Suspended Hearts

Rip/Rap  Ball ... ..   .....   the ripped muslin was reused from a sculptural backdrop which lived in my living room for several years.  When I took it down, I wrapped and coiled it into some marvelous balls ... . then took them apart and started ripping them into strips.  It was great fun wrapping these balls and the backgrounds for the other pieces :  I found the repetitive motion to be a bit like knitting.  We'll see what else comes of my little Christo Rip and Wrap  ..... ...... ....

Ruffled Russian Series / altered playing card

Detail of an assemblage: the central image is an altered card from an old Russian deck - this was layered and quilted with tulle and tucked in the ripped muslin ( which had been recycled from another sculpture) The charm beneath the tulle is a vintage goddess charm.  

Ploughing the Surface

Functional Dictation - I

Assemblage: Vintage pages from dictation book machine quilted and layered with fabric and
ripped paper bag - wrapped with twine over glazed acrylic canvas.

Functional Dictation - II

Assemblage: vintage book pages machine quilted with fabric over acrylic glazed canvas
wrapped with twine. .. .. view large to see wire coiled detail.

Pierrot Etonne

Not really a clown fan .. . . just found this image of a rather amazed Pierrot and found
him enchanting.

Masked Seven

I've done a series of these - they incorporate some of my very favorite elements: black (of course!), gold, tulle, muslin, vintage sheet music, wire and those delightful little dominos.

Frayed Glory ( a work in progress)

Phrenology ... . Expanded & Pierced

This piece started out as a "simple" Artist Trading Card: then it seemed to take on a life of it's own and became a four panel folding card with multiple phrenology images, mohawks and pierced noses ... . . which all wrap together with the attached ribbon. ( Made for Elaine in the great northern woods of Canada .. .)

Queen Elizabeth I - Portrait Group

Indeed, I am having a major Tudor Moment ... . . most recently, Henry and his assemblage of wives and now the Queen-With-The-Wardrobe-I-Most-Covet: Liz One. It's so interesting to see her progression from relatively simple young queen ( lower left coronation portrait) to
tres decked out with those incredible pearls and froufy collars. Truly the roots of Foofaraw .....
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