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I FEEL PRETTY
14" x 13" $200 written in march, 2002, when i lived in kansas city and just visited my cabin for vacation getaways: Ingredients: old crate from out at the cabin; pencils, erasers, fish lure and watch bands from ramona otto of santa monica; wire from jennifer field of kansas city, mo; things i found on the ground (old sun-baked plastic); the mirror at the cabin which ramona gave me, which sadly broke when a gust of wind blew it over, love from shari made in my cabin in morongo valley, CA, march 2002 from shari's private collection |
ELVIS AND HIS CHICKEN Elvis: "wanna play yahtzee?" Chicken: "ok, but you always cheat"
14" x 19.5" $125 Ingredients: board from constance walsh of pioneertown, ca; chicken from sandy crouse of ohio, same for the wood frame pieces (made for quilters to cut their squares--6" and 5"); other wood from my scrap boxes; eyes and elvis wood hair from the yucca valley swap meet; pull tabs on back from the cats' food; letters from sales and ebay and from friends, love from shari
SOLD (mahalo Hans Riecke on Maui, HI)
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BOB WELCOME FISH
9.5 x 7" $45 15" x 9" $60 Ingredients: nancy fuller's old fence in LA; glitter, raisin canister lids and checkers from sandy crouse of ohio; sparkly mineral dust from pam and sue's estate sale in yucca valley; eyes from ebay; puka shells from a necklace i got at a sale, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Miss Terri Ford the Glory of the Continent in Minneappolis, MN) SOLD (thank you Laura Archer in Calabasas, CA)
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WELCOME FISH
14" x 7" $45 Ingredients: old fence from a fence company in DHS; chocolate covered peanut can lid from sandy crouse of ohio; eye from ebay; pulltab on back from the art queen kitties' food, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Harriet Ratner in Santa Monica, CA)
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ME AND MY MONKEY
22.5" x 15.5" $150 Ingredients: board from out at the cabin; frame wood from my old neighbor, santo dimaggio's porch remodeling job in kansas city; water bottle caps; book ends from a three rivers thrift store and made from redwood; cutting board from the evangelical free church rummage sale; scrabble tiles from nichole fromm in wisconsin and some sales; string from sandy crouse of ohio; door stop from a sale; rusty can lid from the desert; eyes from suzanne jenkins of md, love from shari SOLD (thank you Michael Blackwell in Palm Springs, CA) made in morongo valley, CA, april 2005, reworked in june 2009 |
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GIRL POWER
5" x 5.5" $75 Ingredients: board from my cabin; glitter from ebay; pearls from the swap meet; pull tab from the cats' food, love and strength from shari
SOLD (thank you Kate Melina)
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THIS WAY TO THE FUN
14" x 8.5" (cross makes it 2.5" taller) $150 Ingredients: this old box from the yucca valley swap meet; bridesmaids and jesus figures from the thrift stores of the desert and friends; letters from ebay and the swap meet and sales; cross from sandy crouse or bianca juarez of chicago, love from shari SOLD (thank you Joyce Wensley in Delta, BC) it was so nice to be there that day that joyce stumbled upon the crochet museum on her visit from BC, Canada last month. it was a week i was trying my new plan of working on art 20 hours a week instead of 10. that was the same week Rainn Wilson came by and twittered about me and my art (and i got something like 5,000 hits on my website the next day). well, my 20 hours of art making per week only lasted 2 weeks, but good things came out of it. p.s. it is raining in the desert now, heavenly!
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DOG IS EVERYWHERE
41" x 20" $400 Ingredients: cool old rusty metal frame thing from way out in wonder valley during high desert test sites a few years ago and which i have been saving for a special piece; paintings from the stuff we got for art queen from moby dick's art collection, i don't think he painted those paintings, he did folk art and would sign his name on paintings he found (like someone we know); wood from art queen storage; glass eyes from ebay; pearls from the swap meet; wooden beads from sandy crouse of ohio, love from shari SOLD (thank you anonymous) |
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GOD
15" x 11" $40 Ingredients: lovely unsigned portrait of hilary clinton from robert fischer's yard sale in palm springs a few months ago; vintage pink german glass glitter from ebay, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Miss Terri Ford the Glory of the Continent in Minneappolis, MN) |
QUEEN OF THIS PALACE
23" x 13" $250 Ingredients: wood from the recycle yard in santa monica; picket fence from the side walks of alta dena; electrical cord which i found in a thrift store in yucca valley, ca; take out food container; rocks from bourget brothers in santa monica; milk bottle caps from nancy fuller and david and jesse; and apple juice bottle caps from wild oats; pearls from laura at john muir flea market; old rope from some place, love, as always, from shari SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA) from shari's private collection! made in february of 1999
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WELCOME TO THE BATHROOM
8 x 8" $75 Ingredients: board from art queen storage; beads and jewels and glitter from sandy crouse of ohio and friends and the swap meet; shells and bracelet from the swap meet; wire on back from pam and sue's estate sale, love from shari
SOLD (thank you Patti Neighmond in Los Angeles, CA) |
DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY WELCOME FISH
12" x 6" $40 (don't worry be happy) 11.5 x 7" $50 (welcome) Ingredients:old fences from nancy fuller of los angeles and a fence company in DHS; raisin canister lids and glitter from sandy crouse of ohio; mineral dust from pam and sue's estate sale in yucca valley; eyes from ebay; pull tabs on back from the art queen kitties' food, love from shari
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MAN LISTENING
5.5" x 6" $50 Ingredients: cut wood from a box of those from the yucca valley swap meet; pulltab on back from the cats, love from shari SOLD (thank you Susie Saunders in Los Angeles, CA) |
YES WE CAN
4.5" x 6" $50 Ingredients: smashed can from a dirt road in joshua tree, ca, i think, wire i also found someplace in the desert; glitter from the YV swap meet, love from shari SOLD (thank you Jean Shreve in Friday Harbor, WA)
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