Kym Hepworth

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new work: Called Back (Emily Dickinson)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Apr 7, 2011, 4:03 pm
Here's another new assemblage that was recently added to our Etsy shop, In The Crystal Palace: Kym Hepworth, Called Back (Emily Dickinson), 2011, mixed media, 10 x 23 5/8 x 3 in. --*-- Called Back Just lost when I was saved!Just felt the world by by!Just girt me for the onset of eternity,When breath...
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new work: King Edgar (Edgar Allan Poe)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Apr 7, 2011, 1:47 pm
Here's a new assemblage that was recently added to our Etsy shop, In The Crystal Palace: Kym Hepworth / King Edgar (Edgar Allan Poe) / 2011 / mixed media / 12 1/8 x 17 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. --*-- excerpt from the poem The Haunted Palace: "And all with pearl and ruby glowingWas the fair palace-door,Through...
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I thought I saw Lauren Bacall

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Apr 1, 2011, 1:56 pm
hey fellas, Happy Friday! Kym Hepworth, cover of scrapbook album Kym Hepworth, page from scrapbook album of Hollywood film stars (with Gregory Peck  (1916-2003) & Lauren Bacall (1924-) Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), Untitled (Penny Arcade Portrait of Lauren Bacall), 1945-46, Construction, 20 1/2 x 1...
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work in progress: Bride of Christ

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Mar 29, 2011, 4:15 pm
Kym Hepworth, doll dress, March 29, 2011 Paula Carino and the Scurvy Merchants - Discovering Fire
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work in progress: Bride of Christ

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Mar 22, 2011, 3:12 pm
Kym Hepworth, doll dress, March 22, 2011
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work in progress - Bride of Christ

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Mar 14, 2011, 10:31 am
Kym Hepworth, doll dress, March 14, 2011 An earlier spelling of the word bead was bede, from Old English gebed, “prayer.” The Old English verb biddan meant “to pray” as well as “to ask.” By the late 14th century, the word bede/bead had attached to the objects on which the prayers were ...
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work in progress: Bride of Christ

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Mar 9, 2011, 4:26 pm
I started working on a new piece over the weekend. It's a variation on my assemblage Mary Had A Little Lamb. However, in this piece, Mary is the Virgin Mary and the lamb is Christ. Below is an inspiration for the work: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation), ...
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I'm In Love With This Idea at Georgia Perimeter College

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Mar 3, 2011, 12:00 pm
I'm In Love With This Idea is an exhibit of work by members of the Women's Caucus For Art of Georgia. WCAGA members who are participating in the exhibition include: Vicki Bethel, Patricia Bohannon, Marilynn Brandenburger, Jeannine Cook, Angie Dachs, Helen DeRamus, Sally Wansboro Eppstein, Betty...
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In The Crystal Palace: what's in a name?

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 26, 2011, 12:34 pm
As you can tell from the previous post, Robin and I recently opened a new Etsy shop together. I thought I'd write a little bit about the sources of inspiration connected to the shop's name. We kicked around a few other names for the shop before choosing In The Crystal Palace. We wanted a name with ...
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In The Crystal Palace: our new Etsy shop

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 24, 2011, 3:06 pm
"Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry "Come buy our orchard fruits, Come buy, come buy . . ." -from Christina Rossetti's poem, The Goblin Market --*-- Robin Miller and I recently opened a new shop together on Etsy. In The Crystal Palace (inthecrystalpalace, if you search by sellers on ...
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if you were a pill, i'd take a handful at my will

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 14, 2011, 10:15 am
Happy Valentine's Day! Paul Westerberg - Valentine My Bloody Valentine - Off Your Face
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lover's credo

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 11, 2011, 12:35 pm
each day is Valentine's Day so why wait? Happy Friday! The Replacements - Kiss Me On The Bus Paul Westerberg - Kiss Me On The Bus
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Art of Love/Love of Art

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 4, 2011, 9:00 am
Happy Friday! --*-- and now it's time for some shameless self-promotion . . . Kym Hepworth, detail, vintage child's hand warmer What's that? You'll be in Statesboro, GA sometime before February 25th and you're looking for something to do that involves a Valentine's Day theme? Wow! What a coinciden...
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zombie trivia

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 3, 2011, 9:37 am
Here's a little known art history secret: she's running away from zombies! Niccolò Dell'Arca, The Lamentation (detail), c. 1485-90, Terracotta, lifesize, Sta. Maria della Vita, Bologna (source for image: History of Art by H. W. Janson - 5th ed., revised and expanded by Anthony F. Janson, publish...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 2/2/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 2, 2011, 12:58 pm
The thermometer doesn't lie. I might. It's supposed to reach 70 degrees today in Savannah. Kym Hepworth, daffodils, skeletons and zombie apocalypse! excerpt from Zombie Apocalypse! created by Stephen Jones (entry from Maddy Wood's diary, age 13, dated Sunday, May 5): "A thin stream of smoke rose u...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 2/1/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Feb 1, 2011, 10:00 am
Kym Hepworth, daffodils day 12 Kym Hepworth, vanitas Kym Hepworth, day after day Badfinger - Day After Day Kym Hepworth, detail of daffodils on day 12 Kym Hepworth, cloudy day
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best wishes

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 31, 2011, 2:36 pm
Robin and I are no strangers to take-out food. Thought I'd share our good fortunes with you: fortune cookie (your dearest wish) fortune cookie (unusually successful) The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations The Beatles - From Me to You
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/31/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 31, 2011, 9:00 am
A more organized person than myself would have started her flower series with this post: Willem Claesz. Heda, Still Life, 1634, Oil on panel, 16 7/8 x 22 7/8 in., Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam from H. W. Janson's History of Art on Dutch Baroque still lifes: "Most Dutch Baroque still lifes...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/30/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 30, 2011, 9:00 am
On weight: Kym Hepworth, detail, the weight of flowers Kym Hepworth, more weight pressed to death: Giles Cory and the Salem Witch Trials, 1692: "Immediately after the second set of trials an event occurred that was as shocking as anything that had happened during the whole of the witch-hunt. Giles...
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Flower study (vanitas) 1/29/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 29, 2011, 9:00 am
On weightlessness: Kym Hepworth, light as a feather, stiff as a board Sven Turck (1897-1954, Denmark), Levitation of a table, 1940-45, 22.3 x 29.5 cm., Gelatin silver print (image source: The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult by Clément Chéroux and Andreas Fischer, et al., published by Y...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/28/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 28, 2011, 10:14 am
"The color of the flowers has faded while I contemplated it, as my body passed through the world." - Ono no Komachi (834-880) Kym Hepworth, detail of quilt 1 Kym Hepworth, daffodils, stripes and shadows Kym Hepworth, detail of quilt 2 Kym Hepworth, daffodils and stars Kym Hepworth, detail of qu...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/27/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 27, 2011, 9:00 am
Kym Hepworth, daffodils in the rain Kym Hepworth, raindrops on yellow vase Kym Hepworth, time Kym Hepworth, shadows
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/26/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 26, 2011, 9:00 am
playing with complementary colors: Kym Hepworth, daffodils with purple lights Kym Hepworth, yellow vase with purple lights playing with Photoshop to create a different mood: Kym Hepworth, inferno Kym Hepworth, fairyland I'm not the only one who has tried to capture an image of the wee folk thr...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/25/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 25, 2011, 9:00 am
Victorian mourning card from my collection "The art and jewelry of the Victorian era was heavily laden with images of symbolism. By understanding the symbolic meaning of various flowers, gem stones, tombstones, and other objects, we are better able to interpret the important intended messages of th...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/24/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 24, 2011, 9:00 am
Kym Hepworth, Emily Dickinson (yellow) "Nature rarer uses yellow Than another hue; Saves she all of that for sunsets, - Prodigal of blue, Spending scarlet like a woman, Yellow she affords Only scantly and selectly, Like a lover's words." - Emily Dickinson Kym Hepworth, study of yellow in nature K...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/23/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 23, 2011, 9:00 am
Kym Hepworth, Kiki with daffodil "That was different My girlhood then was in full bloom and you---" - Sappho (source for poem: Sappho: A New Translation by Mary Barnard, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA ©1958)
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/22/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 22, 2011, 2:18 pm
Here's something I like to think about: Kym Hepworth, French vocabulary card: to think of, to dream of Kym Hepworth, dictionary 1942 Ye olde Funk & Wagnalls dictionary (above) defines the word preserve as follows: 1. To keep in safety; guard or rescue from destruction, death, loss, or detriment; p...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/21/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 21, 2011, 10:00 am
Happy Friday! Thursday 3:45 pm Thursday 8:10 pm Friday 9:10 am - - * - - Botany album cover by Grace May Boyer, Newark, Ohio, June, 1901 Hoop Petticoat Daffodil - page from Grace May Boyer's Botany album, 1901 1. Poet's Narcissus 2. Daffodil 3. Narcissus - page from Grace May Boyer's Botany al...
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Flower Study (vanitas) 1/20/11

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 20, 2011, 1:23 pm
Candyfloss (music by Wilco; video by Daniel Billinkoff)
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Mixed Media: Textures of Life at Georgia Perimeter College

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 15, 2011, 11:34 am
If you're in the Atlanta area, looking for something to do with your big bad self - something that involves looking at art, perhaps? - well, you're in luck because an exhibition of mixed media work has recently opened at Georgia Perimeter College. (invitation designed by Don Dougan) Mixed Media: Te...
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flu be gone

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 14, 2011, 12:39 pm
I say Good Day! to the flu Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson However, to you, I say Happy Friday!!! Peggy Lee - Fever (image source: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson, published by Universal Press Syndicate, Kansas City, Missouri © 1988)
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Happy Friday!

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 7, 2011, 3:37 pm
Kym Hepworth, sweet Goo Mr. Goo told me to tell you: Happy Friday! Also, he wants to know when you're planning on feeding him???
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Happy New Year!!!

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Jan 1, 2011, 12:08 pm

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Sisters of the Mirror

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 31, 2010, 6:25 pm
Below is an excerpt from the novella, A Good Marriage, by Stephen King from his collection Full Dark, No Stars: "At some point she found herself remembering the year in early childhood when she had gone around the house looking into mirrors. detail of 19th century fashion print She would stand in ...
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Vamp (Louise Brooks) - work in progress

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 28, 2010, 4:03 pm
Louise Brooks (1906-1985) (source for photograph: Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, © 1983) Kym Hepworth, detail of work in progress, Vamp (Louise Brooks)
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Merry Christmas!!!

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 24, 2010, 6:14 pm
Miracle Legion - Blue Christmas
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Mary Had A Little Lamb (work in progress)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 17, 2010, 10:21 am
Now where were we before I rudely interrupted us by going on vacation? Oh yeah, picture frames. Robin built this one for me. Kym Hepworth, detail of work in progress, Mary Had a Little Lamb The Cure - Pictures of You Kym Hepworth, pictures of Robert Smith Happy Friday!
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Deck the Halls

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 14, 2010, 10:47 am
Below are photographs of the Historic District on Jekyll Island decorated for Christmas. entrance to the Historic District with live oaks, Jekyll Island, GA Christmas decorations at night, Historic District, Jekyll Island, GA The blue Christmas lights on the live oaks at night were both lovely and ...
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Happy Friday!

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 3, 2010, 9:15 am
ghosts from the past - photographs of our old apartment Kym Hepworth, fireplace, Barnard Street, Savannah Kym Hepworth, book on windowsill, Barnard Street, Savannah Kym Hepworth, toy in motion, Barnard Street, Savannah Kym Hepworth, still life, Barnard Street, Savannah Sufjan Stevens - All for Mys...
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Vamp (Louise Brooks) - work in progress

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 2, 2010, 12:18 pm
It's going to be awhile before I can post more images of Mary Had a Little Lamb, so here's a look at another piece I'm working on. It's about the silent film actress: Louise Brooks (1906-1985) (source for photograph: Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, © 198...
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Mary Had a Little Lamb (work in progress)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Dec 1, 2010, 2:33 pm
Kym Hepworth, detail of work in progress, Mary Had a Little Lamb Here's what the dress looks like on the backing board. The color of the scan is a bit off - more pink, less purple. Now Robin can build the frame, I'll get the other elements together, and then Robin will frame it for me. He'll make i...
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Mary Had a Little Lamb (work in progress)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 30, 2010, 12:21 pm
Kym Hepworth, detail of work in progress, Mary Had a Little Lamb Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 25, 2010, 11:40 am
run, little gobblers! RUN!!!
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Small Works 2010 at Gutstein Gallery, SCAD

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 23, 2010, 8:16 pm
November News It's that time of year again -- Robin and I have work in Small Works 2010 at the Gutstein Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design. Small Works is an annual juried exhibition for the holiday season featuring work by SCAD students, faculty, alumni and staff. All work is priced at...
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Mary Had a Little Lamb (work in progress)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 23, 2010, 7:47 pm
Kym Hepworth, detail of work in progress, Mary Had a Little Lamb New Order - Fine Time
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Mary Had a Little Lamb (work in progress)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 20, 2010, 12:45 pm
a page from Mother Goose No. 2 Painting and Crayoning Book I didn't like the proportions of the doll dress - it was a little too short, stout and stocky, so I cut the lace hem off of a doll slip . . . doll slip and sewed it onto the bottom of the doll dress. Aside from that? Bead, bead, bead. Kym ...
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Annie Get Your Gun

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 19, 2010, 2:25 pm
Happy Friday! found photograph Squeeze - Annie Get Your Gun found photograph
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Mary Had a Little Lamb (work in progress)

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Nov 18, 2010, 4:28 pm
Kym Hepworth, detail of work in progress, Mary Had a Little Lamb Here's a new piece I'm working on - obviously, it's very much in progress. I'm sewing a mix of opaque white, luster white, clear, and pink seed beads onto a small doll dress. I'll post more images when it's a little further along. Unt...
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Happy Halloween!

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Oct 31, 2010, 6:30 pm
Kym Hepworth, angel excerpt from the short story Another Halloween by Alison Lurie (1926-): "Anyhow, it got to be another Halloween . . . It was an unpleasant night: cold and wet, with rain leaking down through the bare trees, and drifts of greenish-grey fog rising from the pavement . . . When we ...
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countdown to Halloween: Fernand Khnopff

Kym Hepworth posted an article on - Oct 27, 2010, 9:47 am
"The element of perversity in Khnopff's work is very marked - and has one strange characteristic of its own, in that the feminine types he used in his compositions all seem to be based upon his sister, whose beauty obsessed him. Dumont-Wilden gives an eloquent description of the kind of emotion Khno...
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I'm a mixed media beadwork artist from Savannah, GA and Hesitation Waltz is my personal art blog. My work is inspired by mourning art, Dark Romanticism and Gothic literature and explores the themes of love, loss and grief.

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