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Her work, never truly conventional, has taken on sculptural forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow living in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, she is involved in many arts organizations throughout the region. She is a Juried Artist member of SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates), sits on the board and exhibitions committee of the Virginia Quilt Museum in Dayton, Virginia, is the manager of the Foundry Art Market c-op.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work travels around the country and world in numerous national \u0026amp; regional juried shows, including four SAQA Global Exhibitions and can be found at various galleries, museums, public and private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStatement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce a traditional flat quilter, my work has left the surface to become sculptures that taunt the viewer to reach out and touch. My garden as it changes from season to season is the inspiration for my work. I start with botanical forms of leaves, flowers, or weeds, reducing the designs to more abstract forms, and finding the essence of the structure. I create art to show aspects of the natural world few stop to observe and serve as a start for conversations about saving our flora and fauna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI use all textiles, new and vintage conventional quilting fabrics, repurposed quilts I made or collected, reclaimed tablecloths, curtains, and clothing from family and friends, salvaged upholstery textiles, and decorator samples diverted from landfills. Viewing my wall of collected fabric, fabrics will catch my eye bringing color, texture, or pattern to my art. Each piece is a unique collection of hand-cut fabrics, stitched together with liberal use of thread by dense machine quilting and top-stitching through multiple layers of fabric and batting, and occasionally stuffed or wired. The fabrics form the stiffness needed to defy gravity to create the desired shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my work I am saving memories, the environment and creating art that is accessible to everyone. Art that makes you smile in a world that can be so bleak. 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