Love Letters

"Love Letters" is an exhibition opening at Modified Arts in Phoenix, Arizona Friday January 16th. The show is curated by a dear friend of mine and consists of artworks inspired by the alphabet. The letter given to me to work with was "M". I wanted to do something a little bit whimsical and very valentiney. So this is my "Martha Stewart Love Cake Pillow." I love Martha. And I dedicate this Valentine to her! It's made with felt, beads, thread, fiber fill, yarn and paper. If you are in the area, please stop by Modified and check out the exhibition! It runs until Sunday, February 15th. The opening is this Third Friday and if you don't get a chance to get out then, be sure to stop by on First Friday, February 6th!

A New Piece, Finished!

I am so happy to have finished this piece! I started it a while ago, as you can see in the older posts, and had only gotten the white beads around the sponge. Now I have finished beading the top of the sponge and also attached the bead covered pom poms. So I have met my goal in finishing two pieces over the winter break... and I still have a few weeks left, so more work is to be done! This little sponge cake is "Cake Antoinette" I titled it after Marie Antoinette, as she was my inspiration for this piece specifically. I like to think of adornment and extravagance when making my pieces. Marie Antoinette was quite extravagant and I think if this little cake was real, perhaps it would have graced one of her china cake plates in her parlor. Perhaps.