At Summit Artspace the monthly artwalk is an indoor event, but in the Northside area artists have expanded into the urban outdoors.  There are pop-up artists in the parking lot and, along the sidewalk, the Northside Street Gallery hosting a featured artist each month – my spot for August. The street installations should be somewhat impervious to the weather, so I needed to think beyond works on paper. For this project I wanted to combine several ideas and processes that I’ve been considering for months: carving a woodcut with the Dremel on the pear tree slice, printing on fabric using relief blocks along with the usual silk screen and, finally, giving the recently acquired serger an official test drive. The outcome is a series of pennants to be strung from trees and light poles. I’m happy with the results and am already considering similar projects and uses.

This serger originally belonged to Connie Bloom, a fiber artist and friend, who died last fall. I hope she’s not too judgmental on my skills.