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Craft Design working and processJune 15, 2022

Upcycled Landscape: Hawai’i ‘Akepa Bird

My fascination with colorful birds and the habitats where they reside became an interest of mine circa 2016ish when I started placing various types of suet bird feeders outdoors around my yard. Reading books and doing research on birds I saw while travelling also further fueled my obsession with these magnificent species. Discussions with close…

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Craft working and processDecember 6, 2018

Reimagining a Gemstone: Both Virtual and Real

Quirky humor — that’s often how others interpret my newest Upcycled body of work. Originally when I was told this about a different piece in an informal critique years ago, I was naturally taken aback. I thought that if work was to be deemed humorous, no one would take it seriously. Jump to current times…

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Art Criticism contemporary artNovember 9, 2017November 11, 2017

“A Laugh, A Smirk, or a Snicker” Exhibit Opens Tonight in Tucson, AZ

This evening at 5PM Mountain time, the Florence Quater Gallery at the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) hosts a gallery opening reception for “A Laugh, A Smirk or a Snicker” – a curated art exhibit about humor in art. Thirteen artists from across the United States were selected by an interdisciplinary panel of jurors…

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contemporary art Craft working and processApril 6, 2017

Instagram killed the blogging star… well, not yet.

Instagram, the social media photo-sharing app, is where I’m posting all of my studio work quite in-depth lately. My new Upcycled Brooch No. 1 and its Adobe Illustrator drawings occupy at least six of my last Instagram posts. While I am far from any kind of “blogging star” – I can’t help but make a…

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contemporary art Craft working and processSeptember 12, 2016January 11, 2017

New Upcycled Artworks: a Peak Inside my Studio

Ever since I began metalsmithing and making artwork, I’ve enjoyed spending every summer experimenting in my studio with new materials or ideas. As with other artists who share via the Instagram app what we are creating in our studios, I post work-in-progress shots of my latest pieces regularly. Of my summer experiments, the upcycled materials that…

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contemporary art Craft working and processJuly 21, 2015September 27, 2015

Cameo Relief of Woman Holding Her Hair

For nearly eight years, I’ve broken up my studio work days by enjoying healthy vegetarian soups at lunch. One afternoon I realized that these pre-packaged containers holding the soup ingredients are so sturdy and well-made to survive the hot temps of the microwave; its fibrous housing appears so pristine in its ivory, “sheet-like” material. After…

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