My Art
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an incomplete portfolio in roughly chronological order.
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doily marker check
work in progress.
the doily is actually silver paint and less defined in person.
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waste not want not
Ends of yarn I had no use for and yarns I knew I would never use. Part of a series exploring conservation.
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waste not want not yardage
i saved all of the scraps from projects over the course of 2 years (2002 to 2004) and made this yardage. I called it my Lady in Waiting blanket, because I was waiting for my boyfriend at the time (not the man I married) to come back to the US and settle down. this is only one piece of it, it's really actually huge.
for some reason even then I seemed to know it wasn't gonna work out!
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solid (reverse applique)
olive drab felt and hot pink microsuede reverse applique
gold sequins appliqued
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Huggie Ready to Ship
75 Coloring Book Samplers loaded up and ready to ship to the Sampler. Huggie thought he'd try to go, too.
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book
Compilation image for etsy posting and the blog. Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
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vinyl adaptor
fabric design to woodblock and use in the living room
i'm pretty interested in making a bunch of small scale yardage with subtle everyday themes. hell, maybe even sell a yard here or there!
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IKea'd You Not
part 2 of home-mod-geny
nope, not marimekko. . .though they wish they were
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home-mod-geny target practice
fabric number 2: mass production--not quite plagiarism, but yes, that hydraulic stool looks so very familiar.
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mary garden1
Guerilla Gardening, take one!
Mary of Guadalupe, planted in the woods. . .
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Nothing Gained, Nothing Lost
Names of individuals who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, written down, cut into pieces too small to be legible, mounted together into 3 foot long paper tower.
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Nothing Gained, Nothing Lost (full view)
Names of individuals who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, written down, cut into pieces too small to be legible, mounted together into 3 foot long paper tower.
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Affordable Uptown Living
From a series of installations that began in 2001. These mobile homes involved renting land by the hour at parking meters. These mobile homes were later set up by a larger group of us, we had probably 10 tents and a big ol' bag of quarters. We set them up on Tryon Street, the main street through our downtown area. Blogged about here
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Affordable Uptown Living
This installation was set up on Morehead Street near Panther's Stadium. Obviously the tents are not large enough for people. This is one of the artist's that helped install that day. I believe we set up 30 tents. They were all black material, quite a stark installation. The city had them cleaned up and removed within an hour of it being set up. Not a trace to be found. Blogged about here
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Affordable Uptown Living
This land was formerly home to a warehouse in the "arts district" of Charlotte. An area that was home to affordable studios, avant garde galleries, and street art. The area was dubbed NoDa by some sort of developments comission (for North Davidson, the main street that runs through the area), and has become expensive condos and more formal galleries. Many of the existing buildings prior to the development have been torn down and rebuilt as "loft style living." Blogged about here
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Affordable Uptown Living
Tents set up in a prepay ground level lot. Blogged about here
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Affordable Uptown Living
Tents awaiting their turn in the parking lot. This was a practice run before the installation at the actual meters. We learned on this particular day we would need more weight to them as well as brakes. Blogged about here
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America's 24 Hour Knit-In
Scarves made during a peaceful knit-in as an act to spread love, not violence. February 14, 2003. Scarves donated to Charlotte, NC homeless agencies.
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anthropomorphic dance
one of a handful of animals killed on roads in town I dressed up in tutus. I'm one of those people who gasps and turns my head at roadkill, and am never quite sure how to differentiate the pets killed in accidents and wildlife.
This was in 2002, I believe. I took a lot of sanitary precautions while doing this "installation." (still finding and uploading all sorts of images from my college days)
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You make me feel so hot
Lipstick (color called "Fusion"), sulfur from matches, gathered on dates with the same man over a span of 2 years
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a little racy, but still handmade
Hand-Sewn Corset made from: Sweet Thing artificial sweetner, plastic tablecloth, sequins, grommets
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I could give you everything and it still wouldn't be enough
Salt server, gilded tweezers (warranty included), eyelashes individually coated with mascara to extend wishibility
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I came and you weren't there
Vaginal fluids, free perfume sample tubes, pearls, candy jar.
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Reasserting my objectifiers
Indivuidual trophies awarded to various men, who I feel, have opbjectified me (rock qualities reflect appropriate male characteristics)
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10 million babies never born
Sperm that never entered my body, donated by men I have never slept with, antique tv dinner tray
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Pussy Whipped
Painted nails, faux decorative egg, satin ribbon, rubber coated hardwood handle.
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Exponentially Increasing Levels of Attractiveness
Pubic hairs individually plucked; burned to remove such unsightlyness from the world.
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The Closest I've Ever Been to God
One picture of God exchanged for another, airplane tickets and various travel paraphenalia molded into a gilded frame.
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nail polish painting
A painting I did several years ago. Super glossy, pardon the glare. The red and pink are nail enamel
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