sibylle peretti

growing magnolias, 2009, mixed media on glass, 15x15, silent children series, 200-2010, mixed media on glass, 12x12x1, under water, 2011, slumped glass, painted, 18x28x2

ssshhhhhhh, be quiet when you view these paintings...so beautiful they make you want to cry....see more here.

melissa belanger

aviary outing, acrylic, collage, happy trees 1, acrylic, collage, meadow's edge, acrylic, collage

maybe it's the spring or a desperate need for hope, but these paintings just make me happy...see more here.

mary bero

mountain garden, 2007, hand embroidered, nightwinds, 2008, embroidered cotton, silk, rayon, 5.5x5, alchemy, 2008, hand embroidered

all of the stitching i've been seeing during fiberphiladelphia has inspired me to post about some of my old faves...see more here.

sunday church drawing

another beauty of a wall in philly....

Dorothy Caldwell

a lake/a bowl, 2002, a lake/a bowl, detail, an island/a pond, 2002


i'm such a fan....see more here.

Margarita Cabrera

sewing machine, sewn vinyl, toaster, sewn vinyl, coffee machine, sewn vinyl

appliances i would love to have in my house...see more here.

lauren luloff

sorry, no info, untitled, 2011, oil on bleached bed sheets and fabric, sorry, no info

wow...see more here.

ann weber

marie antoinette, 2007, found cardboard, staples, 91x97x113, strange fruit, 2006, cardboard, staples, shellac, steel bases, sizes variable, turvy, 2009, found cardboard, staples, polyurethane, 40x26x37

coolest cardboard...see more here.

nuala o'donovan

coral surface and structure, 2011, handbuilt porcelain, 50x36x26, radiolaria grid yellow centre, 2011, handbuilt porcelain, unglazed and stained porcelain, 36x24x36, teasel gray fault line, 2011, handbuilt porcelain, 48x30x30cm

My decision to research patterns and forms from nature stemmed from my interest in the narrative quality of irregularities in patterns. The history behind a scarred or broken surface is what fascinates me. The evidence of a response to random events visible in patterns in nature, is testament to the ability of living organisms to recover, to respond, and to continue growing and changing. It is the imperfections in the patterns caused by a unique experience that are evidence of the life force in living organisms.

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sunday church drawing

inspiration for a painting...