Four New Windows

(Above:  Steve holding up two of the recently finished Windows.  Pardon the slight glare from the glass!  Click on any image to enlarge.)

Getting ready for the Smithsonian Craft Show has meant making new work including these five Window Series pieces.  For scale and presentation, I had Steve hold up two of them.  He smiled in one of the images but the glare from the glass was worse! LOL!  For the first time in years, I've decided to raise the price of these pieces from $265 to $275.  I don't take raising prices lightly.  It's hard to do, especially in this economy and with the fact that unemployment is hitting the DC area badly.  Yet the past few years, my costs have been gradually creeping up too!  Plus, lots of artists have told me that my prices are too low to begin with (an opinion I actually know to be true!)  Below are the photos I took of each piece before it went behind glass!  If you'd like to adopt one, please reach out!  Although I've returned to this work "for the Smithsonian Craft Show", it really doesn't matter if they get there.  If they find permanent homes beforehand, I'll simply create more!

 

(Above:  Window CCXV.  Framed:  19 1/4" x 17 1/4".  Layers of polyester stretch velvet fused to recycled packaging felt.  Free-motion machine embroidery using 100% black cotton thread before being exposed to unique melting techniques.)

 

(Above:  Window CCXVI.)

 

 

(Above:  Window CCXVII.)

 

(Above:  Window CCXVIII.)

 

(Above:  Window CCXIX.)