MARGE'S STRIPS
For the last 15 years, I have bought cotton quilting strips, which are 1/4" wide and 18" long, from a quilting store in Sedona, AZ. The original store owner was named Marge and to my friends, who also obtained these strips, we have always referred to them as Marge's strips.
YO YO 60: x 24" x 24"
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SKITTLES BOWLING BALL 12" x 12" x 12"
LENDING CLUB 9" x 9" x 9"
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CROCHETED BALL 10" x 10"
SUNRISE 14" x 14"
BALANCED BOXES 18" x 14"
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TUMBLING BOXES #2 18" x 12"
ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE 12" x 12"
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MOBIUS GONE WRONG 24" x16" x 16"
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A SQUARE OF CIRCLES 9" x 9" x 9"
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MARGE"S STRIPS #1 and #2 8" x 8"
UNDERNEATH 12" x 12" x 12"
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THE CLAN 6" to 14" tall
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WOVEN BOXES 2" to 6" tall
CIRCLE IN A CUBE 11" x 11"
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ZOME ORB 24" x 24"
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These 6 bowling pins with ball are made from thousands of discarded cotton quilting fabrics, that I have collected for 10 years. The fabric was cut into thin slices and attached to the carved Styrofoam using a punched rug technique. Each animal uses more than 8000 hand cut pieces of fabric. The original set of Skittles had nine-pins, were 8" tall and manufactured in 1895 in Germany by Steiff. The animals were a pig, 2 dogs, 2 cats, an elephant, a lamb, a bear king and a rabbit. The pins were positioned in a diamond shape.
Nine-pins was the most popular form of bowling in much of the United States from colonial times until the early nineteenth century, when it was outlawed in many areas and replaced by ten-pins. Today, nine-pins has disappeared from all of the United States except Texas, where both nine and ten pin bowling have been known since the 1830s. The most common types of indoor bowling include ten-pin, nine-pin, candlepin, duckpin and five-pin bowling while in outdoor bowling, bowls, bocce, petanque and boules are popular. Today, the sport of bowling is enjoyed by 95 million people in more than 90 countries worldwide. The following art work was made between 2013-2014.
Each figure has a carved Styrofoam core. The bases have been crocheted using hundreds of 18 " batik cotton strips. The figures were cover with thousands of cotton strips which were attached using a tufted rug technique. These pieces were made in 2013 - 2014. They vary from 18" tall to 32" for the bear king pin.
Nine-pins was the most popular form of bowling in much of the United States from colonial times until the early nineteenth century, when it was outlawed in many areas and replaced by ten-pins. Today, nine-pins has disappeared from all of the United States except Texas, where both nine and ten pin bowling have been known since the 1830s. The most common types of indoor bowling include ten-pin, nine-pin, candlepin, duckpin and five-pin bowling while in outdoor bowling, bowls, bocce, petanque and boules are popular. Today, the sport of bowling is enjoyed by 95 million people in more than 90 countries worldwide. The following art work was made between 2013-2014.
Each figure has a carved Styrofoam core. The bases have been crocheted using hundreds of 18 " batik cotton strips. The figures were cover with thousands of cotton strips which were attached using a tufted rug technique. These pieces were made in 2013 - 2014. They vary from 18" tall to 32" for the bear king pin.
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