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Happy National Crayon Day!

3/31/2017

Posting my DIY Crayon Statement Necklace in honor of National Crayon Day!!

...we pushed our spring art show to the last week in March this year and it was a great way to recognize our talented students at LWHS during the final days of Youth Art Month. There were a couple of hundred pieces in the show this year and it might sound funny but this show was actually scaled back and more low-key than last year. (crazy, right?) We are already planning for next year but for now it feels good to have another successful show completed.

...and now the countdown to graduation begins!!! (Seniors...I can't think about ya'll leaving me right now...nooooo!)

Medchny displayed her newspaper dress- a new version with a bottle cap bustier. It was a hit!

There was SO MUCH work! I took the time to make a video of the show but it was over six minutes so...here's a REALLY quick version just to give folks an idea of what it was like.

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#TextileTuesday

3/28/2017

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Spring Break!

3/27/2017

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Spring break flew by, per usual.

We switched some of our travel plans around (really just switched the order) to make a trip to NC to spend time with family. It was one of the most low-key trips home we have taken, not too much runnin' around, really just visiting with family. I even got in a nap or two, worked on my art (of course!) and managed to get my Biscuitville fix.

It was a short trip but a good one...and if you are so inclined, please send prayers, positive thoughts (whatever you're into, I'm not picky) towards our people back in NC...got some family sick.

Scenes from 'back home...not in order, there are pics of family, close family friends, pups, our fav Mexican spot, artin' and a stylish baby cousin

Then we headed back...made record time (for us). I had a couple of days to myself to get some things of my self-inflicted 'to-do' list. Besides cleaning and organizing my studio the largest task I took on was FINALLY going through all the framed pieces from my retrospective...ummmm...yep...the one in JANUARY!! I procrastinated, but I did finally take all of the pieces out of the frames, wrap the frames up for storage and then I filed away each of the almost sixty pieces from the past five years into their respective folder and storage bin, in chronological order....yup. It was intense to say the least.

For the last part of spring break John and I took an overnight trip over to the west coast of Florida to see the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. We managed to get there in time for a beautiful 'west coast' sunset (...can't wait to see the real thing in May!!), had a dining debacle in 'Mad Beach', found a really good barbecue spot...oh yeah, and we saw the exhibit of course!

...pictures don't do it justice...it was a great sunset :)

You know...I didn't take too many pics while we were at the museum. I was really making a conscious effort to be present and really experience the exhibit. I wanted to look at every piece of art, every photo and read all the captions and information about Frida. And I did.

...some pics from the Frida exhibition...

Totally touristy and an IG photo opp but 'when in Rome'...and I don't care, I love this pic...and Frida...and this man!

...the area around the museum is so beautiful, right on the water. It was a beautiful day out, too.

...oh, and my daily art- I kept up with it, it's part of my life now. I decided to bring Frida into my pieces, but to make it fit my theme I gave her some sunglasses. These ended up being some of my favorite pieces from the series!

...daily art injected with some of Frida's sass and style!

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Last day of my break...

3/26/2017

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...spent the last day of my spring break in my pajamas quilting...

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Garment District Show at CGMS!

3/17/2017

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I wasn't able to make the opening for this FABULOUS event, but I sure did drive myself over there and take some pieces for Miss Joyce to display!! I exhibited two of my fashion illustrations from my 2016 #DrawnToFashionJLG series as well as the necklace I wore for my retrospective show and the shibori and hand stitched/beaded piece I made in at the KCAI workshop last summer.

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March 6-11, 2017...work added

3/12/2017

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Eye spy...

3/6/2017

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Mackie doesn't mind my four eyes!

I mentioned in a previous blog post (or two) that I found out I had a corneal ulcer on Valentine's Day, right? Yep, nothin' says romance like a bloodshot eye in immense pain that won't stop tearing up!

I had already planned my theme for March but then I was inspired by my vision situation to create a series of gals in glasses. So that is the rhyme and reason behind the series...I am stuck wearing my glasses for most of the month so my ladies in my art are gonna wear 'em, too!

But I have included glasses in my work before. Here are a some examples;

From the works in the slideshow, I pulled out a few that are inspiring the series so far;

It wasn't my intention...but as I was working on my first piece in the series it made me recall some past pieces...I thought of the use of newspaper I used in March 2012 and 2013...the glasses motif from my July 2014 series and the piece that I completed last night made me think of a quick series I made for my solo show at Dada in 2015.

So that's basically it...the series is inspired by the fact that I have to wear my glasses...and I wanted to work on newspaper/printed material. I thought that also tied in with the idea of glasses and vision because sometimes folks have to wear glasses to read the paper. Not me of course- I'm as blind as a bat, gotta wear my glasses all the time!