Private Property Maker: found fencing

Hudson Bay Eggery: Blanket cloth, orbs, wire, 2017

That's the Point #2: Mixed Media, 30.5 x30.5x2.54 cm (12" x 12") 2017

That's the Point #3: Mixed Media, 30.5 x30.5x2.54 cm (12" x 12") 2017

That's the Point #4: Mixed Media, 30.5 x30.5x2.54 cm (12" x 12") 2017

That's the Point #5: Mixed Media, 30.5 x30.5x2.54 cm (12" x 12") 2017

That's the Point #6: Mixed Media, 30.5 x30.5x2.54 cm (12" x 12") 2017

That's the Point #7: Mixed Media, 30.5 x30.5x2.54 cm (12" x 12") 2017

Read Through 8:  Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 1 panel on mat board, 24” x 8,”   

Read Through 10:  Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 1 panel on mat board, wire fencing,  24” x 8”  

Read Through 1: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 3 panels on matboard, 30” x 10” (76.2 x 25.4 cm), 2015

Read Through 1: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 3 panels on matboard, 30” x 10” 

Read Through 3: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 3 panels on matboard, 30” x 10” (76.2 x 25.4 cm), 2015

Read Through 4: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture,  panel on matboard,  30” x 30,” (76.2 x 76.2 cm), 2015

Read Through 5: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 2 panels on matboard, 30” x 10” (76.2 x 25.4 cm), 2015

Read Through 6: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 3 panels on matboard, 30” x 10” (76.2 x 25.4 cm), 2015

Read Through 7: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 2 panels on matboard, 30” x 10” (76.2 x 25.4 cm), 2015

Read Through 9: Screen-printed silk organza over vellum drawing, methylcellulose mixture, 2 panelson matboard, Flashé paint on wire fencing, 30” x 30,” (76.2 x 76.2 cm), 2015

Read Through 9, detail

Marriage Box One, a+b: Dura-lar, freshwater pearl, rebar tie, galvanized steel, copper wires. Handmade fir boxes, artist acrylic paint and varnish), 3” x 7” x 1 1/2” (7.6 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm) Pair: 6” x 7” x 3” (15.2 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm), 2015

Detail, Marriage Box One, b: rebar tie wire, galvanized steel and copper wires. Hand-made fir box, artist acrylic paint and varnish), 3” x 7” x 1 1/2” (7.6 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm), 2015:

Marriage Box Four, a+b: Dura-lar, drawing on vellum, rebar tie, galvanized steel, copper wires, Flashé paint on wire fencing. Hand-made fir boxes, artist acrylic paint and varnish), 3” x 7” x 1 1/2” (7.6 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm) Pair: 6” x 7” x 3” (15.2 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm). 2015

Marriage Box Five, a+b:

 Dura-lar, silver leaf on screen printed silk organza, rebar tie, galvanized steel, copper wires, Flashé paint on wire fencing, Flashé paint on wire fencing, pearl button. Hand-made fir boxes, artist acrylic paint and varnish), 3” x 7” x 1 1/2” (7.6 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm) Pair: 6” x 7” x 3” (15.2 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm). 2015

Marriage Box Five, a+b:  Dura-lar, silver leaf on screen-printed silk organza, Flashé paint on wood dowel, rebar tie, galvanized steel, copper wires, Flashé paint on wire fencing. Hand-made fir boxes, artist acrylic paint and varnish), 3” x 7” x 1 1/2” (7.6 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm) Pair: 6” x 7” x 3” (15.2 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm).

Marriage Box Seven, a+b: Dura-lar, Flashé paint on wire fencing, rebar tie, galvanized steel, copper wires. Hand-made fir boxes, artist acrylic paint and varnish), 3” x 7” x 1 1/2” (7.6 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm) Pair: 6” x 7” x 3” (15.2 x 17.7 x 3.8 cm). 2015

Matrimonial Bed with Shared Galaxy:Coverlet/Mattress: Cotton butter cloth, habotai silk top, tulle batt, ribbon, ‘pearls,’ red poly spider writing backing, hand sewn. Box Spring: Styrofoam support, nylon cover. Spherical ‘legs’: rebar tie wire. 58” x 48” (147 cm x 122 cm), 2015

Matrimonial Bed, detail

Matrimonial Bed, detail - spherical leg

Matrimonial Bed, detail:Coverlet/Mattress: Cotton butter cloth, habotai silk top, tulle batt, ribbon, ‘pearls,’ red poly spider writing backing, hand sewn. 58” x 48” (147 cm x 122 cm), 2015

atrimonial Bed, detail: Coverlet/Mattress: Cotton butter cloth, habotai silk top, tulle batt, ribbon, ‘pearls,’ red poly spider writing backing, hand sewn. 58” x 48” (147 cm x 122 cm), 2015 

Three Galaxies

  Rebar tie wire, white selvedge edge ball.  Large: 14 ½” (37cm) dia., Medium: 10” (26cm) dia.,Small: dia. 6” (15 cm) dia. 2015

Shared Red Thread Galaxy: Rebar tie wire, red knit narrow good, handmade and found springs, fake pearls, 22 ½” (57cm) dia., 2015

Shared Red Thread Galaxy, detail: copper spring, red ribbon

Galaxy 5: Galvanized steel wire, red wire, pearl, 8” (10cm) dia., 2015

Red Thread, Read Through, installation, Langham Gallery, Kaslo, BC

Red Thread, Read Through, installation, Langham Gallery, Kaslo, BC

Wedding Burrow: Shaped burrow, poly voile, filled with worms: cast habotai silk, hand-dyed, 60" x 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"  / 152 x14 x11.5 cm, 2012

Underwritten: Installation. Shrouds in foreground

Underwritten, installation: Shrouds and clouds

Underwritten, installation: Shrouds and clouds on left, Cloud Drawings on right

Underwritten (installation) Cloud Drawings:  Shaped (methylcellulose) cottons and silks buttoned to rag paper (22” x 30”/55.9 x 76.2cm). Paper buttoned up in the back to form cylinders. 12 cylinders on shaped acrylic shelf8 ft (2.4 meters), 2012

Underwritten (installation) Collages: screenprinted monoprints on silk organza, india ink, yupo paper, methyl cellulose, floating on matt board 26" x 20"  (66cm x 51.7cm) Matt board 30" x 24"  (76.2cm x 61cm), 2012

Underwritten (installation)Iconostasis: 17 icons, silk habotai and organza collage and drawings on larch wood in varying shapes and sizes, 2012

Underwritten, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, BC Aug 22-Nov 14, 2015

Ititmats are calendar balls made by women of the Columbia Basin. These were made by me because I could find none in museum collections.

Monotype on glassine, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on glassine, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on silk, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on silk, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on silk, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on flanelette, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on glassine, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 4"x4", 2006

Monotype on glassine, ink, matt board, hand-built fir frame,  artist acrylic paint and varnish, 8" x 12", 2006