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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Kwik-E Bliss. Pleasure in seconds.

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Some pleasure is in the waiting. Not Kwik-E Bliss. Kwik-E Bliss., 2014 Mixed media and hand embroidery. This is the bliss of getting ...
Friday, December 26, 2014

String Box 4, for my brother and his beautiful family

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String Box 4, 2014. Watercolor and hand embroidery. I know I'm a little obsessed with these String Boxes . I can't believe th...
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Now Showing - Threads of War

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By crazy coincidence, a portion of the Denmark-based collaborative art project in which I participated, In a War Someone has to Die , is cur...
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Another Fake Library Card, mofos!

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Edgy little Kat di Natale always knew that the rest of us would eventually recognize the genius of her "mofo" critique of early 2...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Naïve? Clueless? Arrogant?

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Naïve? Clueless? Arrogant? WIP: 11/5/14. More than halfway done. I’m not sure which quality is the most responsible for me taking on...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

A second eye emerges

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Well, an eye brow , anyway... WIP: Spanish Eyes, Oct. 15,2014. And here is a money shot! Making Xs. Moving at the speed of slot...
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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Saint Kewpie, redux

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I wasn't happy with the first version of the Street Virgins of Brooklyn make believe library catalog card, so I made a second version. ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

In a War... again (exhibition)

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Back in 2012, I contributed to a collaborative, stitched art project call In a War Someone Has to Die , created by Danish artist Hanne Bang....
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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Biblical Yard Waste

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Street Virgins of Brooklyn is a collection of photos and haiku by poet and Russian translator Kevin Kinsella . Kinsella wanders the streets ...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Progress on my big, speckled forehead

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Another 50 x 50 stitch section done! And this one only took me weeks. Where I am, 9/13/14. I have several thousand more stitches to g...
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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Accidental Bestiality (Or, Sexual amnesia and Cold War vixens)

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Here is my latest stitched, card catalog card for a made-up book.  It's a 1951, torrid little page turner called "She Roared: True ...
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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Flaming Desire (still)

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A few years ago, I was obsessed with stitching hazard signs, both real and imaginary. For some reason, the international warning symbol for...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Half Mad: Another 50 x 50 Stitches

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Now I can see out of one eye, at least. Another square(ish) completed on my Spanish eyes. This project is insane. Truly insane. What...
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

The Mirror of My Right Eye (Coming into Focus)

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Last weekend, I drove up to visit my old friend Keefie in the rolling, green Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I did not bring any painting or ...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Summer Sticks, Take 1

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A tiny piece I finished today that I'm calling Summer Sticks. Summer Sticks. Watercolor, solvent ink  and pearle cotton hand embroid...
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olisa
Durham, NC, United States
I’m a Durham-based stitch artist & blogger, with a focus on text, self-portraiture & texture. I embroider, sketch, paint and experiment. This blog is a place to share my creative exploration of my world. You can also find my monthly column, Inspired to Stitch, on Mr X Stitch. Other passions: Travel, baseball, stories & cooking. I’m Nuyorican and my dial is turned to 11! Thanks for stopping by. Leave me a comment, mijos.
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