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  • A row of decorative floral shoes displayed on clear stands. Each shoe is adorned with a colorful arrangement of artificial flowers, including shades of pink, purple, red, and white.
    “Steppin’ High” Flowers/Shoes centerpieces
  • 15th Century English Manor House fashioned after the main building of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Great Milton, Oxford UK. The house is made of gingerbread with several mullioned windows, multiple brick chimneys with smoke, indoor decorative trees, outdoor pine trees, UK and French flags, and an iconic garden sculpture of two yellow dancing hares. Everything is completely edible* and was handmade with gingerbread, royal icing, sugar glass windows, trees, chimney smoke, and flags, chocolate garden sculpture, and royal icing snow and icicles.
    15th Century English Manor Gingerbread House
  • A small, brown, old-fashioned wooden cabinet with a carved door and round black feet.
    17th-Century-Inspired Cabinet
  • Colorful quilt artwork featuring a geometric pattern of concentric circles and rectangles in shades of red, orange, yellow, and darker blues and grays, with a textured, stitched surface.
    Auras
  • Four ceramic bowls, each glazed with different colors on each half: two blue and red, one blue and yellow, and one yellow and brown.
    Bicolor Bowls
  • A birdhouse made of metal atop a round cylindrical post. The roof is made of corregated metal. The side has metal tape measures, grass-like paper and found objects attached. The entrance to the birdhouse is a metal drain opening.
    Birdhouse #2
  • Three-dimensional white branches are adorned with bright flowers in blue, red, yellow, and white. Small bees with yellow and black stripes and white wings are scattered throughout the composition. The background has leafy patterns in brown and orange.
    Blossoms of renewal
  • A cute panda bear puppet with black and white fur.
    Boba the Panda
  • A ceramic piece reminiscent of a cake stand, characterized by a textured surface. It is predominantly blue with white accents and features a glazed finish, giving it a slightly rustic appearance. The base is round, adorned with decorative holes around the perimeter and a series of raised bumps that add detail. The top surface is flat and wide, with one portion containing more white material, likely a glue substance that has been spread across.
    Cake stand #1
  • Cross stitch of Lucky the Leprechaun, the Boston Celtics logo.
    Celtics Logo
  • A painted wooden chair placed against a brick wall. The chair features a vibrant blue and purple color scheme. The backrest is adorned with a mosaic of small tiles spelling out “CHAIR OF KINDNESS.” The seat is decorated with painted butterflies and dragonflies. A colorful, fabric-wrapped object with green fabric leaves and sparkling embellishments sits on the seat. The chair's back posts are subtly highlighted with floral patterns and decorated with glittering details.
    Chair of Kindness
  • Functional wooden box, with flip top opening lid. The top of the box hax a black rectangular design surrounding an interior of a lighter wood.
    Cherry Box with Inlay
  • A ceramic chicken in profile. The lower body is deep orange to suggest a yolk, and the neck and head are white to resemble the egg white.
    Chicken before the Egg?
  • Seven pairs of earrings on a white surface. The top row includes earrings with dark beads and gray stones, green beaded loops with turquoise crystals, and pearl-like drops with blue teardrops. The bottom row features pink carved beads with shell charms, blue floral beads with teardrops, circular gold hoops with blue and green beads, and gold diamond shapes with green beaded strands, star charms, and leaves.
    Collection of Jewelry
  • An abstract mixed-media art piece featuring a beige fabric background adorned with a grid of circular elements. Each circle incorporates a variety of textures, colors, and patterns, including musical notations, vibrant hues, and floral motifs, interconnected with thin lines to create a sense of unity and rhythm.
    Connectivity
  • Two earrings and a pendant of dichroic glass. An abstract design in purple and blue, encased in silver.
    Dichroic glass earrings and pendant
  • Resist method to outline large dinosaur feet surrounded by mini dinosaurs. The feet are decorated with stickers. The background paper is opaque using a mix of watercolor, markers and pens.
    Dinosaur Painting Using Resist Techniques
  • An embroidery piece featuring a detailed dragon design. The dragon is depicted in vibrant red with yellow accents, including a flowing mane and tail, coiled around itself. The creature's fierce expression is highlighted with intricate stitching. The dragon holds a pearl-like object in its claw. The background is a textured light blue, framed by a hoop wrapped in matching fabric.
    Dragon at Sunset
  • Close-up photograph of a three-layer 8-inch round cake; the cake is decorated with a light brown burnt caramel Swiss meringue buttercream frosting, darker brown caramel swirls, edible flowers (yellow dandelions, purple violets, and yellow buttercups), slivered almonds, and flaky sea salt.
    First, we eat with our eyes
  • A woven artwork with teals, blues, fuschias, greys, and pinks in asymmetric patterns.
    Fourth Wall (2024)
  • A crochet bowl of fruit. The crocheted fruits in the bowl are an apple, lemon, sliced kiwi, slightly peeled banana, purple and green grapes, strawberries, and cherries.
    Fruit Bowl – Crochet by Anna K
  • A hand-built four-foot clay totem. Its top is a blue flower with a yellow center and red butterfly finial. The other sections are yellow or red, with images of flowers and butterflies.
    Garden Totem
  • Black and white studio photo of a bride and groom in the early 1950s in their tuxedo and wedding gown. The photo is printed on fabric and embellished with hand embroidery and beading to accentuate the bride's floral tiara, jewelry, lace gloves, and floral bouquet.
    Geddo & Nannu, Cairo, 1952
  • A wooden patio chair made of white oak.
    Gliding Patio Chair
  • Brown coiled silk resembling a soft wreath. The silk is tightly wrapped, creating a series of plush, rounded segments.
    Helix
  • A circular embroidery on bright blue fabric of abstract folk-art-style flowers in orange and yellow hues.
    How I fell in love with split stitch
  • Orange and black high-top sneakers displayed on rocks.
    Kangaroo Sneakers
  • Back view of a lavender lace shawl. A beaded lace pattern in the center, thistle-style flower pattern in the lower half with beaded edges.
    Kodama shawl
  • Mountains in shades of green with a lake in shades of blue, against a clear sky with sun and birds.
    Lake and Mountains 6
  • A green spotted frog sits on a lily pad with a blooming lily flower.
    Leopard frog and water lily
  • A large quilt with red and white stripes forming a heart shape. It is laying on the floor in a doorway.
    Log Cabin Quilt
  • Front view of low back mid-century walnut dining chair with polished shellac finish.
    Maloof-style low back dining chair
  • A bust of Medusa composed of different tones and textures of green and red leaves.
    Medusa 2 (Re-leaf Sculpture)
  • A still life collage made with scraps of magazine and other papers, depicting a mug and bowl of fruit on the kitchen table in the morning light with shadow.
    Morning Shadow
  • Abstract black-and-white photograph of a sculptural object with a wavy, textured surface resembling a honeycomb or undulating pattern, set against a dark background.
    Organic Vase
  • Four stoneware clay plates in the shape of teardrops against a white background. Two of them are brown and silver in color with a bubble pattern and finished in a metallic glaze. The other two are green and copper with a dot pattern. Arranged in pairs, they form two yin-yang shapes.
    Paisley pieces
  • A multi-piece mosaic consisting of a school of 4 fish: one large teacher fish and three smaller student fish. They are swimming together in the same direction. Each fish is made of colorful ceramic and glass tiles, in varying hues of blue and green, with stripes and spots of yellow and red.
    Pam’s School of Bubble Makers
  • A stained glass window depicting a parrot perched on a branch. The parrot has a red chest, green wings, and blue tail. Behind the parrot, there is a river, green field, blue-gray mountain, and partly cloudy sky with a sun.
    Parrot
  • An embroidered portrait of a young woman wearing a teal dress and a white hat.
    Portrait of a Young Woman in Teal
  • A blackbird with a red spot on its wing, made from enamel and adhered to a wooden post, as part of a coat hook.
    Red-Winged Blackbird coat hook
  • Square piece of appliqued cotton fabrics in yellow and blue, decorated with many different embroidery stitches in yellow and orange.
    Sacred Geometry
  • A concave, hexagonal piece of wood, with a painted nature scene inside. In the painted section, a river flows through a forest with tall trees and a black bear in the background. The river extends outside of the hexagon, as a shell is painted to depict a fish swimming upstream. The whole piece rests on a wooden surface.
    Salmon Run
  • A vibrant centerpiece of red, orange and yellow flowers, fall foliage, pumpkins, decorative gourds, native plants, vines, and fairy lights climbing up a large trellis.
    Seasonal Art Creations for All Locations
  • Self-portrait, with the head and torso shown in a hospital room. Green and blue patterns overlay the hospital gown and much of the background.
    Self-portrait, hospital series
  • 3D sculpture set featuring, from left to right, a sculpture that appears like blue and white clouds over a black surface, a blue hand holding a sphere and cup, and a black sculpture with a white cloud and red piece sticking out of it.
    Shrine of Broke Promises
  • A rectangular quilt depicting the branch of a shrub covered in green and gold leaves and bright red fruits.
    Spicebush Quilt
  • An embroidered woman with flowers inside of her standing holding a bone.
    The Grown Woman
  • A spiraling snake outline is cut out from red origami paper, revealing multicolored patters in green, gold, blue, red, and black.
    The Wood Snake
  • A round ceramic teapot, modeled after the title character of the Studio Ghibli animated film “My Neighbor Totoro,” sits on a windowsill. The body of the teapot matches Totoro’s grey fur, white belly markings, and joyful expression, with a spout coming out the left side. A small soot sprite sits on the lid between Totoro’s ears, and a white mini-Totoro sits on the green braided handle coming out on the right side.
    Totoro Teatime
  • Leaf material of various shapes printed on a light peach colored fabric. Five small squares of printed fabric are sewn onto each side of the main panel.
    Untitled
  • A horse collar mirror made from upcycled materials, painted brown. The mirror is oval shaped, with two antennae-like objects poking up from the top left and right.
    Upcycled Horse Collar Mirror
  • A fuzzy horned mask of a fictional creature, with a toothy, doofy grin and bright eyes. It has yellow eyes and an orange nose.
    Where the Wild Things Are Masks
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