Saturday, July 18, 2009

INTRODUCING THE YEMAYAH CROWN FROM THE NEW ORISHA CROCHET CROWN COLLECTION BY XENOBIA BAILEY


YEMAYAH CROCHET CROWN BY XENOBIA BAILE, THIS CROWN HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD. BUT I WILL BE DOING OTHERS CROWNS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

GREETINGS WORLD, I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE MY NEW ORISHA CROCHET CROWN COLLECTION FOR THE URBAN SUPERNATURALS.

YEMAYAH GODDESS ON THE JOB.

THE ORISHA OF THE OCEAN AND MOTHERHOOD, THE QUEEN BEE OF HUMANITY, THIS CROWN WAS CREATED FOR THE SUPERNATURAL GREAT GODDESS OF URBAN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

I WILL BE WRITING MORE ON THIS SUBJECT AS SOON AS I GET A LITTLE TIME, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THIS ADORNMENT FOR THIS MYSTICAL WONDER OF A WOMAN.


THE MODEL IS A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND A COLLECTOR OF MY ART WORK, SHE IS ALL ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, GRACE, ABUNDANCE AND MOTHERHOOD.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

CROCHET CROWNS FOR THE SUPERNATURAL CREATIVE FOLKS OF THE PLANET, BY XENOBIA BAILEY


GREETINGS FOLKS, HERE IS TWO OF MY NEW CROCHET CROWNS, CREATED TO ADORN THE BRILLIANT HEADS CREATIVE FOLK HEROS IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE GLOBE.

CLOSE UP VIEW OF WIZARD CROWN SHOWN ON ARTIST BELOW.

THIS PHOTO IS ONE OF THE LOCAL ARTIST/BUSINESS PERSON THAT VENDS IN UNION SQUARE PARK ON 14TH STREET IN NEW YORK CITY.

BOTH OF THESE CROCHET CROWNS WILL BE POSTED FOR SELL IN MY ETSY STORE.

Monday, June 29, 2009

NEW LOOK AT FUNKY CHIC CROCHET CROWNS


I SHOWED THIS CROWN BEFORE, BUT IT IS A BETTER FIT ON THIS MODEL. THIS MODEL IS MISHON, MISHON, SHE IS A AMAZING NATURAL HAIR STYLIST IN BROOKLYN.

THIS CROWN JUST SOLD ON ETSY.

I SHOWED THIS CROWN ON THE BLOG BEFORE... BUT THIS IS A BETTER FIT, THIS CROWN IS A LITTLE LARGE.

THIS IS A NEW CROWN, THIS CROWN HAS ALREADY BEEN SOLD... I WANTED TO SHARE THE IMAGE ANYWAY.

WORKS IN PROGRESS FUNKY CROCHET CROWN


WHEN I PUT THIS CROWN ON A WOMANM IT WORKS BETTER FOR ME, I STILL HAVE TO ADD THE SIZING FOR SCULPTURAL BODY TO THE CROWN.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

THE INSTALLATION OF MANDALA TITLED, ONE NATION UNDER A CROVE, BIT BY BIT, LITTLE BY LITTLE, AND SCONCES BY DORIAN WEBB AT LOGAN AIRPORT IN BOSTON


THIS INSTALLATION WAS SPONSORED BY THE FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM IN BROCKTON MASS. THE LOCATION IN THE AIRPORT OF THE INSTALLATION IS A THE DELTA BAGGAGE PICK UP.

I WILL GIVE MORE DETAIL SOON,... LIKE ALWAYS... I'M IN A MAD RUSH.





















Wednesday, June 24, 2009

TEXTURAL RHYTHMS: CONSTRUCTING THE JAZZ TRADITION-CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS, AMERICAN


THE MORNING OF JUNE 23, 2009, MANSUR SCOTT, THE GIOT "HOLY MAN" OF LENOX AVE. CALLED ME, AND TOLD ME TWO OF HIS FRIENDS WHERE COMING INTO NEW YORK FROM NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE QUILTING EXHIBIT AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FOLK ART IN NYC.

HIS FRIEND WIFE WAS ONE OF THE QUILTER IN THE EXHIBIT, I WILL ADD DETAILS LATER. MANSUR TOLD ME THE OPENING WAS THAT EVENING. THIS WAS AN EVENT I NEEDED TO ATTEND.

THIS IS A EXCITING TRAVELING EXHIBIT

TWO OF THE QUILTERS IN FRONT OF A QUILT HONORING NINA SIMONE IN THE BACKGROUND.

THE NETWORKING AMONG THE ARTIST AND QUEST.


TWON OF MY DEAR FRIENDS FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS A ART STUDENT AT PRATT INSTITUTE. DAPHNE MC KINGHT SITTING WITH SHORT HAIR AND SANDI BENGERMAN, STANDING.

SANDI IS SOON TO RETIRE FROM PRATT AND BECOMING A FULL TIME QUILTER IN NORTH CAROLINA. I HAVE A GREAT SANDI STORY.

VERY INTERESTING COUPLE WITH A GREAT LOOK, I FELT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON.

BESIDES BEING LOVERS OF THRIFT STORES, HE IS A CROCHETER. HE PULLED THIS AMAZING PIECE OUT OF HIS BAG.


THE CUTEST MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AT THE EXHIBIT, I THINK THEY ARE FROM WASHINGTON DC, THE DAUGHTER IS IN NEW YORK TO GO TO ALVIN AILEY FOR THE SUMMER... IN A MAD RUSH... I WILL GET BACK TO ALL THE DETAILS SOON.