The Paper Crane

I was think­ing in addi­tion to the myspace pro­file embroi­deries I am cur­rently work­ing on, that maybe I might also embroi­der some ‘missed con­nec­tions’. I think it is a funny idea and really adds another ele­ment to this whole project. I’m inter­ested in com­ment­ing on how we use the internet…

The light was com­ing in through my stu­dio win­dow this morn­ing and cast­ing a beam right on my new embroidery.

I stitched it with sewing thread. I like the details and line qual­ity bet­ter than using embroi­dery floss, it looks more like a drawn line to me.

This week on Fri­day, I will be going back to work at the Jof­frey Bal­let. As I mourn the close of my sum­mer off, I feel that it has been a gift to be able to wake up each day and work in my stu­dio for hours and hours…

This one is an older piece, I made it and sold it two years ago. I posted it just to revisit it. This was dur­ing a phase where I was really into chairs and they showed up in every­thing I made. The alpha­bet was also a sym­bolic ele­ment at the…

My friend Gabe sent me an email recently telling me about these barns he has seen in the south that have quilt pat­terns painted on them. Appar­ently it’s all the rage across the South­ern States. I am very intrigues by this trend and won­der if it is sim­ply for decoration…

A new embroi­dery I started yes­ter­day. It is very much a work in progress. It will be 26“x26” by the time it’s fin­ished, fully cov­ered in stitches and stretched like a can­vas. I decided to start stretch­ing the embroi­deries like a paint­ing, I am find­ing as I exper­i­ment in the…

Today in between writ­ing gallery pro­pos­als and a grant appli­ca­tion, I took some pho­tos in the neigh­bor­hood and also went down to the Hyde Park Art Cen­ter to check out the gal­leries. (Also it’s my lit­tle brother’s Birth­day today, Happy 24th Chad!!!)

Ester RamirezI love her work! http://www.hearthandmadeblog.com/2008/03/essimar-by-ester-ramirez.html

Aron Gent;…

I started work­ing on a new Myspace Pro­file embroi­dery today. It took me all day just to do the pro­file photo, the girl is in a mask and tie. I’ll have much more progress to show very soon. I think my plan for this series is to exhibit them here…

This is an older piece that I just got back from the gallery, Packer Schopf. It is called Papa Joe’s. It’s hand stitched 21″ x 21“It’s about the time I went ot the 8th grade dance and got to hang out with the cool kids at the pizza shop after…