On Exhibit: Fiber Forward: The Judith Stern Weisman Collection

This was a nice and unexpected surprise on the Fuller Craft Museum's website! I knew my piece is in this show but I didn't know it's on the website.

Thank you to the Fuller Craft Museum and Judith Stern Weisman!

 

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA

EXHIBITION: OCTOBER 25, 2025 - DECEMBER 2026 

Fiber Forward: The Judith Stern Weisman Collection

Based in the D.C. Metro area, Judith Stern Weisman is a celebrated interior designer and passionate collector. Known for creating spaces where art, craft, and design weave seamlessly into daily life, she has guided others in building collections and discovering the joy of living with contemporary craft. For Weisman, collecting has never been about quantity; it has always been about discovering works that resonate—objects that tell stories and bring warmth, humanity, and character to the spaces they inhabit. Her collection reflects a profound appreciation for excellence in making, material innovation, and the lasting impact of thoughtful design.

In recent years, Weisman has generously donated works from her collection to museums across the United States, ensuring that these objects are experienced by today’s audiences and preserved for generations to come. Her gift speaks not only to her enduring love of contemporary craft but also to her belief in its power to enrich lives and spark meaningful connections. This exhibition honors Weisman as both a designer and a collector—someone who has lived with art in the most personal way and now shares that vision with us all.

Fiber Forward celebrates Weisman’s extraordinary fiber donations; please visit May We Present: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection in the M. Tarlow Gallery to view Weisman’s gifts in other media. Fuller Craft Museum extends abundant appreciation to Judith Stern Weisman for her generosity and ongoing support of our permanent collection.

Jeanne Williamson Ostroff, Fence As Lace, #14, 2013

New Work in Process: 12 x 12 x 12 February 2026

 

I found some photos of painted symbols on streets that I was going to use in a painting a few years ago  but never did. I decided to use the top six photos in my February 12 x 12 x 12 painting. I cut them in quarters and then info ovals and glued them over the oval shaped holes I traced from one of the construction fences I have in my collection. You can see how it looks in process. I'm not sure where this is going yet. I'll be thinking about it over the next week and hope to do more next weekend. I have until the end of the month to finish it.

Cold and Windy

 

17 degrees without wind would have been OK for walking outside because the sun is out and I was bundled up, but even with holding my scarf to protect my face, it hurt too much to walk more that two blocks. I am hopeful that the daytime temperatures will be much better after today. At least that's what the 10 day weather forecast is showing. 🤞

More New Work in Progress: Custom Wordle Project Painting

New work in progress: It’s snowing lightly and I’m procrastinating working on my MIL’s taxes, so I glued down the pieces of vintage embroideries on my new Wordle painting about my custom 7 character word that represents the results from the answers from 24 people who took the challenge of trying to solve it. Next up, taxes, and also painting some lines between the six sections, probably with black but possibly not. 

New Work in Progress: Dates in a Life Walking Project 2026

This is the month of January for my new Dates in a Life Walking Project 2026 painting, a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I have documented my steps in paintings since 2016.

I use a system of symbols to represent each thousand steps. Instead of showing exactly how many I walk. The black icons represent up to 9999 steps walked each day, red represents 10,000-19,999 steps and yellow represents 20,000-29,999 steps.

The base monoprinted grid is black, with Florescent Magenta background paint used to signify the days (mostly weekends, but also including holidays, vacations days, and sick days) I was not at work, which usually gives me more time to walk for exercise than the days I am at work.

Under some individual days, there is a painted line of color to represent reasons that may lower or raise the number of steps I walked that day, such as snow, rainy, extreme hot or cold, illness, and vacation.

The painting is created with monoprinted textures of a construction fence as the background, handstamped rubber erasers on fabric which are collaged on the background grid, as well as handpainting and stitching on stiffened fabric.

More New Work in Progress: Custom Wordle Project Painting

Yesterday was bitterly cold, with a high of 9 degrees, and also the first day of a two day snowstorm which dumped 29" of snow on us (so far), with up to another 4" expected today.

It was a perfect day to work on my new Wordle painting about my custom 7 character word that represents the results from the answers from 24 people who took the challenge of trying to solve it.

I added small white fabric squares in the spaces separating the six groups of puzzles, and prepared scraps of vintage embroideries to be collaged on after the squares are dry.

Cold and Snow!

I was determined to walk today even though it's 7 degrees and it feels like it's -3, due to the polar vortex and the beginning of a snowstorm that's expected to dump up to 24" of snow in the Boston area through Monday night. I managed one long block and back, and gave up for safety reasons. All of my body was warm except my cheeks and nose. When I held my scarf up to try to protect my face, my glasses fogged up. I tried. Safety wins.