Blue Ribbon and....

These 3 photos are from Art Prize and are called Blue Ribbon by Scott Hoyle....wouldn't they be great needlepoint????

This one is Hooty and the Blowfish with Sam and Scarlett by Steve Vaught!  

 These are beaded clay pieces by Madeline Kaczmarezyk and gorgeous!

At the Geral R. Ford museum there is usually a water piece.  This one was my fav called called Reach and Splash by Andy Sacksteder.  She has a bow and arrow and he is splashing.  There were others in the water, but these are so darn cute!

More Art!

 The top two photos show two of the pieces in The Thread that connects by Paula Kovarik.  Stunning use of fabric thread and batting.  The third photo shows how info is posted so we know the artist.  There is a vote-# for the popular voting part of the display.  There is also a artists statement which describes the inspiration for the pieces and gives greater detail about it.

Machine appliques with intricate details....do click to enlarge the photos....the dress is also very detailed and amazing!

Art Prize 2015

Friday was the first of many trips to Art Prize 2015.  Over 1500 artists display their work over a 3 square mile area of Grand Rapids, Michigan from September 23 to October 11th!  There is a juried prize and a popular vote prize--both of which are substantial!  You can read more about it here:
http://www.artprize.org/

We always visit at least 3 different days to see all of the entries.  I will show you some of the inspirational pieces over the next week and try to focus mostly on the needle art variety.  The one pictured above is not all needlework however!  The dress and train are made from old library book pages!  It is called Vintage Dream and the artist is Reagen Kazyak.

This piece has stumpwork wings and antlers with his sew and padded fabric body and his wing span is about 24 inches across.  Titled Zammara Circada by Molly Burgess.

Material me and friends is by Joel Fremion and was created using fabric and sewing machine.  The detail and shadings are amazing!