Saturday, July 04, 2026

Lancet Window CCXLIII

(Above:  Lancet Window CCXLIII.  Custom framed: 31 1/4" x 11 1/4". Layers of polyester stretch velvet fused to recycled black synthetic felt with free-motion machine embroidery and melting techniques.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

The old saying goes: When it rains, it pours.  Well, here in Cateechee in the Upstate of South Carolina that doesn't seem to be the case.  When it rains, the humidity goes up.  Like much of the country, we are in the midst of a heat wave.  What rain has fallen has done nothing but make it muggier and sticky.  Even Minnie and Ernie, our cats, are staying inside to avoid the weather. My sanctuary/studio does not have heat or AC.  Yet, it does have a giant ten-foot ceiling fan.  So, I'm still working and just completed this Lancet Window.

 
(Above:  Detail of Lancet Window CCXLIII.)

I hope to make one more Lancet Window before the Southern Highland Guild's Summer Fair, July 16 - 19 but that might not happen.  Why?  Well ... when it rains, it pours ... as in "I've got several other things to do too!" I just accepted a large commission!  Next week includes the de-install of my solo show at the Pickens County Museum of Art and History and I have two or three other pieces of art currently under construction.  Thankfully, I love to be busy.  I just wish it weren't quite so hot outside!

 
(Above:  Detail of Lancet Window CCXLIII.)
 
Happy Fourth of July!


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