"The Card Players" 22" x 60"
destroyed by Alma Lesch
Friday, February 11, 2011
Fabric Collage Portrait
"Nell" 58" x 23"
applique and stitchery
French lace gown, circa 1900
with fan, embroidered porte monnaie,
and string of buttons, on cotton
background
owned by Mrs. Daniel Peterson, Louisville KY
Nell Peterson, friend of Alma Lesch
"The Teenagers" 1966
in the collection of Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
purchased in 1966 by Mrs. Bishop, founder of Haystack Mountain
School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine
"The Teenagers"
Fabric Collage, stitchery and applique
with buttons, organza collar, lace hose, and cotton
pants legs
colors: black and white
size 24" x 40"
Untitled
Vegetable dyed yarn, stitchery, hooking
and knotting on cotton. 22" x 48" 1967
sold to Barbara Hymson, New York 10028
Untitled
Stitchery on cotton background
Hand dyed materials
size 18" x 42"
has stuffed areas
1966 (AWL)
sold in Richmond, VA
Uncle Bob 34" x 21"
old over-alls jacket on piece
of old quilt, with round gold rim glasses
and case, old straight razor case,
with wood picture frame enclosing
man's bill fold. (AWL)
Fabric Collage Portrait
"Uncle Bob" owned by Joseph Heil, New York City
applique and stitchery on linen
Cover photo on Craft Horizons March-April 1965
photo by the artist Alma Lesch
1985 State of the Arts Exhibition
Alma Lesch at Kentucky Art and Craft Foudation (KMAC)
and textile artists & advocates at exhibit opening.
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
With Jane Dunnewold's current Louisville KY visit LAFTA members and fiber artists see her impact on art cloth links to the current LAFTA exhibit at JCC's Patio Gallery on Dutchmans Lane through Feb 22, 2011. Alma Lesch called that gift in fiber vision as having an "eye". Search YOUTUBE for video clips of Dunnewold's workshop events and critiques.
Invitated by KMAC to speak on that closing date in reference to their current exhibition which includes the work of Alma Lesch, I am pleased to see this link in Jane Dunnewold's work using actual clothing confirming my link to my Swedish grandmother who saw my love of textiles, early in my life, and entrusting me with several quilts made by her mother, my great-grandmother Hilda Victoria Madelyn Magnuson from Clearfield, PA. There are indeed common threads that unite us all.
Invitated by KMAC to speak on that closing date in reference to their current exhibition which includes the work of Alma Lesch, I am pleased to see this link in Jane Dunnewold's work using actual clothing confirming my link to my Swedish grandmother who saw my love of textiles, early in my life, and entrusting me with several quilts made by her mother, my great-grandmother Hilda Victoria Madelyn Magnuson from Clearfield, PA. There are indeed common threads that unite us all.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
"Sallie" reproduced as woven tapestry wall-hanging for interior spaces (detail above)
from the original 1996 mixed media "fabric portrait" by Kentucky textile artist
Alma Lesch 1917-1999
26" x 36" Victorian themed wall-hanging
in limited quantity
donated for permanent display in Bullitt County HistoryMuseum
in Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Inquire: Small Town Gallery Inc. 502-955-9255
Brooks, KY 40109
Monday, October 25, 2010
also available at http://smalltowngalleryinc.net/ for $59.95 in Brooks KY
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
"Like Father, Like Son" 1967, 33" x 32"
Fabric collage portrait
Colors: Blue and natural whites, overalls, shirt, overall jacket, eye glasses and case, bandana handkerchief, stitchery on heavy cotton background
owned by Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC
purchased by S.C. Johnson Company, Racine, Wisconsin
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