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Friday, January 30, 2015

Blurs and WIPs

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Feeling frazzled by work in the salt mines and balancing it all with my creative life. Boring refrain of many of poor chump, I know.   P...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Quick, 80s-themed Seven for the Pi Day Project

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The good folks of Vancouver, WA, are organizing a little textile art celebration for Pi Day this year, March 14, 2015. The little nerd that...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Moonlet and String Diamonds

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Finished two new pieces for an art fundraiser at the Compass Center for Women and Families in Chapel Hill. Moonlet, 2015. Watercolor, h...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

First Scenes, 2015

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WIPs and starts of early 2015. Mostly mute. Getting back into the early morning strength training, corporate salt mines day job and attemp...
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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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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