Completed several leaf designs for the Butterfly Flight Prep art installation! A few experiments with wire gauge sizes, research on the look and size of the Ulysses Butterfly eggs and I’ve made heaps of progress. The addition of white glass beads amongst the wire crochet work really work as the butterfly eggs in the leaves.Continue reading “Wire Crocheted Leaf Designs”
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SPUN Fiber Exhibition – Opening Night is October 17
One of my wire & fiber crochet pieces was accepted into the SPUN Fiber Exhibit in New York! It’s great to be included with these other amazing artists! After seeing the creative names they have given their pieces I clearly need to up my name game. “Flower” is just so “meh” when compared to ‘Colors ofContinue reading “SPUN Fiber Exhibition – Opening Night is October 17”
FOUND! – No Longer Seeking Australian Yarn Dyer :)
Are you a reliable, indy yarn dyer in Australia? I am creating a large scale wire & yarn hand-crocheted Tropical Butterfly Garden art installation in Queensland, Australia to be completed in March/April of 2015. To construct this large piece I am seeking a reliable yarn source for specially dyed yarns the colors of various butterflies,Continue reading “FOUND! – No Longer Seeking Australian Yarn Dyer :)”
HoursTracker – Lepidoptera, Algebra & Crochet
According to my HoursTracker App, this past week, I have completed 17 hours 15 minutes of Research & Development and 47 minutes of Marketing. But just what have I accomplished in this time? I’m getting ready to place a big colored-copper wire order and wanted to be sure of the gauges, colors, prices and whichContinue reading “HoursTracker – Lepidoptera, Algebra & Crochet”
Study in Tunisian Crochet
Pulled out my 9″ long, I-sized Tunisian Crochet hook this past week to expand my crochet repertoire. A bit of inexpensive Red Heart Yarn, my Encyclopedia of Crochet by Donna Kooler, and a few YouTube videos and I was set. It turned out to be fairly easy to do and I enjoyed seeing the stitchContinue reading “Study in Tunisian Crochet”
Electric Butterflies Art Installation – Photos: Shiro Oni
Now fully set up inside Kotoriya Studio, Electric Butterflies at Shiro Oni in Gunma, Japan, had its debut during Onishi’s summer festival called Natsu Matsuri. Created during my artist residency here, Electric Butterflies is an art installation exploring the demise & disposal of the electronic personality. It is a technological reclamation art installation project combiningContinue reading “Electric Butterflies Art Installation – Photos: Shiro Oni”
Art Decisions and more Residency Adventures
Photos from my second week of Artist Residency at Shiro Oni Studio: I absolutely love the blue wire & yarn crocheted butterfly I created as a centerpiece for my Electric Butterfly Art Installation however the installation said it wasn’t right. I changed it to one of the bright neon yellow butterflies I created and theContinue reading “Art Decisions and more Residency Adventures”