Queen
Anne's Lace Kaleidoscopes
About the
artist..........
A resident of
Mitchell County, Alice is originally from farm country in
Illinois. The vast expansive views of corn fields have been
replaced by the panoramas of mountains and valleys.
Having
completed a course in kaleidoscope making and design at Penland
School of Crafts, Alice is looking at the world with a new
perspective. Trying to capture the delicacy of a snowflake or the
intense variety of fall leaves and "bottling" it in a
kaleidoscope has given her a new appreciation for the infinite
imagination and awesome resourcefulness of God.
The
craft of making kaleidoscopes is challenging in many areas and
seems almost unlimited in the possibilities, inside and out.
Skills in glass cutting, lens grinding, lampworking,
sandblasting, working with wood, brass, hand-marbled papers,
paints......these are a few of the skills that are used in each
kaleidoscope. Of course, the most fun is in selecting what goes
inside, resulting in a new appreciation for the notion that
nothing in nature ever clashes.
It
seems rather ironic to carefully construct something with the
most precise measurements and control of factors in order to
create an object over which one has no control! But then, that's
the fun of looking through a kaleidoscope.
MemberPage, Southern
Highland Craft Guild
Handmade in America
Craft Registry
Galleries
and Shops -
Home of the Perfect
Christmas Tree, Spruce Pine, NC
Blue Ridge Web Market
Twisted Laurel Gallery, Spruce Pine,
NC
Allanstand Craft Shop
at the Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
Guild Crafts,
Asheville, NC
Parkway Craft Center
at Moses Cone Manor, Blowing Rock, NC
Arrowcraft,
Gatlinburg, TN
Cumberland Crafts, Middlesboro, KY
Penland Gallery,
Penland, NC
Poker Creek Gold,
Ketchikan,
Alaska
The Alexander Collection,
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Kaleidoscopes To
You, Iowa
HPI Inc, Hokkaido, Japan
Art Print Japan Tokyo,
Japan
Bill & Cecile's
Antiques Fort Worth, TX
Kaleidoscope
Shop, Atlanta, GA
Nellie Bly, Jerome, AZ
Professional
& Guild Memberships:
Artist's
Resume.........
- Mixed Media Collage
Class - Ginger Huebner, Asheville, NC
- 2002 - 22nd Annual
Mayland Artists' Exhibit/Competition. Juried Participant. Spruce
Pine, NC.
- 2002 - "New
Traditions" Members Exhibit. Southern Highland Craft Guild.
- Spotlight '97
American Craft Council Southeastern Regional Exhibit. Juried
Participant. June, 1997. Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC.
- Green Hill Center
for North Carolina Art: The Winter Show. Juried Participant. 1993-1997.
Greensboro, NC.
- Spotlight '94.
American Craft Council Southeastern Regional Exhibit. Juried
Participant. June, 1994. Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
- 1994 - "Trappings"
Members Exhibit. Southern Highland Craft Guild.
- 1993- "Symbols of
the Season" Members Exhibit. Southern Highland Craft Guild.
- Davidson Co. Museum
of Art Judged Craft Exhibition. Third Place Award. October,
1994. Lexington, NC.
- Art in the Park. Juried
Participant. 1994 Season. Blowing Rock, NC.
- Valle Country Fair.
Juried Participant. October, 1994. Valle Crucis, NC.
- Fall Celebration of
the Arts. Merit Award, Fall, 1993. Invitational Participant,
Since 1994. Spruce Pine, NC.
- Davlin's Fine
Crafted Gifts: Annual National Kaleidoscope Exhibit. Participant.
August, 1993 & 1994. Minneapolis, MN.
- Penland Craft
School Gallery. One of Featured Artists in Multi-Media Show.
May, 1993. Penland, NC.
- Hayden Gallery:
Christmas & Kaleidoscope Show. Featured Artist. December,
1992. Burnsville, NC.
- Southern Handcraft
Society: Southern Christmas Show. Juried Participant. December,
1992. Boca Raton, FL.
- Glass Grower's
Gallery, 7th Annual Kaleidoscope Show. Selected Participant.
December, 1992. Erie, PA.
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