For a range of artwork in a different part of our state on Saturday September 26th and Sunday September 27th 2009 from 11am to 5pm visit for more information.
Archive for August, 2009
Lowell open studios
Monday, August 31st, 2009Staying botanical
Monday, August 31st, 2009Layers of knit copper and brass wire petals, assorted beads, leaves, form another no wilt corsage suspended on a 20 inch knit copper tube “chain”. The closure is magnetic. Flower and leaves measure 5.5 inches at their widest axis.
e_card for upcoming ATW show
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Visiting Cambridge late September or during October? Cambridge Artists’Cooperative (CAC) is an award winning artist-owned and operated 3 level gallery of fine American craft that showcases the work of over 250 artists from all over the USA. Established in 1989, its original mission was and remains to create an outlet for quality handmade crafts, promote an appreciation of such items, provide an opportunity for artists working in different media to interact, and serve as a venue for marketing their work. Come visit: 59A Church Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA.
A note of thanks
Sunday, August 9th, 2009Want to take a moment to thank the individuals involved in curating, installing and staffing the ALL gallery show, who worked so hard on making the artist opening such a successful event, the friends who dropped by providing support, and the many members of the Lowell community, who with warmth and generosity greeted, shared, and conversed with this “out of towner”.
The fabrication of Imagination August 1-30, 2009
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Gris-Gris
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
I recall as a textile student doing research cross cultural references in fibers, the image of a horse blanket literally covered with gris gris obtained by its owner from the local shamans in the course of his travels to insure protection on his life journeys. Over time gris gris have been dolls or images of the gods, small cloth bags containing herbs, oils, stones, small bones, hair and nails, bits of written spells, pieces of cloth soaked with perspiration and/or other personal items gathered under the directions of a god for the protection of the owner. In Voodoo, gris-gris are charms or talismans which are kept for good luck or to ward off evil. Here is my personal interpretation. This amulet bag measures 10 inches long, approximately 5 inches wide, the cord 28 inches long.
