tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65751603029832179802024-02-19T17:00:02.898-05:00Nancy G CookMore about my work.Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-28272371018819047822014-01-31T16:25:00.000-05:002014-01-31T16:26:16.349-05:00Seed Play Exhibition at Maria V. Howell Arts Center Opening Feb 1. I am psyched!<br />
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My solo show at Maria V. Howell opens tomorrow, with a walk through for SAQA members in the afternoon, and an artists' reception on Sunday afternoon. If you are near Rocky Mount NC and want a Super Bowl alternative, this would be a good one.<br />
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The solo show of my nature inspired quilts will be there through May 11, 2014. Hope you will check it out if in the area.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-46462749456631116512013-11-30T20:51:00.002-05:002013-11-30T20:51:32.773-05:00I'm a Cover Girl!Wednesday brought a package in the mail of Patchwork Professional, a German magazine. My piece,<b> Mossy-Cup Oak <i>Quercus Macrocarpus,</i></b> is on the cover. And inside there is a six page article with photos of my quilts. The article is in German, so I don't quite know what it says. My pony class of German taken 50 years ago is way too rusty to be much help. I am absolutely thrilled to be on the cover and the coverage of my work in a well respected international magazine.<br />
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The magazine looks very good with lots of interesting photos of other artists' work and some projects.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-86094419814507705312013-08-27T15:12:00.001-04:002013-08-27T15:14:52.852-04:00Happiness Coming across the Pond - A Package is on the Way!Just got a post from Karen Ruane that she finished the pin pillows that several of us purchased from her and mine is in the post from England. The excitement builds!<br />
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One of the lovelies here is going to be mine.<br />
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Check these out they are exquisite!<br />
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I have been taking some on line work with Karen over the last couple of months and have learned lots! but my work still does not compare. Can't wait to get my hands on one.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-5095911838079158332013-08-11T20:41:00.002-04:002013-08-11T20:42:04.966-04:00Making Weeds - In threads and fabricSpent the afternoon working on creating an overlay of weeds for 3 quilts that I am making for the SAQA Earth Stories exhibition. Using a technique I learned in the Simply Stitch class with Karen Ruane, it is free motion embroidery on the sewing machine using scrim as the base.<br />
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In Karen's class that was not a class according to her, we used white scrim and white threads with bits of lace and delicate prints to create a froth to add to our embroidery work.<br />
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I am adapting the technique to indicate something much more rough and ready -- a weedy over grown area that kills plants who need light.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-35639826975774206182013-08-07T20:42:00.004-04:002013-08-12T11:18:05.266-04:00Where Did My Parsley Go? Late this afternoon, I went to the deck to take some photos of recent embroidery work and noticed that my parsley mainly consisted of stems, few parsley leaves were in view.<br />
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If the deck were not on the second story, I would assume it were the dang blasted %*##?! deer who eat everything to the point that I only try growing plants on our deck.<br />
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Here is what I found.<br />
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Notice the stems in the top of the photo. Once I figured out the dang blasted deer had not climbed up the deck steps to strip my parsley I knew what it had to be: a caterpillar- specifically for the Black Swallowtail butterfly. <br />
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Isn't h/she beautiful? It is nearing maturity when it reaches this color. Love the stripes and the yellow dots are just too much! But the plant is unlike to keep this one going until it is time for it to become a pupa. I am going to buy some parsley tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-56141328669947330762013-07-27T18:39:00.002-04:002013-07-31T17:43:59.479-04:00Adventures in EmbroideryThe past six weeks has seen me stitching in very different ways than usual. I am taking a class that is not a class with Karen Ruane on Contemporary Embroidery. This is one of a series of classes in embellishing fabrics for me. Most recently I created my first fabric book to contain samples of earlier stitching. Some years ago I completed a series of samples of all the ways I could think of using the Fly Stitch and wanted to contain them in a book.<br />
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The opening page. A scattering of fly stitches looking like a feather stitch on top of pink Angelina. <br />
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There is drawn work on the left sample. It has layers of fly stitches with a variety of different thread weights. The page on the right has fly stitches inside fly stitches to create a more solid surface.<br />
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More layers of fly stitches on the left with some purple gilding underneath. A scattering of fly stitches on the right. Pages are bound with bias hand dyed ribbon. <br />
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Left page has layers of fly stitches over fabric appliques. The page on the right has fly stitches and more drawn threads.<br />
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The outside of the book with hand embroidery, beads and a jeweled closer.<br />
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Details of the cover showing running stitches, fly stitches and beads. <br />
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I have a couple more small collections of embroidery samples. I am pulling fabrics for them as well.<br />
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Do you like fabric books? This was my first and I had a lot to learn - and still do.<br />
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A bit of hand stitching marks the body and puts the white dots on the antennae. Love the dots!<br />
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Once I began looking at the butterfly, it is amazing how many different blues there are on it.<br />
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Thanks for reading, and if you have time and inclination, please leave a comment. Comments help me know that I am not talking to myself. <br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-73213704746158879082013-06-04T23:01:00.001-04:002013-06-04T23:15:32.458-04:00My First Attempts at Contemporary EmbroideryAs noted in earlier postings I am enamored with <a href="http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/">Karen Ruane'</a>s work in contemporary embroidery. Having a collection of vintage laces and textiles, and years of experience in embroidery I am trying my hand. Here are photos of my first attempts.<br />
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We are going through our home and getting rid of "stuff". Some of it brings memories of the original lace makers or collectors and seem too precious to simply discard. So finding a way to honor these women of my family seems very special. My thanks to Karen Ruane for the inspiration.<br />
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I am thrilled to be taking a class from her this summer called Simply Stitching.<br />
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Please leave a comment if you have the time and inclination. Really appreciate comments as they help me understand that I am not just talking to myself.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-76563573458319522662013-06-04T14:37:00.003-04:002013-06-04T23:11:11.128-04:00Karen Ruane Contemporary EmbroideryHere is the contact for Karen Ruane Contemporary Embroidery<br />
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It is worth checking out.<br />
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Oops, that was her old blog. Now check this one for more recent work and information.<br />
<a href="http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/">http://karenannruane.typepad.com/karen_ruane/</a><br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-80298239903171885522013-06-03T18:17:00.001-04:002013-06-03T18:17:34.051-04:00A New Fiber Hobby and Getting Hacked is No Fun<br /><br />
Will have photographs on the next blog about my most recent venture into fiber art. I have signed up for an 8-week on line class with Karen Ruane of Contemporary Embroidery called Simply Stitching. Her work is mesmerizing to someone like me who has collected and inherited vintage lace and textiles for decades. She uses these treasures for the foundation of her embroidery and applique work.<br />
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I think I now have a hobby. Since quilting became far more than a hobby, I have not had one. Seems right to have another form of fiber art for a hobby. Now when I need a vacation from creating in the quilt art media, I can turn to contemporary embroidery.<br />
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Well, I have finally gotten my emails back and the contents of my
folders. Did not get back my contacts in my contact lists. Bother!!<br />
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The hand stitching I have been doing of evenings does relax me and takes my mind off of the frustrations of getting everything back up and running again. <br />
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Please leave a comment if you have the time and inclination. Reading your comments helps me know that I am not blathering to myself.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-50227625323660329652013-05-30T12:12:00.000-04:002013-05-30T12:12:07.824-04:00Scam Alert!My email has been hacked. I am not in London desperately needing money from friends far and near to pay my hotel bill. I have changed my email password, now to figure out how to change my google account password as blogspot seems to be hacked as well. Sorry for the inconvenience. Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-62317718438169926392013-05-17T10:06:00.003-04:002013-05-17T10:12:24.964-04:00Saturday - Big Day at Random Arts Saluda NCPacking up the car today with boxes and bins and bags of art supplies to take to the art sale at Random Arts tomorrow. The car will be so filled that it will pull hard going up the mountain to Saluda! Check it out here;<br />
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Putting lots of like items together to make it easier on the shopper.<br />
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I think I have something for every type of artist - painter, sketcher, dyer, collager, quilter - traditional, crazy and contemporary.<br />
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Had fun yesterday with a friend putting together some packages of materials that will be great for collagers, mixed media, quilters, even crazy quilters. Here are some photos of some of those packages. Sorry for the glare they are in 1 gallon containers. Each has some special hand dyed fabrics, assorted related fabrics, embellishments, threads and beads.<br />
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Another friend is coming over today to help me package and price.<br />
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Would love to have your comments. It helps me know that I am not talking to myself. If you have the time, please leave a comment.<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-74302300535890300992013-05-07T15:25:00.002-04:002013-05-07T15:26:42.231-04:00Yum, Yum! Valdese Weavers at Caldwell Arts Council ExhibitionYesterday I wrote about the three downstairs galleries at the Caldwell Arts Center and the exhibition of my art work and Sondra Dorn's artwork. Today I want to explore the fascinating exhibition of fabrics upstairs from the designers at Valdese Weavers.<br />
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Before lots of folks were downstairs I had the opportunity to spend some time upstairs with the exhibition and the designers. It is eye candy for fabric lovers of many persuasions. Around the room were exquisite framed artworks that were weavings, paintings and embroideries and next to each artwork were examples of the contemporary fabrics created based on the artwork as inspiration.<br />
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This is a good example of the antique embroidery work used as inspiration for the hanging contemporary fabric on the right.<br />
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Above is a painting that inspired the fabric to the right.<br />
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The antique silk above has lots of motifs to be used for inspiration. The designers selected one small motif in the border to create the large scale floral fabric used in the dress to the right. The photo shows how the design can be interpreted in contemporary colorways.<br />
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Two of the Valdese Weavers Designers were at the exhibition to discuss the fabrics and their company. It was really interesting to see the commercial aspects of fabric design at the exhibition.<br />
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One of the most fascinating aspects were the books of vintage and antique fabrics on display that the viewers could go through. I would love to spend a few hours with them for inspiration and education.<br />
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Great exhibition. The curators and placers of the art did a great job. If you are anywhere near Lenoir NC during May I highly recommend spending some time on both floors of this delightful arts building.<br />
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<b><i>Please let me know if you find this interesting. Notes from readers help me know that I am not just writing for myself. </i></b><br />
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The curators at the Caldwell Arts Council put together a varied and interesting exhibition that showed a lot of variability in how fabric art is handled today.<br />
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Today I will focus on the great job done by the volunteer "Placers" who decided which pieces of art went where. And tomorrow I will focus on one of the exhibitors -- the Valdese Weavers Designers.<br />
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The Caldwell Arts Council has a very active group of board members and volunteers who work to produce top notch exhibitions for the community. In the downstairs there are three galleries, and two artists - Sondra Dorn and I - were in those galleries.<br />
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While Sondra works with fabric, her collage style and processes could not be more different from mine. She uses a lot of surface design techniques combined with applique and stitching to create her collages, many of which are also treated with acrylic medium. Her abstract work referencing natural objects is very appealing.<br />
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The curators were quite courageous to choose these two very disparate art forms into one exhibition. Their courage was borne out well with very careful selections of which art would be combined in each room and on each wall. </div>
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The top photo shows four pieces of Sondra Dorn's work and one piece of my work, <i>Mimosa Dancing</i>, in the center. I think the placers really brought together work that relates well. The photo above has another wall with both our artworks - Dorn's art are the four pieces to the left - and
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One gallery had primarily Dorn's art and another had primarily my art. I took several photos of walls featuring groups of my work. Love the way <i>Winter Fruit</i> looks between <i>Teasel Morning</i> and <i>Teasel Twilight.</i> </div>
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The photo below is another wall. I love the way Mossy Cup Oak looks over a fireplace. <br />
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I was impressed with what a great job the placers did in selecting work to go together when sizes differed and styles of art differed dramatically. Overall a really great exhibition. <br />
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The Lenoir Woman's Club hosted the reception for the opening, and a
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Hope you have enjoyed a peak at this exhibition.<br />
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Tomorrow I will cover the fascinating exhibition by the Valdese Weavers Designers that was in the large gallery on the second floor.<br />
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Yesterday we delivered over twenty pieces of art to the Caldwell Arts Council in Lenoir NC that is in the foot hills of the mountains.<br />
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I took some photos of the building to share.<br />
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Love the wrap around porch. Note the colorful panels between the second floor windows. Note also the pig on the roof peak and the colorful sculptures on the right lawn. <br />
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Each colorful panel has the logo that conveys arts with boldness and charm!<br />
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These larger than life size musicians greet the visitor the Caldwell Arts Council.<br />
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A real first for me is an outside sign announcing the exhibition.<br />
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To further demonstrate the community support of the arts, the Lenoir Women's Club hosts the artist reception. <br />
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<b>Really looking forward to the opening. Hope you can come by if you are in the area. </b><br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-19389889264451066072013-04-18T20:14:00.002-04:002013-04-18T20:14:36.405-04:00Be Still My HeartI love Spring! The flowers, the warm spring breezes, the bird songs....<br />
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This was the first pot of daffodils to bloom. They are Tete a Tetes. They were our second daffodil to bloom. The first was a hillside of February Gold. This winter lingered so they began blooming late February and hit their stride in March.Some years they bloom in January and are gone by February. They are good for our wooded garden as they bloom out and harden off before leaves come out and shade them. so they can set buds in their bulbs for next year. <br />
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Last year my husband brought all our various pots up to the front of the house and planted some gorgeous pansies in them. They lasted less than 48 hours -- deer dessert.<br />
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Remembering that almost nothing eats daffodils, I planted the pots with a variety of daffodils last fall and we have been enjoying them for about a month.<br />
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I would love to have some venison, my very favorite meat. Low in fat and cholesterol so very heart friendly. Venison on the hoof in our garden, and not a hunter in the family. <br />
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These lovelies are my favorite wild flower. They are called spring ephemerals because they will die back during the summer. They bloomed a bit after the Tete a Tetes but February Gold. </div>
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In this photo on a hillside going to the creek at the bottom of our garden, you can see two colors of wood hyacinths, some old Lenten Roses (helebores) and a little bit of Epimedium roseum. <br />
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I have been out in the garden taking photos for inspiration for quilts. I don't do flowers, as everyone else does, but I have some super lovely buds and seed pods to use.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-5877368390098549592013-04-14T15:42:00.000-04:002013-04-14T15:42:15.723-04:00Art for ArtLast week I picked up my artwork at the NC Arboretum minus one piece.<br />
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<b>Southern Hospitality</b> sold! It is always lovely when someone responds to my work with enough commitment they want to take it to live with them. And when they chose a favorite, it is even better.<br />
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This piece traveled to Britain, France, NY NY, CA and Atlanta. It is better traveled than I am.<br />
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One of the traditions I started is that when I sell a full size piece of art, i buy art from another artist - either directly or in a gallery. This time I fell in love with jewelry by Michael Michaud for Silver Seasons. It is inspired by the vivid purple bean of the lablab purpureus, known at the Purple Hyacinth - a vine.<br />
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The beans are purple hand cast glass supported by patinaed bronze.Wearing a seed form really appeals to me. Love the shapes and the color (not showing well in my photo) is great.<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-89813338808525298452013-04-04T15:21:00.002-04:002013-04-04T15:21:30.531-04:00SAQA Benefit Auction Donation for 2013<b>Onions Galore</b> will be my donation for the SAQA Benefit Auction this year. It is from a small watercolor made a couple of years ago. It was really fun to turn this little piece into a 12" x 12" quilt.<br />
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This auction raises money for SAQA to support a number of art quilt exhibitions around the world each year. Last year over $60,000 was raised by selling these little quilts. They are sold in a reverse auction starting at $750. Each year there are quilts sold by artists who get more than that for their small work. The final amount is $75. Artists donate hoping their work will sell for a goodly amount. <br />
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Many wonderful quilts are donated each year, and I think they get better and better each year. Some are already up on the SAQA website and this year looks better yet. <br />
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Here is Onions Galore. Hope the hand stitching of the stem and the roots shows up well.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-57600757066562072272013-04-01T21:45:00.001-04:002013-04-01T21:45:06.532-04:00Suzanne Golden Presents - A Book of BeadersReceived a fascinating book on beading artists called <b>Suzanne Golden Presents Interviews with 36 Artists Who Innovate with Beads.</b> While some of the artists do a variety of jewelry, the art of other artists in the book would be classified more as sculpture. Even the jewelry is art and highly sculptural. <br />
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The cover of the book gives a tip of the iceberg on the variety and exceptional artists and their work.<br />
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Several artists stand out for me. I was not familiar with Betsy Youngquist's art. She uses porcelain doll heads and beads to create her humorous and slightly menacing sculptures.They are most intriguing. Kay Dolezal creates both pieces for political commentary like <b>Prayer Run #1</b> and some for her own fun like <b>Bubble Wrap- Unpopped.</b> This last piece looks like a roll of bubble wrap for wrapping something precious instead of being precious. Marina Dempster creates some of the most imaginative shoes I have ever seen using beads and other other a variety of other items, like feathers, antique false teeth, fur, thorns, antlers and others. <br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-19928677230795759502013-03-27T11:00:00.001-04:002013-03-27T11:00:28.660-04:00SAQA Donation Quilt UnderwayFor the last several years I have participated in the SAQA art quilt auction by donating a piece of my work. They are all 12' x 12" and the finished pieces are posted on the SAQA website. Each year they raise more money to help SAQA with exhibitions featuring art quilts from around the world. Last year they raised over $50,000. It is one of the few places I am willing to donate my art. Other places get other stuff or money when I have it. <br />
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This year I am basing the piece on one of my watercolor sketches. Let me know what you think of it.<br />
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I found the color variations in these onions to be quite intriguing. And If I had drawn from memory, I would not have put the lateral lines in, but they are there. The shape of the two was different, one flatter and one more rounded.<br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-3004064580169920392013-03-22T17:21:00.000-04:002013-03-22T17:21:09.609-04:00Be Still My Heart - A New BookI am delighted to be a recipient of Martha Sielmans' newest book by Lark Crafts:<b> Art Quilt Portfolio: People and Portraits. </b>I had been reading about the book for about a week, but a copy came today that is beautiful. <br />
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I have just thumbed through it so far, and it has a similar format to the one she did on <b>Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World</b>. The book is divided into seven chapters, for example: Happiness, Contemplation, Community. In each chapter, she has in depth interviews with three artists whose work illustrate the chapter titles and a gallery of additional artwork. Some of the artwork is highly realistic, some is whimsical and all are well grounded in art. <br />
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Sielman has selected some of my favorite artists working with the human form in many different styles. Techniques and materials are given for each of the beautiful pieces. While I love photos of lovely quilts, I find that books with artist interviews are far more interesting in the long run as there is always something to learn about each of the artists. <br />
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The photography inf the book, and the look and feel of the book are wonderful. I really look forward to reading it cover to cover. Sielman and Lark Craft are to be congratulated on the second book in the series. It stands up well to the standard set by her earlier book. <br />
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If you are interested in art, art of the quilt, or art of the human form, you will enjoy this book. <br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-64983528087005554162013-02-18T18:20:00.003-05:002013-02-18T18:20:44.090-05:00Great Backyard Bird CountI took part this weekend in the Great Backyard Bird Count. giving me a great excuse to sit in the kitchen with binoculars and watch the birds coming to the feeder and the side yard over the creek.<br />
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TNC works closely with local groups to educate and involve the groups in a long term sustainable plan for a critical environment. In North Carolina they are working with state and county groups, the US Amy and a number of industrial giants in the state to preserve and restore natural habitats that have been selected as critical.<br />
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I contacted TNC and discussed what project they have that they would like to see more widely understood and supported. They told me of the work they are doing with controlled burns in the coastal areas and the mountain areas. Often these controlled burns are around bogs where underbrush is crowding out endangered plants or changing the habitat so that endangered animals cannot survive.<br />
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I selected three diverse species to focus on: the NC indigenous Venus Flytrap that needs open areas for the seedlings to sprout and grow, the yellow fringed orchid that needs less competition from shrubs and grasses in order to grow in boggy areas, and the Red Cockaded Woodpecker that needs mature long leaf and lob lolly pines trees to nest in and the trees need open areas and fire to germinate and survive.<br />
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I am excited to see that this selection gives me some repetitive pattern and lines to design with and can be made harmonious with color choices.<br />
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Here is my first color sketch of the Venus Flytrap.<br />
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These colors are not particularly exaggerated. Love the inside colors of the spiny leaves that are designed to capture flies. The top two leaves to the left show the trigger hairs that release the capture mechanism that holds the fly while the plant digests it.<br />
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Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-30068109557474509162013-01-12T19:48:00.000-05:002013-01-12T19:48:44.579-05:00Seeds Up Close Exhibition at NC Arboretum Asheville NCThe drive to Asheville was sunny, cool, cloudy, and rainy. Every few miles to the Arboretum brought a different weather. We were met at the door by Tracy and her volunteer assistant, Vanessa.<br />
The galleries are at each entrance to the second floor of the Education Center. <b>Mossy Cup Oak</b> and six other pieces are at the head of the stairs. <br />
More information is at the Arboretum website: <a href="http://www.ncarboretum.org/exhibits/current/nancy-g-cook/">http://www.ncarboretum.org/exhibits/current/nancy-g-cook/</a><br />
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I love the Arboretum and wish it were closer for more frequent visits. They have beautiful architecture, well designed gardens and great education materials even in the design of the buildings. There is really wonderful nature-inspired art on display all the time, both indoors and out.<br />
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If you are in the neighborhood of Asheville NC between now and April 7, check it out and please let me know what you think of it. <br />
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I created some framed small works for the gift shop and hope their visitors like them. One is <b>Turkey Feastings</b> similar to my 2012 SAQA donation. The other is <b>Pine Needles 3. </b><br />
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My husband does my framing and does a lovely job designed to show each piece off really well. Turkey Feastings shows what his work does for my work.<br />
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<b>Pine Needles 3</b> is in a rectangular frame, not shown well in the skewed photo above. The frame is really lovely but my photography is not!<br />
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Here are a couple of informal photos of the installation in progress. Lovely posters are under construction to tell people about the works in the exhibition. Great graphic arts used. These photos are before lighting and labels are set up. <br />
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<br />Nancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025141996936933302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6575160302983217980.post-71847304776392353212013-01-02T15:15:00.002-05:002013-01-02T15:19:04.795-05:002012 AccomplishmentsI have been a member of a Creative Biz group for many years. Each week we share 5 goals for the week and 4 accomplishments for the last week. At the end of the year we summarize our accomplishments and stop to look forward. We find that keeping track of what we are getting accomplished provides energy for doing more and not getting bogged down and focused on our shortcomings. <br />
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Lisa Call has shared her list of 100 accomplishments for 2012. I gain courage from her sharing to do the same with you.<br />
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Here is what I will share this year. Do you keep track of your accomplishments? Would love to know what you accomplished. <br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NCBG solo exhibition</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MoNA ReCOLLections
exhibition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eat Your
Art Out – Fund raiser for Packard Place Gallery</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NCBG solo
exhibition</span></div>
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Natural World</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Mockingbirds Larder</b>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seasonal
Palette: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winter Robins’ Feast </b>(traveling
exhibition through 2014)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAQA: Earth Works</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> (traveling exhibition 2014-17)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NC
Arboretum exhibition: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arranged
solo exhibition at Maria Howard for 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contract with
Caldwell County Arts Centre for 2 person show in May 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
Stitches article </span></div>
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Round Robin on In Stitches article</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article for SAQA journal </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #92d050;"></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NCBG exhibition
reviewed on blog</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAQA
featured artist for April</span></div>
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Portfolio 19</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Seasonal Palette: Winter Robins Feast</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> journal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
published in SAQA on line magazine</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sales; Donations</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Southern Heritage </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">sold for Duke Cancer Center</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sold 2
small <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pieces at NCBG exhibition</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sold 2 large
pieces - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">After the Frost</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Late Summer Dawn </b>for Levine Cancer
Center</span></div>
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Sold 5 quilts<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">- Beauty of a Berry</b>,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pine</b> quilts: 4 coordinated 12 x 12s,
2 coordinated 4x4s</div>
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Sold <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Delectable Blues</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Donated <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">September Song</b> to UUCC</span></div>
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Donated <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Squirrel Food </b>to
SAQA Auction</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Commission
for 12 x 12 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pine Cone </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Commission
for first clerical stole</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Artwork completed </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finished <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Winter Robins’ Feast </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Created 3
pairs of earrings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finished
SAQA donation quilt - <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Squirrel Food</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Completed Migratory Paths North, and sent with new name: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pathways Home</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
6 pieces and framed them (pine pieces from doing the commission on Pine.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Turkey Feastings</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Delectable Blues</b> </span></div>
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10 quilted gifts</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Preparation work for new art work</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Created 12
sketches for new work</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
watercolors exercises in journal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ordered
colored pencils for drawing and practicing botanical illustration</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Began
research on Nature Conservancy projects, developed project plan along with
timeline for <b>Earth Works</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Designed
stole; selected fabrics</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gave hand embroidery workshop </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marketing </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
watermarks for web images</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SDA/SAQA conference got couple of leads</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> for art consultants doing work
in health care industry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gallery
tours of Fiber Philadelphia – one gallery owner receptive<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;"></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Created proposal for workshop for hospital employees</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bascom Center for the Visual Arts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
update of website including new emphasis on commissions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Linked
sign up for Mail-chimp newsletter to Website</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contacted
Cabarrus Arts Council; sent submission package </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5 pieces
photographed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contacted
Gift Shop Director at DSBG about small work, cards</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wrote
buyer of my SAQA quilt donation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2
proposals created and sent in on 4/6 for doing DVDs for Interweave publishers –
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Professional Development</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Museum of
Modern Art in Raleigh</span></div>
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Art Centre (Maria V Howard) in Rocky Mount to see Handmade Exhibition</span></div>
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Hill – saw Ellen Kochansky exhibition</span></div>
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exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art</span></div>
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Fryar garden</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Attended
Christina Cordova presentation</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nasher
Museum to see Calder exhibition – fabulous</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maria V.
Howard Galleries to see current exhibitions – assemblages – terrific</span></div>
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Museum of Art – pitiful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NC Museum
of Art to see El Asante (?) – fabulous</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JC
Raulson Arboretum and found several great specimens for future work</span></div>
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exhibits at Mint</span></div>
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Museum, Aquarium, botanical Gardens – lots of inspiration</span></div>
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design book </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Worked
exercises with Botanical Illustration books<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Experimented
with new pencil sharpeners; determined sequence for sharpening</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Created
color pencil charts and Color exercises with pencils </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Read 4 botanical
illustration books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Took 2
day workshop in inspirations from maps</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
3 day workshop on creating 3D fiber objects</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Completed
day long FAO surface design workshop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Watercolor
and sketching Workshop at Random Arts with Jane LaFazio</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Attended 3
Creative Capital training sessions on marketing at ASC Board Room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Updated
Portfolio and presented to Heather at Red Sky gallery for feedback</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Attended
SAQA/SDA conference-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Goals – meet
people; focus on getting health care sales/commissions; gallery shows</span>- </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Attended
IQA – dinner on working with art consultants; made contacts;
walks through of my work; helped with sales of books with my artwork
autographed books, made contacts, had a ball</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Working effectiveness</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Created
small works as created commissions, donations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tried out
blocking table for larger work</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Organized
photo files </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Purchased
display equipment </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Worked
out agreement for use of clerical stole pattern</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wrote up
commission contract and submitted it to client</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Determined
to not<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>participate as vendor at
Random Arts art sale this time, make prep for next spring’s sale</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Miscellaneous Business</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pulled
Healthcare Linked In group information</span></div>
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Completed recommendation for Guggenheim Fellowship for Artists </div>
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Researched information on the contact for putting my images on tiles,
etc. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Selected
photographer for quilt</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Home</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Drawers
in bedroom, bathrooms, living room cleaned out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Began
plans/actions for DE-acquisitioning of household goods</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cleaned
out 2 stuffed bookcases – donated books, clothing, house wares</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Worked through 5 boxes in garage; Cleaned 2
shelves in studio</span></div>
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Signed up for new prescription coverage</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Personal<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Advocated
for arts in NC and in US Congress</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cleaned
out @7000 emails</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Began PT
for knee</span></div>
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