Decorative Molding

I printed 36 feet of decorative molding for the bottom of the rooms.

Leroy's Cabinet

Long Arm Sewing

Today I went to Twin Oaks Longarm Machine Quilting in Levittown and learned about the longarm sewing process from master quilter, Diana Leslie. She will be helping me quilt four of my background repeat patterns into quilts up to 11 x 9 feet for my upcoming exhibition at Paradigm Gallery.

This opportunity was made possible by the UArts Continuing Education Faculty Enrichment grant.

Leroy's China Cabinet Process Photos

Towel Rack

Today I added a towel rack for the bathroom installation.

Toilet

This is a combination of both Peggy and Frank's toilet, which were both blue. I printed these on a few different types of fabric and paper.

Kitchen Repeat

Recently finished the daisy repeat pattern for the kitchen. I now have three of these 5' x 10' panels to be quilted into a 9 x 9 foot background.

Kitchen Repeat daisy pattern

I have been printing more repeat patterns onto fabric for the wallpaper panels of rooms. This daisy pattern will be for the kitchen and is inspired by Peggy's wallpaper. I have screenprinted three panels that are 5 feet by 10 feet, although the final quilt size will be 9 by 10 feet.

Softer Edges installation

This morning I wheatpasted screenprinted wallpaper and hung stuffed pieces in Fleisher's Gallery for the exhibition Softer Edges: Fiber Artists in the Urban Environment. The exhibition opens March 30 and will run through April. The reception is Friday April 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Featured artists include Natalya Aikens, Brenna Murphy, Jennifer Hunold and more.

Fern Repeat

Sam and I worked on Peggy's dining room wallpaper, which is a random repeat pattern of large fern drawings I made. We worked on three 12' x 5' panels on the UArt Fibers pronting tables and I will finish the printing back at my studio.

Leroy's Wallpaper Repeat

We finally finished Leroy's wallpaper repeat on 200 square feet of fabric (four 5' x 20' panels). The fabric will be quilted and then used as the background for the living room in the airport installation.

Piano and Ceiling Fan

Frank's stuffed piano and fan are almost complete. They will be featured in the group exhibition, Softer Edges, curated by Marie Eclin at Fleisher for Fiber Philadelphia in April.

Peggy's Clock

Peggy had a gold clock from the early 1960s that hung in her kitchen. She remembers when she was five her Dad took her and her cousins out for ice cream and they were out until 2:00 a.m. Her father pointed to this clock and told her it was the latest she had ever been up. As she grew older she would join her whole family who would often stay up until at least 3:00 a.m. every night.

Two layer screenprint on paper and fabric, 13.5 inches in diameter.

Kim's Teapot and Creamer

Just finished printing Kim's teapot and creamer on paper and fabric. Kim still has these two pieces of china that her grandfather purchased in Japan during WWII. Kim's sister had broken many of them and was going to throw the whole set away, but Kim saved these two pieces before they went in the trash.

Piano

I printed the keys for fabric pianos today to be sewn and stuffed. This is Frank's piano, which he used to have lessons on when he was a child. His father was a duop singer for a band called the Vespars and encouraged Frank's musical pursuits.

Sewing

I've been sewing all of the pieces for the airport exhibition in preparation for a trapunto get-together on Thursday evening at my studio.

Frank's English Teapot and cup

Printed on paper and fabric.

Print Center sneak peeks

To Scale exhibition opens Thursday September 8, 5:30 - 7:30 PM at the Print Center.

Piano positive