Installation Day for Contact 2016

Michelle and I have spent the last two days installing our fiber and metal installation piece  called, Invasives, at the Honolulu Museum of Art School.   Between the jurors, Michelle and I, we decided the center stairwell in the historic building would be the best area to showcase our abstract knitted kahuli (Hawaiian tree snails)Continue reading “Installation Day for Contact 2016”

What is Contact 2016: Foreign and Familiar?

Why did Michelle and I choose to participate in this show?  From the http://www.contacthawaii.com website: Foreign and Familiar focuses on the experiences of communities that have migrated to and from Hawai‘i, and the subsequent impact that this amalgam of cultures has imparted on our Islands. We both now call Hawaii home, she has been hereContinue reading “What is Contact 2016: Foreign and Familiar?”

7 Days Until Contact 2016 Opening…

…but only 4 days until installation begins! My stitch partner, Michelle, and I had a face to face today and I got to see the thought she put into her fiber choices for the kahuli, Hawaiian Tree Snails. They really do have their own sparkle!  The combined textile and wire vine design I created metContinue reading “7 Days Until Contact 2016 Opening…”

Less than 8 Days!

I’ve been counting down until the opening night of Contact 2016 at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. In reality, our artwork  needs to be completed and installed before then, this Monday or Tuesday.  Making our countdown at 5 work days! Eek! Michelle offers us a color tease regarding her next part in our artContinue reading “Less than 8 Days!”