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December 6th, 2013
First time ever at City Beads in Chicago!! . . . a one day technique-oriented workshop about beading on leather.  Patterning, stitching, piercing, rivet setting . . . everything you need to know to create unique jewelry by combining leather working with fine beadwork.  I think it went well :)

New work . . . "Peep Show" Corsets made from shantung silk, coutille, spiral steel, lace grommets and ribbon, then adorned with elaborately beaded panels.  Finally! . . . a way to combine my historical costume skills with my love of beadwork.

The new book is now available at Blurb.com: http://www.blurb.com/b/4260295-outside-the-box

It's not a project book.  Better yet, it's a book about creativity and inspiration; about where my ideas come from and how I apply these inspirations.  It has valuable information about how to evolve your own creativity as well as technical information about working with unconventional objects.  Interspersed amongst the text and throughout a 75 page gallery are over 100 images of my work over the past 14 years.

New Book!

It's a-coming!  Final proofs came this week, so after a few more tweaks, I'll have my new book up and ready for purchase.  It will be available in soft cover, hard cover w/book jacket and hard cover w/image wrap through Blurb.com.  Details will follow and the official announcement will come once it's been made public. 

In my humble opinion . . . the best one yet!

My wee creature in a tiny turtle parade!

November 2nd thru 4th 2012:  Bead Art Show Yokohama

"Elephant Trunk Park," Osambashi Pier, Yokohama

View from Osambashi Pier

Now that's a proper dinner.

 

Chiho (my interpreter) and me after class Sunday.

November 5th:  Arrived in Kobe this afternoon after traveling by Shinkansen from Yokohama.

Port of Kobe Tower

China Town Gate in Kobe

There is nothing more joyous than the arrival of new eyes at the studio!

There is something undeniably magic about window seats . . . .

Nothing better than a little old fashioned Victorian corsetry.  Picked up the old needle and thread and fired up the old sewing machine and ready to revisit my roots in historical costume. 

Project #1: 24 boned corset patterned from a Victorian original.  It fits.  And actually - it ain't that uncomfortable either.

Home!

Back home now after three amazing weeks!  Thank you to Lynn and Kevin and all at Stitch'N'Craft and to all my amazing students over the past two weeks!!  Here are a couple UK photos . . Gold Hill in Shaftesbury (above), and the creatures of Stourhead below . . .

Safe and sound in the motherland.  Pouring rain and 70mph winds.  Welcome to Wales!

Paris, days 2, 3 & 4

Ok, so I've been a little negligent about my posting - but when you see everywhere I've been you'll see why . . .

 Arc de Triomphe.  I climbed 286 steps for that view!

Entrance to Versailles

Hall of Mirrors

Home of the Sun King

Versailles was so crowed that mostly I got photos of ceilings!

The Gardens at Versailles

Mastering the Metro

The Rodin Museum

Hmmmm . . .

Rodin Museum Gardens

Napoleon's Tomb

Napoleon's tomb

Napoleon's tomb

10:00pm at the Eiffel Tower

Entrance to the Catacombs

Catacombs

Sculpture by Decure (Catacombs)

Catacombs

Luxembourg Gardens

Luxembourg Gardens

And all this doesn't include photos of the museum d'Orsay, riding on the Batobus, and shopping in the bead& trim district! Not to mention drinking lots of wine and eating lots and lots of chocolate & cheese! I think I love Paris. . .