Red Bandito
Red Bandito

15”h x 13” w x 2.5”d

Fiber assemblage made with yarn, wired yarn, beads, pompons, elastic, felted balls, buttons done on a plastic grid mounted on yarn-wrapped stretchers.

 

2016

Gray Areas
Gray Areas

29x24x4.5

Bath mat, fabric, beads, handmade paper and paper beads, wood, yarn, metal hooks, wood, Danish coaster 

Mamoushka
Mamoushka

31h x11w x4d

Piece of stained wood found in a clearance aisle, sewn and stuffed fabric, beads, yarn, re-used feather trim, silicone pot handle holders, handmade paper, buttons, hemp, embroidery floss, wire, metal hooks

Corpuscular
Corpuscular

46 x22.5x6

Two cooling racks, found wood, bones, rocks, sewn and stuffed fabric, woven and wrapped yarn, hemp, paper spools, beads, handmade paper, paper beads, rubber bands, potpourri elements, floral elements, earplugs, wire, metal hooks

Margolit
Margolit

8x10x1

Yarn, beads, minerals, fabric, embroidery floss, thread, buttons, plastic canvas, wire. Plastic canvas, woven, sewn, wired and beaded.

 

Mixed Mediascape
Mixed Mediascape

14x11x1/2

Acrylic painting on cardboard sewn to a plastic canvas and embroidered,woven, and beaded. Recently completed in a hotel room in Luxembourg. 

Cardboard, acrylic paint, yarn, embroidery floss, beads, plastic canvas.

Jazz Club
Jazz Club

21x13x3

Personal photo taken in a jazz club printed on silk, woven and embroidered plastic canvas, appliqued and stuffed fabric, wrapped yarn, beads, wire, metal hooks, vintage pin bought at a flea market in Germany

a  whiteisawhiteisawhite
a whiteisawhiteisawhite

11”h x 30”w x 15” d

Assemblage of wood, wooden spool holder, paper, fabric and card board, mounted on wood and covered with a plastic bath mat.  Objects connected with hardware, wire, twine, and thread.

2015

Red, White and Black
Red, White and Black

16x12x5

Vintage red box, yarn, cut straws, buttons, hair rollers, wire, fabric trim, buttons, beads, woven plastic canvas, yarn, wire, felt balls, pompoms, metal hooks 

Crypto1
Crypto1

11.5x5.5x2

Open wood box, paper mache, rocks, wood, animal bones, acrylic paint, liquid glass, pottery shards, stuffed fabric

Crypto2
Crypto2

Open wooden box, animal bones, handmade paper and paper beads, beads, wood, pumice gel, paint, lint, wire, hemp, thread, yarn, trash

Griddle Pan Dreamcatcher
Griddle Pan Dreamcatcher
Wishbone
Wishbone

26x11x6

Triangular toilet tank gasket with hanging stuffed fabric shapes, paper, and fibers.

Rubber gasket, hairnet, twine, hemp, copper wire, copper thread, paper, found dried grass, trash. 

Inflammatory Bowel
Inflammatory Bowel

29x17x4

Small and large fabric intestines stuffed, sewn, embroidered, and suspended from a yarn-wrapped stick.

Ripped-up dress (bought for this project), nylon stockings, cheesecloth, yarn, hemp, wire, wood, styrofoam “buds.” 

Onion Skins
Onion Skins

14x11x2

Original photo of onion skins printed on silk. Elements of this photo and other original photos are sewn and stuffed as are coordinating fabrics. Shapes are embroidered, woven, and beaded onto a plastic canvas. Recently completed in a hotel room in Luxembourg.

Silk, original photos, fabric, yarn, embroidery floss, buttons, beads, mother-of-pearl, plastic canvas.

Motherboarding
Motherboarding

23”h x 15”w x 1.5”d

Wooden relief made of hardware, wood, copper, fabric, beads, yarn, jar lid, metal hook, plastic grid, wire, acrylic paint, jar lid, copper screen, wire, embroidery thread, buttons, painted screws.

2016

Bumble Bee Jasper
Bumble Bee Jasper

27x19x5

Yellow cotton, machine-pieced, decoratively sewn, and mounted on aida cross-stitch fabric. This is then enhanced with fiber-collage elements – some stuffed – embroidery, weaving, and beading. The piece is then suspended from a copper paper towel holder.

Aida fabric, cotton, wool, textured pantyhose, waxed paper, paint, buttons, horn, beads, horsehair, wire, embroidery floss, yarn and, of course, a piece of BumbleBee Jasper.

Morin Khuur/Mongolian Stringed Instrument
Morin Khuur/Mongolian Stringed Instrument

33x21x4

Acrylic painting on canvas that has gone through three evolutions. The original painting dates from 2014. It was then collaged and beaded. The woven, embroidered, and stuffed fabric components are recent. It kept morphing until it reached it present proportions of balance and excitement.

Paradise Trashed
Paradise Trashed

12”h x 12” w

Acrylic on machine-sewn paper with pasted cut paper, fabric,  and hand-sewn embroidery floss and gauze.

2014

Georgia On My Mind (O'Keeffe)
Georgia On My Mind (O'Keeffe)

5x7

This started as a watercolor on paper that I painted in Luxembourg in 2015. It wasn’t a favorite… so I felt free to experiment. I machine sewed a pattern and took off from there by hand sewing the usual suspects: yarn, fabric, embroidery floss, and beads. It reminded me of O’Keeffe’s early watercolor landscapes; she is one of my favorite artists.

Goulash
Goulash

8x10

This is another piece that has gone through a number of mutations. It started as an encaustic on encaustic board. It was done at a workshop at R & F Paints in Kingston, NY. This was my first stab at the medium and I was less than pleased with the result. Of course, the benefit of this predicament is that you don’t care if you ruin what you originally had. This gave me the freedom to take it to the limits… and beyond. I added stuffed fabric pieces, different textures of yarn, lace, and a striped pompom. Whenever I look at it, it makes me smile; that’s a job well done.

Patisserie Belgique
Patisserie Belgique

5x7x1/4

Original photo printed on cotton with subtle beading.

Cotton, beads, photograph taken in Brussels.

Time Being
Time Being

10x10

This piece is a totem for me.  Making it felt like alchemy. At the time, I was in a papermaking period, making lots of paper slurry in different colors as components for different projects. I most often made “slurry beads.” This piece is made of slurry beads and “slurried” yarn. I call it “slurry” because it’s a concoction of paper, water, paste, and pigment. It has lots of handmade paper, beads, and fabric.  I found the circular object when walking on a beach along the Hudson; I do not know what it is; I do know I was meant to find it. I named the piece after reading Ruth Ozeki’s “A Tale for the Time Being.”

Hand-sprayed mixed media paper with slurry, slurry beads, slurried yarn, stuffed fabric, handmade paper, beads, yarn, empty watercolor tube, twine, paper trash, twig, and mysterious found object.

Purple Loop
Purple Loop

58”h x 27”w x 3”d

Machine, hand-sewn, embroidered and woven fabric collage on a rag rug, mounted with copper hardware, and made with torn fabric strips, cut fabric shapes, yarn, twine, beads, hand painted beads, fishing net, embroidery floss.

2014

Bloodflowers
Bloodflowers

81”h x 55”w x 7”d

Hand- and machine-sewn fabric on rag rug, using photos of child soldiers printed on silk and cotton, embroidered and woven with materials including wood, loofa slices, beads, twine, and fake flowers.

2015

Amok
Amok

8x10

Amok is a mostly traditional paper collage. It was the product of disgust and despair after a period of paying attention to world events. I made it with saved scraps that I found evocative and provocative. I think that chaos (explored in this piece) is reality; we can only learn to accept and manage it the best we can. 

Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout

58”h x 27”w x 2”d

Fabric collage on Japanese fabric with wrapped yarn, tree branches, twigs, buttons, twine, embroidery floss, dried acrylic paint.

2014

French Flea Market
French Flea Market

80”h x 36”w x 7”d

Stretched canvas collage with dish drainer, cleaning brush, plastic chain, plastic bottles, spools, hair rollers, cosmetic puffs, twine, yarn, fishing net, hardware, wood, buttons, beads, wire, screen, net, sponge.

2014

Well Webbed
Well Webbed

15” h x 7”w x 5” d

Metal construction built on wooden box using a circuit box, wire, steel wool, metal clips, twine, mesh, springs, acrylic paint.

2015

Things That Mesh
Things That Mesh

31"h x 19"w x 4"d

Assemblage of hanging wood, plastic, plastic wrap, plastic tubes, netting, fabric strips, yarn and scavenged industrial broom fragment.

2014

Black Mamba
Black Mamba

7.5”h x 7”w x6.5” d

Assemblage on wooden box with wood scraps from Habitat for Humanity project, paper, wool, beads, buttons, twine, plastic, wire mesh, acrylic paint.

2015

Bridge Down Umber
Bridge Down Umber

30”h x 36”w x 8”d

Found wood “span” attached by purse holders onto two assembled wood block supports, collaged with fabric, cardboard, yarn and buttons. All wood painted in matte or gloss umber. Crisscross suspension of florist supply branch and found branch.

2015

Think Positive/Apple Corer
Think Positive/Apple Corer
Whispering Copper
Whispering Copper

25”h x 8”w x 4.5”d

Assemblage on a broken wood cutting board , using metal, hardware, vintage brooch, beads, twine, embroidery floss, fabric, plastic and wire.

2015

Klopsiki Park
Klopsiki Park

11.5”h x 8.5”w x 3.5” d

Part of a wooden dish drainer, with dowels wrapped in yarn, twine, fabric, balloon, and wire mesh. Vintage bracelet (with price tag) loops around the structure.

2015

Homage to Childe Hassam
Homage to Childe Hassam

20”h x 16”w

Acrylic on canvas.

2013

Reeds-on-Hudson
Reeds-on-Hudson

12’h x 12” w

Watercolor, acrylic, and ink on layered watercolor paper.

2013

Go To Home
Go To Home

37”h x 57”w

Acrylic painting/s on sewn cotton and fabric panels, integrated with embroidery and cut fabric shapes.

2014

On Second Thought
On Second Thought

35”h x 7”w x 3”d

Metal pole wrapped with twine, fabric trim, copper scrubbers, yarn, beads, paper cutouts, buttons and wire and topped with a plastic globe.

2015

Red Bandito
Gray Areas
Mamoushka
Corpuscular
Margolit
Mixed Mediascape
Jazz Club
a  whiteisawhiteisawhite
Red, White and Black
Crypto1
Crypto2
Griddle Pan Dreamcatcher
Wishbone
Inflammatory Bowel
Onion Skins
Motherboarding
Bumble Bee Jasper
Morin Khuur/Mongolian Stringed Instrument
Paradise Trashed
Georgia On My Mind (O'Keeffe)
Goulash
Patisserie Belgique
Time Being
Purple Loop
Bloodflowers
Amok
Eagle Scout
French Flea Market
Well Webbed
Things That Mesh
Black Mamba
Bridge Down Umber
Think Positive/Apple Corer
Whispering Copper
Klopsiki Park
Homage to Childe Hassam
Reeds-on-Hudson
Go To Home
On Second Thought
Red Bandito

15”h x 13” w x 2.5”d

Fiber assemblage made with yarn, wired yarn, beads, pompons, elastic, felted balls, buttons done on a plastic grid mounted on yarn-wrapped stretchers.

 

2016

Gray Areas

29x24x4.5

Bath mat, fabric, beads, handmade paper and paper beads, wood, yarn, metal hooks, wood, Danish coaster 

Mamoushka

31h x11w x4d

Piece of stained wood found in a clearance aisle, sewn and stuffed fabric, beads, yarn, re-used feather trim, silicone pot handle holders, handmade paper, buttons, hemp, embroidery floss, wire, metal hooks

Corpuscular

46 x22.5x6

Two cooling racks, found wood, bones, rocks, sewn and stuffed fabric, woven and wrapped yarn, hemp, paper spools, beads, handmade paper, paper beads, rubber bands, potpourri elements, floral elements, earplugs, wire, metal hooks

Margolit

8x10x1

Yarn, beads, minerals, fabric, embroidery floss, thread, buttons, plastic canvas, wire. Plastic canvas, woven, sewn, wired and beaded.

 

Mixed Mediascape

14x11x1/2

Acrylic painting on cardboard sewn to a plastic canvas and embroidered,woven, and beaded. Recently completed in a hotel room in Luxembourg. 

Cardboard, acrylic paint, yarn, embroidery floss, beads, plastic canvas.

Jazz Club

21x13x3

Personal photo taken in a jazz club printed on silk, woven and embroidered plastic canvas, appliqued and stuffed fabric, wrapped yarn, beads, wire, metal hooks, vintage pin bought at a flea market in Germany

a whiteisawhiteisawhite

11”h x 30”w x 15” d

Assemblage of wood, wooden spool holder, paper, fabric and card board, mounted on wood and covered with a plastic bath mat.  Objects connected with hardware, wire, twine, and thread.

2015

Red, White and Black

16x12x5

Vintage red box, yarn, cut straws, buttons, hair rollers, wire, fabric trim, buttons, beads, woven plastic canvas, yarn, wire, felt balls, pompoms, metal hooks 

Crypto1

11.5x5.5x2

Open wood box, paper mache, rocks, wood, animal bones, acrylic paint, liquid glass, pottery shards, stuffed fabric

Crypto2

Open wooden box, animal bones, handmade paper and paper beads, beads, wood, pumice gel, paint, lint, wire, hemp, thread, yarn, trash

Griddle Pan Dreamcatcher
Wishbone

26x11x6

Triangular toilet tank gasket with hanging stuffed fabric shapes, paper, and fibers.

Rubber gasket, hairnet, twine, hemp, copper wire, copper thread, paper, found dried grass, trash. 

Inflammatory Bowel

29x17x4

Small and large fabric intestines stuffed, sewn, embroidered, and suspended from a yarn-wrapped stick.

Ripped-up dress (bought for this project), nylon stockings, cheesecloth, yarn, hemp, wire, wood, styrofoam “buds.” 

Onion Skins

14x11x2

Original photo of onion skins printed on silk. Elements of this photo and other original photos are sewn and stuffed as are coordinating fabrics. Shapes are embroidered, woven, and beaded onto a plastic canvas. Recently completed in a hotel room in Luxembourg.

Silk, original photos, fabric, yarn, embroidery floss, buttons, beads, mother-of-pearl, plastic canvas.

Motherboarding

23”h x 15”w x 1.5”d

Wooden relief made of hardware, wood, copper, fabric, beads, yarn, jar lid, metal hook, plastic grid, wire, acrylic paint, jar lid, copper screen, wire, embroidery thread, buttons, painted screws.

2016

Bumble Bee Jasper

27x19x5

Yellow cotton, machine-pieced, decoratively sewn, and mounted on aida cross-stitch fabric. This is then enhanced with fiber-collage elements – some stuffed – embroidery, weaving, and beading. The piece is then suspended from a copper paper towel holder.

Aida fabric, cotton, wool, textured pantyhose, waxed paper, paint, buttons, horn, beads, horsehair, wire, embroidery floss, yarn and, of course, a piece of BumbleBee Jasper.

Morin Khuur/Mongolian Stringed Instrument

33x21x4

Acrylic painting on canvas that has gone through three evolutions. The original painting dates from 2014. It was then collaged and beaded. The woven, embroidered, and stuffed fabric components are recent. It kept morphing until it reached it present proportions of balance and excitement.

Paradise Trashed

12”h x 12” w

Acrylic on machine-sewn paper with pasted cut paper, fabric,  and hand-sewn embroidery floss and gauze.

2014

Georgia On My Mind (O'Keeffe)

5x7

This started as a watercolor on paper that I painted in Luxembourg in 2015. It wasn’t a favorite… so I felt free to experiment. I machine sewed a pattern and took off from there by hand sewing the usual suspects: yarn, fabric, embroidery floss, and beads. It reminded me of O’Keeffe’s early watercolor landscapes; she is one of my favorite artists.

Goulash

8x10

This is another piece that has gone through a number of mutations. It started as an encaustic on encaustic board. It was done at a workshop at R & F Paints in Kingston, NY. This was my first stab at the medium and I was less than pleased with the result. Of course, the benefit of this predicament is that you don’t care if you ruin what you originally had. This gave me the freedom to take it to the limits… and beyond. I added stuffed fabric pieces, different textures of yarn, lace, and a striped pompom. Whenever I look at it, it makes me smile; that’s a job well done.

Patisserie Belgique

5x7x1/4

Original photo printed on cotton with subtle beading.

Cotton, beads, photograph taken in Brussels.

Time Being

10x10

This piece is a totem for me.  Making it felt like alchemy. At the time, I was in a papermaking period, making lots of paper slurry in different colors as components for different projects. I most often made “slurry beads.” This piece is made of slurry beads and “slurried” yarn. I call it “slurry” because it’s a concoction of paper, water, paste, and pigment. It has lots of handmade paper, beads, and fabric.  I found the circular object when walking on a beach along the Hudson; I do not know what it is; I do know I was meant to find it. I named the piece after reading Ruth Ozeki’s “A Tale for the Time Being.”

Hand-sprayed mixed media paper with slurry, slurry beads, slurried yarn, stuffed fabric, handmade paper, beads, yarn, empty watercolor tube, twine, paper trash, twig, and mysterious found object.

Purple Loop

58”h x 27”w x 3”d

Machine, hand-sewn, embroidered and woven fabric collage on a rag rug, mounted with copper hardware, and made with torn fabric strips, cut fabric shapes, yarn, twine, beads, hand painted beads, fishing net, embroidery floss.

2014

Bloodflowers

81”h x 55”w x 7”d

Hand- and machine-sewn fabric on rag rug, using photos of child soldiers printed on silk and cotton, embroidered and woven with materials including wood, loofa slices, beads, twine, and fake flowers.

2015

Amok

8x10

Amok is a mostly traditional paper collage. It was the product of disgust and despair after a period of paying attention to world events. I made it with saved scraps that I found evocative and provocative. I think that chaos (explored in this piece) is reality; we can only learn to accept and manage it the best we can. 

Eagle Scout

58”h x 27”w x 2”d

Fabric collage on Japanese fabric with wrapped yarn, tree branches, twigs, buttons, twine, embroidery floss, dried acrylic paint.

2014

French Flea Market

80”h x 36”w x 7”d

Stretched canvas collage with dish drainer, cleaning brush, plastic chain, plastic bottles, spools, hair rollers, cosmetic puffs, twine, yarn, fishing net, hardware, wood, buttons, beads, wire, screen, net, sponge.

2014

Well Webbed

15” h x 7”w x 5” d

Metal construction built on wooden box using a circuit box, wire, steel wool, metal clips, twine, mesh, springs, acrylic paint.

2015

Things That Mesh

31"h x 19"w x 4"d

Assemblage of hanging wood, plastic, plastic wrap, plastic tubes, netting, fabric strips, yarn and scavenged industrial broom fragment.

2014

Black Mamba

7.5”h x 7”w x6.5” d

Assemblage on wooden box with wood scraps from Habitat for Humanity project, paper, wool, beads, buttons, twine, plastic, wire mesh, acrylic paint.

2015

Bridge Down Umber

30”h x 36”w x 8”d

Found wood “span” attached by purse holders onto two assembled wood block supports, collaged with fabric, cardboard, yarn and buttons. All wood painted in matte or gloss umber. Crisscross suspension of florist supply branch and found branch.

2015

Think Positive/Apple Corer
Whispering Copper

25”h x 8”w x 4.5”d

Assemblage on a broken wood cutting board , using metal, hardware, vintage brooch, beads, twine, embroidery floss, fabric, plastic and wire.

2015

Klopsiki Park

11.5”h x 8.5”w x 3.5” d

Part of a wooden dish drainer, with dowels wrapped in yarn, twine, fabric, balloon, and wire mesh. Vintage bracelet (with price tag) loops around the structure.

2015

Homage to Childe Hassam

20”h x 16”w

Acrylic on canvas.

2013

Reeds-on-Hudson

12’h x 12” w

Watercolor, acrylic, and ink on layered watercolor paper.

2013

Go To Home

37”h x 57”w

Acrylic painting/s on sewn cotton and fabric panels, integrated with embroidery and cut fabric shapes.

2014

On Second Thought

35”h x 7”w x 3”d

Metal pole wrapped with twine, fabric trim, copper scrubbers, yarn, beads, paper cutouts, buttons and wire and topped with a plastic globe.

2015

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