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THE SEWING BOX
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a craft-based installation 
Installed in the Window Gallery, Craft Council of BC November 18 2021-January 10, 2022.


This work is about a sewing box and the collection I found inside. I discovered the box in a vintage store on a back shelf that was full of old tin boxes. It still contained its spools of thread, mismatched buttons, buckles, smaller boxes of pins, wool samples, and even rusty old nails. The owner had wrapped the saved ends of thread on to empty wooden spools, sometimes multiple colours on to one; the assorted buttons were organized in small envelopes or boxes by colour, shape, and size.
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I knew I had to respond and preserve the box's legacy, open it up, un-do the collection, and honour it. This craft-based installation is about a neglected box that still holds the perseverance of its owner, one who kept a semblance of domestic order through frugal saving; it comments on how many of us are collectors and savers. 

The Discarded, 2022.  This piece focuses on the found box of discarded sewing supplies and is a separate piece to the installation: it focuses more closely on the box itself. . The work mixes found-objects, cast-plaster buttons, cast-glass buttons and rusted sewing pins. 
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Installation "The Sewing Box" at the Craft Council of BC- WINDOW area, November 18-January 10, 2022. Multiple elements made from plaster, glass and found objects activate the window space of The Craft Council.  Some are suspended  compositions, others revolve around metal pedestals while the window-sills are filled with an assortment of coloured cast-plaster pieces. 
  • Home
  • C.V
  • SCULPTURE
    • In progress >
      • I don't know why
      • Phase Transitions
    • 2021/22 >
      • The Discarded, 2022
      • Sewing Box
      • Button Collection
    • 2020 >
      • Forest Floor
      • Sandstorm
      • Pebbly Bay
    • 2019 >
      • White Sky
      • Alchemy
      • Moonscape
      • Carnival and Cotton Candy
      • Whisperings
    • 2016-2018 >
      • LANDSCAPES >
        • Freestanding and Held Pieces
        • Bottles >
          • Botanical explorations
        • Wall Pieces
    • 2012
    • 2008-2010
    • 2009
    • 2007
    • 2005
  • DRAW/PAINT
    • Painting
    • Drawing >
      • No Man's Land
      • Empty Streets, 2021
      • New Forms 2022
  • ARCHIVE
    • Glass 2004-2012
    • Technology >
      • 3D printing
      • PotterBot
      • Rhino and Fusion 360
      • Photogrammetry
    • Wearable Art >
      • GAS 2016 fashion show
      • Naughty Knotty 2014
      • Take Off! 2010