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Mosaic 1962 glass

Mosaic by Alma Lesch

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Glass mosaic 1960

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The Cloth, Textiles on Biblical Themes-  An Exhibition of work by Alma Lesch      1969                             J. B. Speed Art Museum,  Franklin Page, director

11.    Preface, Psalms 20:5, stitchery and applique, 39 x 40

22.  That Woman Jezebel, Revelations 2:20 stitch, applique, buttons 23 x 67

33.    Joseph’s Coat, Genesis 37:3, stitchery and applique 20 x 48

  4.   Jonah, Jonah 1:17, plaiting, stitchery and applique 8 x 25 x 5

55.      Ecce Homo, Saint John 19:5, applique 48 x 70

  6.     The Burning Bush, Exodus 3:2, finger weaving, wrapping 30 x 23 x 32

   7.   A Rolling Thing, Isaiah 17:13, stitchery and applique 22 x 22 x 34

88.       Mizpah, Genesis 31:49, stitchery, applique and weaving 12 x 27

99.       The Red Sea, Exodus 14:2, stitchery and applique 72 x 96

110.  Lot’s Wife, Genesis 19:26, stitchery 13 x 32

111.  Net Profit, Saint Matthew 5:18, knotting with buttons 7 x 13 x 30

112.  Bathsheba’s Bedspread, 2 Samuel 11:4, stitchery, applique 81 x 100

113.  The Writing on the Wall, Daniel 5:25, stitchery applique  28 x 53

114.  The Magdalene, Saint Mark 15:40, weaving  13 x 46

115.  He Is Risen, Saint Luke 16:6, stitchery applique, 34 x 22

116.  Solomon’s Song, Solomon’s Song 2:12, stitchery  applique 24 x 33

117.  Haman, Esther 7:10, stitchery weaving and wrapping  26 x 59

118.  The Baptist, Saint Mark 11:11, stitchery and applique  23 x 41

119.  Peter, Paul and Mary I, Revelations 14:3, primitive weaving 7 x 14

220.  Peter, Paul and Mary II, Revelations 14:3, primitive weaving 9 x 15

221.  David, 1 Samuel 16:18, stitchery and applique 20 x 51

222.  Pearls Before Swine, Saint Matthew 7:6, primitive weaving 9 x 17

223.  Holy Moses, Exodus 11:3, primitive weaving 15 x 8.5

224.  Upon This Rock, Saint Matthew 16:18, primitive weaving 18.5 x 12

225.  King David, 2 Samuel 5:3, Primitive weaving, 15 x 19

226.  Prophesy Unto the Wind, Ezekiel 37:9, primitive weaving 15 x 13

227.  Jacob’s Ladder, Genesis 28:12, needlework and applique 26 x 20

228.  Old Men Dream Dreams, Acts 2:17, primitive weaving  13 x 13

229.  Hanging for the Door of the Tent, Exodus 26:36, weave,app,stitch 38 x 56

330.  Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, Daniel 3:23, stitchery applique 36 x 36

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The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole : The Poetry Foundation

The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole : The Poetry Foundation art is life...live with art

collage work by Alma Lesch included this poem into a mixed media work from 1968 using cotton warp plain woven with fragment of fishing net gesso primed attached to a 16" x 20 Grumbacher canvas panel