Conscious World Art

four fashion drawings done while in the Air Force, early-1968, each 13″ x 8″ • collection of the artist 1966: I arrived at Lackland Air Force Base in the early afternoon of August 8th. It felt like 110 degrees in the shade. We were told it was a ‘dry’ heat, and that it shouldn’t feel […]

three fashion drawings done while in the Air Force, early 1968, 8.5″ x 11″ each June 1966: I was about to turn twenty-two, with a recently acquired BFA in Apparel Design, and with that piece of paper in hand facing the end of my college career. I had had enough of schooling for a while, […]

1965-6: An inter-departmental exchange of classes senior year allowed students in both Apparel and Textile Design to become more familiar with one another’s discipline; a wise course considering the inter-dependence of the two in the general scheme of things. We Apparel Designers devoted a single three-hour studio session each week; to weaving first semester, then […]

Between September 1963 when I started my sophomore year at RISD majoring in the fashion department, and May 1966 when I graduated with a BFA in ‘Apparel Design’ I put hundreds of hours into learning a trade that would eventually take me to New York City for over a decade. Sophomore year still involved 6 […]

Plastic Club • 247 South Camac Street • Philadelphia PA Fiber, Fabric, & Textiles Show April 6-24, 2014 Opening Reception: Sunday April 6 • 2-5 pm aka Now & Then #2 (2014-1973): mixed media diptych (woven microfilm on stretchers with appliquéd 2-D arts), 22″ x 44″ (2 – 22″ x 22″ stretchers piano-hinged together) • […]

The crocus patch achieved its peak two days ago. Hard to believe the glorious display that began two weeks ago with a single blossom is passing so quickly. With the rain back again tonight, very few crocuses will be standing in the morning. Daffodils are next however…