards
-baseball skin

Nothing like creative relief when a project has been taking up mental space for awhile.  This apple-of-my-eye is on view at Dr. Mia Fitzgerald's office/gallery until ... someone bites!

heavy is the head that wears the crown

on fire with a stash of painted timber

*note the assemblage's title, lower right

Top 2012 In My Studio

Construction / Repurposing / Paint

 Sgraffito / Free-motion stitching = one big smile from me.

Mum's The Word.

It was worthwhile to do a little remodeling on one of my Fowl-Playhouses.
I stepped up to bat, took a ball and got a trophy.
SOLD -before I could even take a better photo.

Second Place

Among other things, I got into sculptural teapots.
This was my first one ... now at home with Indigo26 in Texas.
I was treated to a nice Artist In the Spotlight interview there, too.

Green Tea

Red Zinger

                                  *Earl Grey is still brewing in my studio.

*The parts department.

So proud of my students' shoe sculptures. No kit; just creative wit.
They even received a shout-out in a ClothPaperScissors editor's blog.

from farm find ...

... to Danforth Museum School Gallery exhibit.

Soooo glad sewing is second nature.

I can't leaf it alone.

Love doing my free-motion stitching on leather applique pillow designs.