fiber arctic inspiration....

...yesterday i sent this piece off to Schmancy in Seattle for the Fiber Arctic show.

i thought it would be nice to share my inspiration, which came from the image below, which is from the exhibition catalogue, The Marvelous Album of Madame B:Being the Handiwork of a Victorian Lady of Considerable Talent. How good is that title!? This image is from a family album- its a hand drawn butterfly with tipped in photographs. I used a luna moth and images of polar bears printed on cotton fabric.

Artist Unknown. Untitled, 1860-80. Mary and Leigh Block Endowment.
via the Art Institute of Chicago

i've always looked toward photography, especially vernacular imagery, very inspiring. i love Victorian memorial works and decorated family albums. one of my favorite books is Forget Me Not by Geoffrey Batchen. He talks about images, combined with tactile objects become memorials, relics and how through these objects we long to remember and be remembered. Most of the images are images in the book come from the George Eastman House (rochester do you miss me?) and the examples are a-ma-zing, really beautiful. You should own this book!

kristen rask, the force behind Schmancy and Plush You has a nice blog and did a short and 

sweet interview with me you can find the blog here and the interview here

finally sharing...

...my pieces from Forget Me Not.

collection of you

book of hours

the opening was great- so nice to see so many people out on a freezing night to see the show! and i was really amazed by all the great work. there were so many people it was hard to photograph, but here are some of the ones i really enjoyed.... bear hug, emily katz

Reflect, Home and Spring by Shannon Rankin
these pierced paper and collage works stood out. really beautiful

these had to be my favorites. Paw prints WRRRRRR....
by Nicole Licht

samski*art in the foreground

lovely work by Diem Chau

twerking it...

today and last night i've done one thing, work on my pieces for Gallery Hanahou's embroidery show, Forget Me Not. The show is an appropriately timed nod to Valentine's Day. I've got three pieces to finish and very little time. so all day i've been stitching up hearts and bees and wreaths of green...

work in progress... , originally uploaded by miniature.rhino.

...i'm so behind on my own work because i've been making these Custom Heart Samplers. This is my first batch and as soon as I finish the pieces for the show I'll work on the second batch. it's been great talking to people for these orders and putting an even more personal touch into my interactions with people on etsy. thats what its all about to me right- i'm just this girl in my bedroom in brooklyn making things that i love and wanting to share that with others. i totally forgot to take a picture of them all done-errr! but i loved seeing all the packages stacked and ready for shipping. what a great feeling...

custom pieces..., originally uploaded by miniature.rhino.

I've decided to keep this listing up in my shop as a regular item, but at the moment I can't take any more custom orders. damn you day job!