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.

Food For Thought / Thought For Food

(photosbypaige)

Always a treat on the inside, my Fowl-Playhouses take me back to my childhood.  I put  a lot of time, thought  and creative energy into gathering stuff (found object assemblage!) and designing my Saturday set-ups.

   I remember coveting Sucrets tins,  threadless spools, an empty pink jeweled cosmetic container, forgotten thimbles, discarded bottle-caps and tiny hand-sewn pillows stuffed with cottonballs.  Attaching fabric and photos to the walls of boxes ... turning them into Marlo Thomas's " That Girl" apartment;  I was making dioramas before I knew the word.
Creating simple Tammy & Barbie doll clothing using left-over fabric scraps, seam tape,  lacy handkerchiefs, cutting rectangles and patiently sewing on snaps---all before stick-on Velcro made it easier for my own daughter, that was all play for me.   After I finished the long engrossing set-up,  I'm not sure how much time I actually devoted to the imaginative moving-characters-around part,  but I sure loved the selection and placement process which still rings true today.
  It makes me wonder about my own kids ... what are they doing today that will stick with them (or haunt them) years down the road?

"Fowl Playhouses" ... series of five shown at Powers Gallery, Acton, MA

FOREVER YOURS 1

Can you see the bubble wrap?

Sold at auction to benefit Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts,
 this is my first slipcover project. 

photos by Paige Gilbert Goldfarb

Artists were invited to chose a discarded chair from the HGRM donations and "have at it".

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