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                                           "The Sinking Moon has Left the Sky..."

                                                                                                     19 x 9 x ˝ inches

                                            Polymer transfer of a drawing by Simeon Solomon

                                            "Sappho" from 1862. Polymer transfer of a fragment of

                                            a poem by Sappho. Celestite from Mina La Ilusion, Paila,

                                            Coahuila, Mexico. Mother of pearl cabochon, moonstone

                                            beads, crystal bead, freshwater pearls, felted wool,

                                            Japanese and Czech seed beads.

                                             Embroidered on felt, backed with leather.

                                             Signed and dated on the back: "Blume 2006"

 

                                             “The Sinking Moon…” was part of "Fiber Directions 2007" at the

                                             Wichita Center for the Arts,  March 16 - May  20, 2007.

                                             Juror: Jason Pollen, president of the Surface Design

                                             Association and professor and chair of the fiber arts

                                             department at the Kansas City Art Institute.

                                             It won the Honorable Mention Award.

 

                                            This piece was also part of the 31st Annual Contemporary Craft

                                            Exhibition at Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona, 2010.

                                            Juror: Jane Sauer, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico