January 2012

Happy New Year!  I will be teaching a book making workshop at the Swain County Center for the Arts in Bryson City, NC on Febrary 7, 2012 – with a snow date on Feb. 9.  Tentative time is 4 pm to 8:30 pm.  We will be making a hardbound book bound with a long stitch on the spine (like the one pictured here).  I will demonstrate the use of recycled fabrics as covers - I have found several nice linens and some interesting rayons and cottons that make fun covers.  The book pictured here (made with a silk cover dyed by Dawn Behling) is one version of the structure we will be making.  I just love a hard bound blank book - I use them all the time for keeping ideas, collecting favorite quotes, keeping track of goals, and just writing about the good things in life.  Check out these images of long stitch books like the ones we will make at the workshop.

I have a show of my work in Clemson, SC at the public Catbus Facility in Clemson, SC.  I am showing the large banners and books of pinhole photo images of the Land Trust for the Little Tessentee Preserve as well as some watercolor studies of the Smokies.  It is always fun to see my work in a new place – it seems to take on a new life.  All of these pieces were produced during the same time period but have not been show together before this show.  See works in the show in the Clemson CATBUS Collection here.   

My show was curated by Eileen Ashe Powell, a ceramic artist – she is headed to the Everglades National Park for January as a residentartist.  (See work by past artists at: http://www.airie.org/ )  I have known Eileen since we both worked at the Nantahala Outdoor Center – she went on to get her MFA in ceramic sculpture at Clemson.  It was really fun to reconnect and hang my show – my thanks to Eileen for checking out my work and thinking it would be great for the public space at the Art Center. 

Pinhole photos from last summer are posted under dates the photos were taken - look in my artwork collections.  Almost all works posted here are for sale.  Please contact me through the website if you are interested. 

Cards and journals are available at the Cottage Craftsman in Bryson City, NC.  I have pinhole photo cards with sepia toned pinhole photos of Dillsboro Dam before it was removed in February of 2010 at Oaks Gallery in Dillsboro, NC.  Prints are also available – contact me through this website.  Hardbound colorful blank journals are also available at the Bascom in Highlands, NC.  

Many thanks for stopping by - Hope you have a great New Year!

Phyllis J

P.S.  Please contact me through this website if you are interested in buying any of the work!  I am also interested in getting out digital copies for use on computer desktops, phones, etc.  More on that later this summer.