Luv-able Hug-able 2008

For this year's Luv-able Hug-able show at Gallery Hanahou in New York I sent an array of monsters and a couple of sculptures including this digital alarm clock. The show opens December 4th. It's going to be awesome, I wish I could be there!!!

Repixx

Repixx is opening tomorrow night at Argyle Fine Art.

Photographer Chr!s Sm!th assigned 15 different artists different band photographs that he'd taken and each artist was asked to make their interpretation.

I was given this photo of Wintersleep. The way Chr!s had photographed sections of each person's body seperately reminded me of the different sections on an insect's body and having just been looking through the framed bugs at a museum, I came up with my idea. The embroidered details on each bug's back are inspired by the Wintersleep's guy's clothing. 

Check out the reviews in this week's Coast

and on Things of Desire 

Plush You 2008

For this year's Plush You show I decided to make a couple of robots and a ray gun. Both of the robots have a little hiding space in their chests. The ray gun is mounted on a canvas board with hooks so that it can still be played with, you never know when a ray gun can come in handy!

Kitchen Scales

Here's a set of vintage kitchen scales inspired by a set that I found at Value Village.

Like the set it's modeled off, the dial at the front spins so that you can adjust the weight.

Hungry monsters

These hungry monsters appear to have eaten some of their smaller friends. It doesn't look like the little guys mind though, I guess it's a pretty comfy hiding place in there!

Trip to Toronto

Yikes, I can't believe I haven't posted anything since May! I blame a very busy summer, a sick computer and moving to a new apartment.

Back in June I took a trip to Toronto and got to see the lovely Alli and her beautiful gallery in the Distillery District. I took along a sewn tape deck, complete with removable tape and when you press the radio tuning knob it activates a radio static noise hidden inside the tape player.

Softies Awards

Yay I won!!!!
Thanks so much to everyone that voted for me.
You can check out the rest of the winners here.

Softies Central Awards

My felt Underwood typewriter is a finalist in the embroidery section of the Softies Central awards.
Please vote for me!!!!!!

The Coast

This was in Thursday's Coast:

Click on the link to read the article.
http://www.thecoast.ca/Articles-i-2008-04-17-151982.113118_Sew_Cool.html#mail

The Pitch of the Stitch Opening

Here are some pictures from Friday's opening at Argyle Fine Art.

My friend Tom enjoying the record player

Musician Joel Plaskett trying out the guitar

Singing with Alicia

Halifax Metro Article

Montgomery

Montgomery is getting really excited for the show opening on Friday!!!!

The Pitch of the Stitch

Here's a sneak peek of my new show opening April 11th at Argyle Fine Art in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I'm busy sewing more pieces so there will be lots more to see. Come to the opening and see the boom box in action!

Radio

Telephone

Boombox

Microphone

Snarves

Introducing snake scarves: Snarves!

Craftster Best of 2007

My embroidered Nintendo made it onto Craftster's Best of 2007 list for Toys, Dolls and Playthings. Yay!

Pre-Shrunk 2007 at Argyle Fine Art

I was really excited to participate in Argyle Fine Art's Pre-Shrunk Show this year. As described on their website: THE EXCITING yearly, fun...PRE-SHRUNK: small works of ART made especially for you by your favorite gallery artists-over 70 artists participating! All priced at $175! Get ready for wonderfulness.....just in time for the gift-giving time of year! A gallery of all the works can be seen in the "Past" section on their website.

I decided to make 3 cameras each with working viewfinders.