The Beyond The Fringe show deadline is getting closer and I have been pouring the hours into my pieces. I’m happy to report that My Elements piece is coming along nicely. Lately I’ve been focusing my efforts on my Lunar Life piece.

At first all three moons were purple. Doing three colors better matched my maiden, mother, crone theme. The Goddesses seemed too plain so I’m in the process of changing them.

They’re looking much better now. I’m also pleased with the developing trees in each moon.

Prana recently sat still for a close up.

This one is somewhat blurry but I think it captures his cuteness:

Merce Mitchell is the curator of Beyond The Fringe. Her artwork will also appear in the show.

Some of her recent work:

Thanks
46″x 29″

Let Go
34″x25″

This piece will be in the show:

You Are
57″x41″

Merce says “My inspirations and translations revolve around chaos theory, higher mathematics and geometry, vortex energy, symbols that invoke womens’ power and aspects, and life/death imagery. My personal experiences are my subject matter. I create what I have to so I can process my experience, and I do so by being mindful of the series of actions, the actual layering of the feltmaking process. I am allowing the work to have a life of its own, following its lead, going with the suggestions of the moment, loosening control. This idea has manifested in completely different ways in each piece. The doing, the paying attention, leads me into an unplanned order, a natural unfolding, a suspension of disbelief.”

You can contact the artist at mercemitchellathotmaildotcom

Lizzie Gulick is another fiber artist who will be in Beyond The Fringe.

This piece will be in the show:

Landscape
31″ x 44″

Some examples of her work:

Caves 36″ x 34″

The Conversation 2
23″ x 53″

Lizzie says “The Textile Arts carry a thread of history nearly lost to modern humans of the divine connection between the earth (the original Goddess) and Ourselves. The image language of the Textile traditions of Western Asia (Oriental Carpet and Kilim weaving) represents an unbroken link to this thread of history and the generations of women who have carried this lineage remain to be my greatest teachers. Each piece I create exists in homage to this tradition and in an attempt to carry this thread through to my life and to those who encounter it through my work in felt. Mine is a cry for connection to our origins and the inner divinity that makes us all blessedly individual, while simultaneously linking our existence to one another creating the web of life.”

You can email her at semillabesadaatyahoodotcom

Pat Dozier will be in the Beyond The Fringe show. Here are some of her weavings:

Monoliths
60” X 15” ea or triptych= 60” X 49”

Olla Grande
60” X 41”

Strata Runners
42” X15” ea

Pottery Dreamings I
30” X 30”

Zig Zag Runner
58” X 15”

Pat says, “”Weaving expresses itself on many levels, from its tactile presence to its graphic expression of form and color. What I would like to express are those small or fleeting moments of beauty we experience in our everyday lives. Like patterns of shadows, a fallen leaf or feather, a bit of pottery or the juxtaposition of rock and sky. It’s these glimpses of beauty I should like to capture .” Her favorite images are macro visions of Pueblo pottery. Pat Dozier’s tapestries are represented in collections nationwide.”

You can visit her website here or email her at pdozierattaosnetdotcom