Experiment

This was an experiment I tried in the kiln yesterday.  They were finally cool enough to take from the kiln this morning and this one was already broken before it came from the mold, but I think it's an interesting idea anyway.

Photos from the exhibit

This little clip gives the background for the art installation.

Photos from hanging the "Whole" exhibit and the display in the front window of the gallery.  The show runs through the end of June, drop by if you can.

Happy Creating,

Carmen Rose

WOW!

This is the coolest thing!  My kickstarter.com project has just passed 50% funding and there are 25 hours to go!  A HUGE thank you going out to:

Kim Scales

Vonda Burke

Clayton

Bekki Fahrer

Tony LaFienza

Dawn Wampler

Joel Wasinger

Jackie Kunkel

Angela Newcomb

& Sara

These dream makers have touched my heart by supporting this project and I have been SO touched by their generous hearts!

And look at this beautiful pair of rainbows from the storm on the 15th.  

I sure had fun taking a break from my work to enjoy these!  I took LOTS of photos that evening!

Have you seen my project yet?  Please surf on over and watch the video.

When I first saw it the rainbow was complete from side to side, then the second rainbow started to shine and the other end of it vanished.  Here's the last photo before it vanished altogether:

And thanks so much!!

Light and Beauty to each of you,

-Carmen Rose

Kickstarter.com Project entitled: "Whole, a broken heart, a vibrant hope."

A "WHOLE" big Thank You!

I'm so pleased to thank Steve Betz and Nikki Ross for being backers #11 and #12 for my kickstarter.com project.  Only 70 hours to go before the project ends.  Yeah, I'm feeling the suspense of whether or not the project will be funded!  LOL!

This display window for the show went up Saturday afternoon. Here are four of my 12x12 art quilts with some art glass.  The top one is "Buttoned" the second is "Set Aside."  The third is "In Pieces" and the forth is one of my personal favorites.  I titled it "Neglect."

It's really fun to have my work in the window, but since these works are so personally expressive it does make me feel a tad vulnerable.

Cloths pins in the branches hold notes that read: "A broken heart" and "A vibrant hope." 

Lower in the window the sign on the ped reads:

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C A R M E N   R O S E

Whole

"An exhibit of art quilts, washed, framed and embelished.

Hand glazed art glass, found, glazed and fired.

An exhibit with a broken heart and a vibrant hope."

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I hope this brings people in the gallery to have a closer look!
My Kickstarter.com project where this exhibit was born.

Still dreaming big dreams,

-Carmen Rose

Thank you!

I'm up to ten backers on my kickstarter.com project!  Only six more days to go to make this dream a reality!  Today I'd like to thank those who have backed the project so far:

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Dawn Wampler

William Martin

Anthony Vilgiate

Xaver Wilhelmy

Sara Homeyer

Kim Scales

Melissa Chonka

Dawn 

Wendi Dunlap 

You all are my ANGELS!

 I'm working on quilting this one today.  I don't know what it will look like when I'm finished.

 These two before I quilted them...

 Became:  "Set Aside" and...

 Buttoned.  It really makes a difference when I've finished the quilting...

...put them through the laundry and them framed and embellished them. 

As you might imagine, sometimes it's tough just to choose which side is up!

I can't tell you how much I love what I do, and to have others partner with me

in the process is a genuine privilege and honor!

Thanks to those who have pledged to the project!

Would you like to get in on the fun?

My Kickstarter.com Project is here, go check out the video 

that explains the whole thing and then choose what you'd like from the cool pledge options! 

Thank you so much!

-Carmen Rose

Sock Monkey Give Away ~ Tell your friends!

Have you seen my Kickstarter.com project yet?  Only seven days left to pledge.

**You don't pay if the project isn't funded**

Please visit and check out my project!  Help me finish the exhibit the way I planned.  Thank You!!!

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My little sock monkey needs a new home, so it's time to find the lil bugga a family.

I made him ages ago from socks and haven't found the right place for him.

I'm thinkin you can help me with this though...

There are three ways to enter to win this adorable rainbow sock monkey.

1 - "like" my facebook page and comment on my sock monkey announcement.

2 - make a pledge on my kickstarter.com project.

(You pay nothing if the project isn't fully funded.)

3 - leave a comment on this post with an email address so I can contact you if you win.

Of course if you do all three your name goes in the hat three times!  YAY!

I will draw the winning name from a hat on Wednesday, May 18th at 6:00 pm.  

I'll drop you a note and you can provide me with an address so I can mail out the sock monkey to you.

Please tell your friends!

Thanks,

Carmen Rose

The Opening

We had the opening reception Friday evening for the start of the "Whole" exhibit. It will be up May and June and will continue to evolve.

As you can see, it's not complete (see my sketch) but I do like the way it looks.

My artist friends and I put together a colorful table of goodies.  I was so pleased with how it turned out!  I made cupcakes and a lime mint punch.

Trio Jazz joined us, love their sound!

It was a delightful evening.  The live music, candles and flowers were a nice touch.  It was lovely to see my friends and family come out.  We also had a lot of guests through that I didn't know.  It was fun to meet people and enjoy their reaction to my work.

The exhibit is up two months, I still have a chance to complete the vision I set out with.  If you'd like to help me reach that goal, please pledge today at Kickstarter.com.  Just go to the kickstarter.com website and enter "whole" and my sketch should pop right up.  I've heard from one person that their pledge didn't go through. So if you pledged but didn't enter your information on Amazon to pay, and if your name is not on the "backers" tab, then your pledge didn't go through.  There are only these last 10 days left.  Please join with others around the country to make this dream a reality and take home a piece of the whole.  And thank you.

Here's to music, candles, flowers and.... COLOR!  (of course!)

Whole, a broken heart, a vibrant hope.

Happy Creating,

-Carmen Rose