{un}Limited fun

penelope dullaghan "spy"

ashley goldberg "smartypants"

lisa congdon "tree #4"

flossy-p "three piece"

Lisa Kirkpatrick "bonsai 2"
Today photos instead of words - patching/painting our large space (oh my oh my!) will take precedence over blogging time. Tearing down a most beautiful show is always hard to do. Extreme Textiles was one of our best ever. Thank you to Danny Mansmith, Leigh Pennebaker, Alyssa Ettinger, Kimberly Lyford, and Jeanne McCartain, as well as the viewers who came out of the woodwork to see this exhibition! It really was fun to curate and I am cooking up another textile show for next year already!
We need to spiff up the walls to make way for the amazing artwork which we will install tomorrow. If I haven't bored you to tears already with our excitement - let me just say one more thing ... this is one fantastic exhibition. The combination of work from these women artists just makes you want to go back for more. Photos on Thursday of the gallery. Until then, enjoy the photos and click around here for more information on individual works.
hmmm. I guess I did write more than intended!

Alyssa Ettinger - knitware cups + plates

Alyssa Ettinger, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

We have seen a lot of beautiful pottery and porcelain pop up in the past years - but none as unique and tactile as Alyssa Ettinger's work in porcelain. These pieces are all for sale at the shop. Knitware! Extreme textile! To use for the everyday and special occasion alike, nothing feels so good in your hand as one of her cups. Let them eat cake from the plates!

front window

front window, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.
Remember! Friday, March 23rd is the opening - due to last week's storm...
Hope to see you all here!

looking in at the tree which is just like the tree outside,
except with danny's scarves. which i am wearing one of the many we have...which are growing on the tree! I am partial to this pinky one... when I get a more appropriate model - I will show you some more!

Spotlight review on Extreme Textiles

Danny Mansmith She doesn't miss what she has lost
available in our shop
A huge thank you to Ann Bryant for a thoughtful, well written review on our Extreme Textiles show in the Porstmouth Hearald. Merci! Read on here.

Art, just do it.

Creative weekends filled with art of all kinds. Saturday was another installation in the library art project which I did 10 years ago. We have begun the revamp - with some new artwork from children artists. This weekend we painted. Next weekend we will do some printmaking. It will all be installed into the current permanant exhibition which is really stunning. Will photograph that to show later when we hang the new work. I love children's art hanging in public spaces. It is always fresh, it is always real. The work created is in my flickr hanging out over on the side bar, if you are interested. It will fill up as we go along. Daughter Grace had a big dance celebration this weekend with Elysium Dance Project. She was dancing in 7 numbers, including this lovely pointe number from Puss in Boots from Sleeping Beauty. She was amazing and the entire show was so beautiful. (she's the white kitty)Portsmouth Hearald arts writer Ann Bryant stopped by for a look-see at the Extreme Textiles Show. Isn't she cute? Thank you Ann!! She couldn't resist the lovely Danny Mansmith cuffs and Sheri Burhoe knitted rings. Speaking of knitting... Have you seen these? Alyssa Ettinger's knitware porcelain just continues to awe us with the beauty of the patterns and feel of each piece of work. Over in the shop right now -- they are popping up as we go.
This tall cup is $34 and is available here. More of the same (but different as each one is made by hand)
Did I mention we had some amazing bracelets and cuffs from Danny Mansmith? Look at this mermaid corsage bracelet! There is the fish one just off to the side. Both available here. There is more. Much more. But I will save that for a bit later. The word for the day is
appreciate, as in all the good things in life, like family, friends, community and the arts. And sunshine? Did I mention the glorious sunshine?

Seclected works from Extreme Textiles

bracelet by danny mansmith, $55 4 inches by 2.5 inches

Today is overly booked with car buying, uploading, shop adding, teaching, and getting over the flu. But not so busy that I can't show you a few highlights from the show!
Here is one of the many beautiful bracelets we have from Danny Mansmith. They will all be up in the shop in the art to wear section, over the next days, so check back there to see each of them and more lovlieness from the exhibit.
If you can't wait, stop over to my flickr account and scan through the set - Extreme Textiles.
We also have two new paintings from Ashley Goldberg. Did I mention I was taking photos today too?
Have a wonderful sunny day - where ever you may be!

Extreme Textiles

Extreme Textiles: hooray! It's up! Go to flickr to see more of the works. It rocks, it rolls, it'll make you think. Thinking is good - pretty is nice, thinking is good. Both together is a bonus. This show is full of bonuses.