The Days of Day

 So much of the art I make has been about endurance and legacy, usefulness and cleanability.  I've carved wood so the words don't wear away, I've varnished indoor pieces with outdoor polyurethane so they can be washed often, I've considered the quotes that are worthy of sticking around. And then... I had this idea to make a summer blouse out of an old pillowcase.  When I say old I mean antique... someone embroidered on this dainty thing.  And when I bought it at the Citywide Garage sale in Austin last summer it smelled like LOTS of bleach. I spent several hours making this blouse.  I first realized my hips are actually wider in reality than they are in my mind, so I had to cut triangles out of that cool green fabric and add it to the sides to make the hip area bigger.  Then, I had to figure out how I wanted to actually keep it on my body.  After a little scrounging around in the fabric drawers I found a couple of antique tea napkins. They worked GR...