It’s been almost 7 months since my husband and I said goodbye to North Carolina and moved to Bradenton, Florida. As an artist, it meant leaving the comfort zone of a beloved art organization where I not only worked as a staff member, but where I was also able to teach my reuse art technique and exhibit my art on a[…]
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On April 10, I taught a fabric mosaic class at The Scrap Exchange. Fabric mosaics are one of my favorite forms of creative reuse of scrap fabric. It was a VERY ambitious class. I had originally planned to teach the students the technique for both the geometric fabric mosaics and the pictorial fabric mosaics in just three hours. Wishful thinking! As[…]
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Preparing for any show or exhibit is always a little nerve-wracking. Right now I am in the middle of preparing artwork for ReuseConex, the first national conference highlighting the reuse industry. (You can still register to attend!) I don’t have much time to write blog posts or much else this week, but I did take a few pictures of art[…]
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Editor’s note: This blog post was updated on 9/21/15 to reflect a change in address. When I am not creating art, there is no other place I would rather be than The Scrap Exchange. This amazing creative reuse center is now located at 2050 Chapel Hill Rd. in Durham, NC. I started volunteering 5 years ago, and now am proud[…]
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