Happy Sleepy February Rain, wool and cashmere coating, cotton embroidery by hand, fusible interfacing, polyester stuffing, 2020 Happy Sleepy February Rain – the name of this little soft sculpture and the blue embroidery dashes on a grey cashmere background tell a story of the end of winter 2020 by the Detroit River. February accommodates well hunkering down to do some hand embroidery, both to pass the winter and to rescue the mind with creativity and … >> read more
Happy Sleepy Bolt on the beach in Panama. The shiny PVC makes it look like he’s sweating, but he’s good.
Happy Sleepy Bolt is now in the shop! Adopt him today.Happy Sleepy Bolt is now in the shop! Adopt him today.Over the last few weeks we have made many changes to the website, the biggest being the addition of a shop right here in the Land of Happy Sleepy. It’s a soft launch and we’ll be adding lots of new art to the store over the next few weeks.
Animated gifs of painted paper “fauna” elements against a textile sculpture background from the Reef project that was installed at upART 2011. There are a couple of Happy Sleepies in there, too.
A friend’s son made a Happy Sleepy by tearing into a magazine page. He also drew the eyes with a pen, but it’s hard to see in the photo.