Every day sees Steve and me a little closer to moving into the old Cateechee mill village church that is being renovated into our future home and my sanctuary-sized fiber arts studio. Just yesterday, I delivered all the wood that was my 8' x 8' mat cutting table and a glass storage unit. These were essential parts of our framing shop. Although we are no longer accepting custom picture framing orders (as in RETIRED after 35+ years!), we will need these units for framing my own art and storing finished artwork. We got lucky! We met a great guy who does plenty of remodeling and custom woodworking. He came to Columbia and carefully dismantled the units ... noting where each plank and slat went. Even as I type this blog post, he is at the church reassembling everything. Soon ... as in "this time next month", I plan on being able to cut my own mats in my new studio space!
The only way I am keeping calm and sane during this transitional period is by stitching a little every day. This Found Object Mandala was recently finished. Two more pieces for my Kinsfolk Series are nearly ready to blog. Another mandala and a commissioned In Box are also underway. Yet, I am really looking forward to getting moved into my new studio and resuming work on my Cascade Installation! The desire to spend all day, every day with a threaded needle is my driving force!
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