And Another!!

Happy, happy to have received an Honorable Mention for 'Playing With My Food (and other things)' at the Scrapel Hill Art Contest and Exhibit at University Place in Chapel Hill, NC.  The show will continue through November 14, 2015.  The theme of this show has always been a focus on art using recycled objects.  Very fun to be a part of it!

Honorable Mention!

Twist and Shout received an Honorable Mention (Janet Rhyne Andrews Award*) at the Alamance Artisans Guild's exhibit at the University of North Carolina's William and Ira Friday Center for Continuing Education.  What a great surprise :)!

(and so much better than a dishonorable mention...)

* The Janet Rhyne Andrews Award for Creativity and Excellence was established by the Alamance Artisans Guild in 2010 to honor Janet Rhyne Andrews for her work in support of the arts in Alamance County, as Program Director for the Alamance County Arts Council for many years and, since 2010, as Curator of the Wooten Exhibits, funded by the Wooten Family Endowment

The Backstory

A little bit about what is behind my creating...

Al McCanless, fellow ArtBrake! artist, made this video recently - thanks Al!

Glorious!

This Jelly went to a great home last December...

Jelly No5 

wire, hand dyed silk and cloth, beads

and it now swims over a bathtub with a heating vent across the room from it to make it whirl.
I recently received an email from its new Enjoyer and he said, "It's Glorious!".  

 Detail, Jelly No5

I couldn't ask for a better "gush" than that.  I'm so glad.... :)

© Christie Minchew 2014

Roadmaps: the 3-d way!

Just having a little fun with my first quarter roadmap...

 Tracking progress 'off paper' (think off-roading) is so much more fun!

When completed tasks are colorful, wiggly fabric bundles and milestones are pipe cleaners with bells on, this beats a checklist all to heck :)

© Christie Minchew 2015

The Shadow Knows

Satellites

Aluminum and Steel

My latest mobile is sans color, but the shadows make up for it.
 © Christie Minchew 2014

Wired for the Holidays!

Wire and hand dyed fiber Wreath

 Just finished this wire wreath.  

Aluminum and copper wire with hand dyed silk and synthetic fiber and twisted and curled and ready to celebrate :)!

Wire and hand dyed fiber Wreath 

Right now there is just one but hopefully more will be ready before the Chatham Studio Tour, December 6th and 7th, 13th and 14th (two weekends) from 10am-5pm each day. Head for Stop #12 to see what I've been having fun with lately.  

But first, Happy Thanksgiving!

 © Christie Minchew 2014