Missolonghi- coloring book in press!

Diane's awesome project, a coloring book title Missolonghi and exploring themes of salt, water, and life, is in press!!

Visual texture, local press!

Sleep is not necessary

When an idea pops up, there is a fear of forgetting~

Building bridges...making connections

Busy preparing for  the annual Youth Art Month show in Hopkins school district, but having just enough time to fit in a few works of my own...see more and find out the materials at our show this Saturday.

Love,

Renee

Meditation Pieces for Minotaur

These are going to be really cool...I have to figure out exactly how the mechanism is going to work, but they should be sweet!

Very dimensional...relaxing to run your fingers through the paths

...and the Kitchen Sink!

Just hanging out with my family...it's my birthday!

I've been experimenting with cute little kerchiefs and other found fabrics.

New New New!!!

How do you spell 'kercheif'?

...I hope that's how!

Photobooth picture...I can't believe I forgot my camera at home!

W.I.P.

An ink-jet print on a sheer fabric using digital ground~

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Clean Up~

Getting Ready for the Show~

Unfinished

Home in shown in snow...glaze to come!

"Pollination" by Haley Stampp

"Pollination"
Oil on wooden door 

I have worked on this painting over the course of the last few years and it has been through a lot with me. It is still a work of progress and I plan to add more layers.

"Pollination" by Haley Stampp

Haley Stampp photograph

By Haley Stampp

This photo was taken with a large format camera a few years ago. I really enjoyed composing this shot and I was pleased with the outcome since it looked much as I imagined it would when I first came out with the idea.

This corn field is at my parent's farm and the 2 girls pictured are my nieces Ella and Hazel.  They significantly remind me of me and my sister growing up.

This is my creation zone....I wonder what my little fingers will dream up next??!?!?

Vinyl on Ceramics

I'm gonna send you over to the eStudio Blog ... cuz I did a great post there. Finished project forthcoming, but it was really fun to set up a "process post" with pictures at each step of my process!

 Seriously though, click on that link and check out the whole process!

Coffee and Tea : Let's Share

Meeting for the show of our art~

Sewing on Paper

Loved the chat tonight...excited to share this journey!

This week, I've been working on sewing on paper...with some surprising successes!

Under construction!

Housing bubble, anyone?

I've been experimenting with some fun new materials:

Bubble wrap works surprisingly well to sew on. No popping noises...too bad!

Sewing Rosettes

Action shot of the embroidery machine making rosettes!

Pizza Luce box and a pencil

Half way through making an octagon out of a pizza box. I've gotta make a frame structure for one of my pieces. 

...And, of my most recent clay works, pre-firing. 

negative leather...thanks iPad filter

these are some leather scraps that were sitting on my desk.  I've been crafting some leather goods recently and finding the line between artistry and craft... I do love both.  although this is probably a far cry from what my piece will be for the show, I thought it was a fun picture. 

inspiring venue!

Meditative art...and vegetative art!

Sometimes art is meditative....lines wander across an empty space, space pulses with vague energies...and sometimes art is vegetative!!!

Digital representation of part of my embroidery file

Eggplants left, Spider plant right.

1.5 months out

I have the absolute privilege of creating a show with some of the coolest people ever, and I can't wait to see pictures here of their works in progress, process, etc. Let me begin with this shot of an embroidery that I didn't quite center on the fabric:

I am Jennica Kruse, and I make art in embroidery and clay among other things. A lot of my work has a digital aspect, and is created using the machines found in the eStudio at the University of Minnesota.