Carol Wiebe

I am putting the finishing touches on several new paper quilts, which I’ve been working on all at once for my solo show (coming up October 3!). I will be posting the pics very soon. In the meantime, I discovered an artist named Mai-Liis Chaska Peacock, and she does mixed media assemblage, collage, and art dolls. I am especially taken with her shrines and icon dolls. I found her when I watched The Promise, a video by the amazing Karen Landey of Indie Arts: the DVD Magazine. As

How could I write about shrine artists and leave out Michael deMeng? He specializes in “making the unsacred into something seemingly sacred.” Interesting word, “seemingly.” Obstensibly, apparently, seemingly all cast doubt on the authenticity of the item in question. Of course, deMeng uses objects in his assemblages that make hilarious and outrageous connections between the sacred and profane (such as his lightbulb shrine–a “better idea” in shrine making, and his “Head Sea Sc

For decades, Valerie Hearder has been creating luminous landscapes that express both her outer and inner vistas. I am especially drawn to her “African Skirt series.” They have such compelling shapes, and the colors sing. This September she is teaching a fabric collage course where participants will design and make hangings based on an architectural/shrine theme. This is an art form very close to my heart. When I see the word shrine, or altar, something leaps within. The sign