Bird Dance, Egret Plume boats • Repeat: 52" wide by

• Repeat: 52" wide by 30" long

bejewelled butterflies

Cross Stitch is inspired by antique embroidery samplers and vintage cross stitch patterns and books that I found at flea markets in Paris over the last couple of years

yet the ever-changing species and their array of brilliant colors reinforce the ideas of hope and renewal that underpin this design

These began with her graduation installation of  ‘Hooks & Frocks’ which incorporates photographs of hanging dresses

Bird Dance, Egret Plume boats • Repeat: 52" wide byOverview While crossing a homemade bridge on a Southern Florida beach walk, Alex exclaimed to me, this is exactly where you would see a giant snake and before he could even finish the word, one slithered out in front of our feet. Alex has never met an animal he didnt immediately care for, but even he gets taken aback by snakes in the wild. We continued on, discussing the beauty of their markings and how foreign their bodies movements are to us. I made