https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/home daily 1.0 2025-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/7f4056d3-280e-4a5e-b9c4-a9fa376038ea/That-Happened-Detail-.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/to-do-in-the-studio daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/94aeffe9-7ed6-4ad4-96f7-4d343dcb3c3c/moms-to-do-list-no-do-list.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/exhibitions daily 0.75 2026-02-17 https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/2023-gallery daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/d5747870-f500-4aa0-83ba-3330caacf18f/Distant.jpg 2023 Distant, 50” x 28”, Netting, paper, canvas, wire, silk. I go back and forth between media and process. This piece found me weaving on netting stretched across a coatrack again. I was interested in the seam where the two parts met, as had happened in a piece from a few years back. I realized, as I put this together, that it was a landscape of the Hudson River Valley and northwest CT., and how we who live here see it: next to each other but slightly apart, similar but different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/1707253975120-L3RKNXZLK985Q7N97KS4/Distant%2B-%2BDetail.jpg 2023 Distant, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c4e34a66-904d-4fb9-a475-5741711ffd71/Warren+Winter.jpg 2023 Warren Winter, 50” x 26”, Netting, canvas, paper, wire, silk. Deep in February, when I drive around upstate Connecticut, I am struck by the range of browns and the heaviness of the grey sky. The fields are only dirt, usually frozen, and often topped irregularly by snow and ice. Sticks, brambles, branches, twigs, brittle grass, and patches of slick ice are all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/be4a2e7c-0e9b-4e98-9bca-c5406511aa4e/99+Bowery.jpg 2023 99 Bowery, 24” x 18”, Vintage linen, silk, tape, tar. My first real home in NYC was on the Bowery between Grand and Hester Street. It might have been illegal? It was a somewhat casual sublet. Regardless, it was a massive mess, impossible to heat, in a then very sketchy neighborhood, and I loved it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c5201822-76ee-4827-b616-5e3386fd388e/Central+Park.jpg 2023 Central Park, 12” x 12”, Vintage linen, silk. Anyone who’s raised a child in NYC lays claim to their local park and playground. I spent so much time in Central Park when my son was small that I joked I should pay rent there. This rectangle of green will always be part of my home, regardless of where I live in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/4e06ae4f-3164-4673-8f5d-54dc434f2091/Not+Quite+the+Heights.jpg 2023 Not Quite the Heights, 24” x 18”, Vintage linen, silk, tape, tar. I moved way uptown for a few years, near 157th Street. It was a great apartment, good light, size, management. But it never felt like home. I later traded the light and size for smaller but closer to my family. Location and proximity matter; family matters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/8dc9ede8-4343-496e-9a2e-10ae777b1f8d/1129+Lex.jpg 2023 1129 Lex, 12” x 12”, Vintage linen, silk, flax. This was my ‘marriage home’. I moved here when I met my partner, raised a family and founded a business with this as my home, and left it when I got divorced and sold the business. It was good, and then it wasn’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/18d77ef3-a0e8-4f64-993a-50cc805b1bfb/Uptown+Downtown.jpg 2023 Uptown, Downtown, 18” x 24”, Vintage linen, suede, silk, flax. First, we opened a gourmet food store on the UES. Then we expanded it, doubled its size. Big mistake. Then we saved it by shrinking it and moving downtown. Growing a business is a very organic process: sometimes you control it, other times it runs away from you. https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/404 daily 0.75 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c9ad89b8-fb61-4b4c-856d-15c32d0ae5ff/Horse+Tail.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/581dbc77-6427-4f75-b308-50acf0e9de79/SB-contact.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/about daily 0.75 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/6efa7f56-8e3b-4b8f-bfd7-748367c9e365/Stacy+Bogdonoff.jpeg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/2022-gallery daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/61925bcb-a4bb-4a2e-a2c4-58a6d3b57d46/Ridge+Ride.jpg 2022 Ridge Ride, 48” x 48”, Vintage textiles, burlap, digitally printed linen, silk, cotton, paper, wire I spend time in a rural corner of CT. and have never tired of backroad car drives and hilly bike rides. Staying within the same twenty square miles, I can still climb a hill, turn a corner, and find a view that takes my breath away. Still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/0525e127-66a1-454b-8cb8-0f07079ed843/Saved+Lining.jpg 2022 Saved Lining, 36” x 24”, Vintage linen, netting, paper, wire, silk . I was taking down curtains that had been hanging in a relative’s home for over fifty years. As soon as I began to handle them the lining pulled away from the brocade. It was so old that the fabric couldn’t be ironed flat and the dirt that had settled into the creases had become permanent lines. The seam stitching fell into half inch threads. It was beautiful and had to be honored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/d3efe0ad-db2c-42ef-89ad-1fe2dfdd65f8/Split+Level.jpg 2022 Split Level, 24” x 18”, Vintage linen, netting, silk. I grew up in a split level. So many of us did. It still seems like a good design plan for a home: enter on the living room floor, bedrooms upstairs, playroom down. I think homes today are too big. These post-war homes in new developments seemed just right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/ecd29fcb-eb2d-4549-aa17-9252c0e2f72f/Suburbs.jpg 2022 Suburbs, 44” x 30”, Vintage textiles, burlap, industrial tape, wire, paper, silk. I grew up in the suburbs and, for a time, when I was very young, I thought everyone did. There was always a hill to go to and dig for ‘stuff’, always a field to kick around in, and the borders of your neighborhood were as far as your mother let you ride your bike. https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/2021-gallery daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b80382b6-edb9-4e51-8734-26057f23006f/18+Houses.jpg 2021 18 Houses, 60” x 48”, Vintage textiles, canvas, paper. 18 Houses refers to the eighteen years I lived with my family in a suburban home in New Jersey. I know, now, how lucky I was to have a warm, stable, safe home and family. The eighteen individual collages are separated by quiet pieces of drop cloth and artist’s canvas. I especially like how the layout looks like the page of a book, with an indented first paragraph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/2f5d34b4-f937-408e-965d-fa30fdaac6b0/Fifty+in+the+City.jpg 2021 Fifty in the City, 30” x 36”, Linen, canvas, fabric tape, pastel, shellac I am bullish about living in NYC. I complain often (it is my earned right) and I am lucky to be able to leave to re-charge and seek quiet, but I consider it my primary home and wouldn’t have it any other way. I loved it fifty years ago when I first came and will love it just as much tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c287f84a-09ce-4b42-86aa-2c756056a00d/One+Less.jpg 2021 One Less, 47” x 36”, Linen, canvas, wire, paper, paint. One Less came about after I lost a sibling, a sister. It shook my world to suddenly be one of three siblings, not four, as I had grown up. I found myself creating art that had four parts (quadrants, sections, pieces) and always leaving one of them radically different. I’m still creating some art this way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/ebc0ee55-fdba-480f-b98f-cc0f2c6487fa/Restoration%2C+Renovation.jpg 2021 Restoration, Renovation, 36” x 24”, Digital print on linen, paper, wire, silk. There is a view through a window in a very special home that holds a gorgeous curve of a hill, the sky, and three sides of cozy woods. This view and this piece, which is full of talismans and symbols, captures how special this home is to this family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f53359d9-ec1b-4fac-9e60-297f52ba8d1c/Restoration%2C%2BRenovation-detail.jpg 2021 Detail of Restoration, Renovation. https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/through-2020 daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/9cd290c6-c4e9-4cb7-94d0-0a33e17107bb/Red+Now.jpg Through 2020 Red Now Red Now became the bridge between the Collages and Fine Art. It’s the last in the Collage series, slightly larger than the others, and working with the swatches of monochromatic clothing led me to experimenting with a yard of burlap that took me to an experimental fiber series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/1abf9f3b-cb8e-4376-b1f1-67a374ef859d/Looking+In%2C+Looking+Out.jpg Through 2020 Looking In, Looking Out, 30” x 30”. Linen, cotton, hand painted paper, wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/da7a4b7b-6338-4880-a27e-062ec00078c3/Looking+In%2C+Looking+Out+-detail.jpg Through 2020 Looking In, Looking Out - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/ecd923a7-1124-4d7c-8a1a-563a4a80a050/Pocket_Weave.jpg Through 2020 Pocket Weave This piece is barely contained in the ten-inch square frame. It was woven with a grey linen warp and includes hand painted paper, wire, cotton, linen, and silk thread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/637b993c-e667-4a6c-83ae-602feec85fe4/Darkening.jpg Through 2020 Darkening, 32” x 32”. Linen, cotton, silk, hand painted paper, wire. Each square got darker and denser as I worked my way through this piece. The edges weren’t smooth and I mended them with wire. The top fringe needed tacking down and I did it stitch by stitch, each one individually knotted. My father also passed away just as I finished it. I was grieving while I worked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/7ab56d5d-f9b4-4806-8371-5362956794e4/Darkening+-detail.jpg Through 2020 Darkening, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/ea0081a7-1801-4c0e-b55b-8bd444a2ea2f/88+Dashes%2C+88+Knots.jpg Through 2020 88 Dashes, 88 Knots, 32” x 34”. Linen, cotton, silk, hand painted paper, wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/4b44036c-4668-40a6-9273-603470ab7b54/88+Dashes%2C+88+Knots+-detail.jpg Through 2020 88 Dashes, 88 Knots -detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b8468efc-a87e-47a8-864d-ccc764ff9faa/9+Ovals.jpg Through 2020 Nine Ovals, 20” x 20” Linen, silk, flax, paper, wire. Nine Ovals is part of a series exploring Shelter and Home. Each oval was a different technique and there was some serious ripping out along the way. 2020 brought us quarantine. Nine Ovals is the safest place to shelter in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/a1ba4057-91cb-46e6-831a-1ccd22bdfb4a/Off+the+Loom.jpg Through 2020 Off the Loom, 20" x 15" x 6", Linen, cotton, paper, wire, paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/956e2c35-47bd-410f-bb3c-76734383874b/Passing+Over.jpg Through 2020 Passing Over, 42" x 29". Digital photography on linen, paper, silk. Passing Over came from a desire to work larger, explore digital printing on fabric, and the need to compose in portable pieces. I am always pulled along by the energy and momentum of city streets, yet drawn to slow down and stop and notice small bits of paper and nature that litter my way. Silk stitching on digital printing creates a similar tension: small, soft, and meditative on a larger, colder mechanical surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/0b37521f-5ca4-4340-ba70-6c1d9e452a0a/Passing+Over+-detail.jpg Through 2020 Passing Over, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/2e1af3b4-dd34-45d7-bb16-17d6e283d1ce/Shelter+20.jpg Through 2020 Shelter 20, 24” x 12” x 8”, Cotton fiber, paper, wire. Shelter 20 is part of a series exploring Shelter and Home. It’s woven and then cut off the loom and formed in the air, without scaffolding, much like brambles and dormant branches I pass on early spring hikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/d5115b70-3f48-4193-8804-b847e5fdb7fd/Urban+Hike.jpg Through 2020 Urban Hike, 20" x 20". Digital photography on linen, paper, silk. Urban Hike zigs and zags like all city walking. Sky rendered geometric when caught between buildings, yellow street markings generally ignored, Central Park always in our mind's eye, and comfortable shoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/1c5a47e5-92cd-4a10-ac11-90389645f051/Urban+Hike+-detail.jpg Through 2020 Urban Hike, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/264c9a41-3350-417f-b0d6-e7fd838f737f/Checked+Off.jpg Through 2020 Checked Off, 12" x 12" Cotton, wire, paper, paint. Checked Off is what we’re asked to do all our lives. Check off the box: age, gender, ethnicity, race; the world rushes to categorize us. Sometimes, our job as artists, is to question that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/55af3b75-7440-4bcd-961a-15438f3dd530/This+Happened.jpg Through 2020 This Happened, 50” x 50” Rug warp, wire, paper, paint, shellac. This Happened was going to be woven sheets to form into a sculptural shelter but, when I sewed two sheets together and created the roll in the center, I knew it was complete as is. Sometimes the process leads the concept and you have to be open to change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/92976ade-df03-408d-9e21-6df124ed66ef/SB.jpg Through 2020 SOLD. Very proud that this piece was shown at The Woodstock Art and Artists Museum in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/9eff6d7c-29f5-42b7-a026-b999721e6e35/SBogdonoff%2B1.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/collages daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/15e9c9e9-6690-49de-a46c-b215dbd2428e/In+Hospital.jpg Collages Hospital This piece began with the embroidered screen square. I was sitting with a loved one in the hospital and the small stitches kept me calm during her treatment. She got well and I created my favorite collage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/6ebf31f3-9c3a-4493-8d73-88c3d35e5852/Climb+In%2C+Climb+Out+-detail.jpg Collages Hospital - detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/799d0707-7ac2-4c59-8c68-92b665e59e30/Begin+Again.jpg Collages Begin Again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f105f762-a3e5-4c24-a2ef-98c4ff575019/Climb+In%2C+Climb+Out.jpg Collages Climb In, Climb Out I’ve always been interested in positive/negative, peeling away, and peering inside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/0ba8d9f1-37a0-4aa9-9d0c-3644f37b9422/Spot+Apart.jpg Collages Spot Apart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f7cd5187-b3ae-4a7d-95ab-a8e88a25f014/Mid-Century.jpg Collages Mid-Century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/7d7bc7c1-ad4d-4f8a-b427-415e5c822c0b/Four+Turns.jpg Collages Four Turns There’s often a point, with many pieces and entire series, where you know you’ve overworked things. This happened, on this piece, in the lower right quadrant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c9ad89b8-fb61-4b4c-856d-15c32d0ae5ff/Horse+Tail.jpg Collages Horse Tail True. This horse hair had been hanging on my pegboard for over a decade. I’ve since found out one can buy horse tails (off the horse) in different lengths and colors. Thank you, internet. https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/studio-jewelry daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/88848625-a436-4ddf-907b-75c2ac4d070d/5.%2BWeave%2BGroup%2BShot.jpg Studio Jewelry All the Wovens Imagine opening a box of buried treasure. A box filled with coils and lengths of 18K gold rope, every semi-precious stone with the gold Rapunzel-like thread running through it. These necklaces drape, knot, twist and turn. They don’t have a front or back and you can’t quite figure out how they’re made. Every stitch is hand-formed; every stitch is fragile alone but sturdy and strong as part of the final piece. Think of spools and yarn and a childhood craft. Keep the tool and technique, just change the yarn to gold thread and string on hundreds of semi-precious stones and pearls before you begin. The end-caps, clasps, and closures are entirely handmade. It’s impossible to wear these without someone asking you what it is, where you got it, and if they can touch it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/535b820f-37ca-4558-8694-d7c7c4c58518/2.%2BGold%2BOnyx%2BFull.jpg Studio Jewelry Gold Onyx Wrap These are four separate necklaces. Three single strands of individually hand knotted 18K gold wire and beads, and one of onyx and gold wire. Onyx is not considered a very valuable stone but I like it because of the deep black color and how shiny smooth it is. The tassel wraps in front and I was worried it would be difficult to wear, that it would frequently come undone. I was wrong. It hangs beautifully and has never slipped. It’s a staple and I reach for it at least once a week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/662ae34a-35c1-43c5-9bd4-cf72cc712447/3.%2BMixed%2BSemi%2BPrecious.jpg Studio Jewelry All the Stones This necklace began life as a Fortunoff bracelet. Bracelets are hard to put on and I hardly ever wear them. But the stones are beautiful and set in backless bezels so the light pours through them and they’re unabashedly ‘look at me’ shiny. I took the bracelet apart and created a wrap necklace on black silk cord. Now it’s my very best dress-up necklace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/9e60ad23-66cf-4d52-a10a-1036b1d7e7ff/4.%2BCitrine%2BFull.jpg Studio Jewelry A Cluster of Citrine This necklace slips over my head and I adjust its length with a knot at the back of my neck. The stones are faceted citrine and there are enough here to be a small handful. It’s casual because no stone is central or immobile but luxurious because there are so many of them. I love the color and having so many to touch at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/e892015a-dd61-4f1e-8609-c8957cded45c/6.%2BWeave.18K%2Baqua%2Bmarine.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18K, Aquamarine Like knitting, one simple stitch can yield many patterns and styles. This aquamarine necklace is loose and fluid with a pattern of some stitches capturing a stone and others skipping it. The stones are faceted so they reflect the light in countless directions. It can be worn long, knotted once or twice, or doubled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/11afbc2d-e04c-4b92-aa26-97389c7c0b3a/7.%2BWeave.18K%2Bperidot.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18K, Peridot Peridot is a beautiful stone. It comes in a range of greens, light to dark and its tone can almost be thought of as neutral. It mixes beautifully with gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/a7f07ca7-468c-4d82-86f7-9c8c2931ae7d/8.%2BWeave.18K%2Btourmaline.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18K, Peridot Some people consider garnet a common stone. It’s widely found and has many uses. It’s a mineral, an abrasive, a filter, and used in sidewalk cement. It's January’s birthstone and the finest ones are used in jewelry. I love garnet because red and black have been front and center in my wardrobe for years. And red stones go with red lipstick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/3297a794-4537-4670-a10f-e9312b9522e3/9.%2BWeave%2B18K%2BQuartz.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18k, Smoky Quartz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c802fcc3-6559-4ef4-adb8-44475a703fad/10.%2BWeave%2B18K%2BBlue%2BTopaz.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18k, Blue Topaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f2112283-8fe3-4227-b0f1-7a5e28611759/11.%2BWeave%2B18K%2BPearl%2BGarnet.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18k, Garnet, Pearl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/1a3fe2df-3c82-4919-b077-860cf3a89eef/12.%2BWeave%2B18K%2BPearl.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18K, Pearl Long and lustrous, this necklace has weight and life. Pearls should be handled gently and kept away from acid and abrasives. Store them in a soft, safe place. This is a statement necklace; it’s long and can be doubled or knotted. Wear it alone or with only another small strand close to your neck. It’s great on a plain, flat background of color … a cashmere sweater is perfect. It's also spectacular doubled and worn close to your collarbone. It makes a perfect necklace for a bride. This is not your grandmother's pearl necklace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/245de23e-20ef-4599-8ae6-97ba3b58e1f6/13.%2BWeave%2B18K%2BPeridot%2BPearl.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18K, Peridot, Pearl This necklace is composed of two separate and identical strands, twisted and held in place with 18K oval end-caps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/1dc7fb3d-a756-4965-8203-2d2d34323dec/14.%2BWeave%2B18K%2BGarnet%2BTourmaline.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, 18K, Garnet, White Tourmaline This necklace holds together beautifully and lays confidently without tipping forward. I’ve become fascinated with knots. They’re as old as time and beautiful in their symbolism, function, and historic and literary references. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/6cef706c-bc15-4db1-960b-997d3b0b1e4f/15.%2BWeave%2B18K%2Bbracelets.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven Woven Bracelets. 18K, Carnelian. 18K, White Topaz These bracelets have a tension steel wire running through them. The wire isn’t visible but it’s very strong and springy, making these bracelets easy to put on and take off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/d9cd3aa8-bf41-4d6e-96eb-8bdded8b6a1c/16.%2BWeave%2BFine%2BSilver%2BQuartz.jpg Studio Jewelry Woven, Fine Silver, Swarovski Crystal Fine silver is different than sterling silver. It is alloyed with less copper than sterling; it’s purer. So, it’s also more pliable and easier to weave. The tassels in front are constructed with sterling silver tubing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/e8aee35b-6a9f-4241-b66c-7a57e8fab5dd/17.%2BHand%2BStitch%2B18K%2BGold%2BBeads%2C%2BDouble%2BLength.jpg Studio Jewelry Knots and Beads. 18K gold. This series of necklaces are all hand stitched and feature semi-precious stones or 18K beads or chain, linked together with twisted pieces of gold wire. This one is all gold with the closure in front, the clasp becoming an integral part of the design. The length of this necklace is very flexible and all the larger, circular rings can be used as the place to hook and close. The hook can even grab two or three rings at the same time allowing this necklace to be many different lengths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/03e12a7c-d792-4bf6-8b6f-044802f4934d/18.%2BChain%2B18K%2BBeads%2BTriple%2BLength.jpg Studio Jewelry Chain and Beads. 18K Gold. Tiny beads and the finest gauge wire link 18K chain at one inch intervals. Very delicate and can be wrapped two or three times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/ef013df2-654c-48bc-afe6-aba670aa9265/19.%2BHand%2BStitch%2B18K%2BGold%2BBeads.jpg Studio Jewelry Knots and Beads. 18K Gold. Entirely hand knotted, bead-by-bead. This is a basic necklace that can be worn almost daily, with every other style necklace I make. It’s a ‘foundation’ piece. These days I mix it with silver, vintage, ethnic, and costume jewelry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/da0cad9f-2254-4bea-90d2-73c297291ba4/20.%2BHand%2BStitch%2B18K%2BSapphire.jpg Studio Jewelry Knots and Sapphires. 18K Gold. Hand knotted with fine gauge 18K wire and sapphires. Wrap twice or wear long with the tassel hanging just above your waist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/407c7e52-4087-46a7-aedc-3d3b508f88e7/21.%2BHand%2BStitch%2B18K%2BOnyx.jpg Studio Jewelry Knots and Onyx. 18K Gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/25f5dca9-8b1d-4d51-9b80-bc149d2abb7f/22.%2BHand%2BStitch%2BTourmaline%2BDouble.jpg Studio Jewelry Knots and Tourmaline. 18K Gold. Larger stones and slightly stronger gold wire. Wrap twice or wear long. The weight of the stones on the tassel keep it secure and closed. Sometimes I wrap both the strands, keeping the the look chunkier and more substantial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f9e2a764-a680-48c8-884e-dda39b0dd17c/23.%2BHand%2BStitch%2BMulti%2BTourmaline.jpg Studio Jewelry Knots and Tourmaline. 18K Gold. Double strand with a chain at the clasp to slightly adjust the length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f6ec4575-edfe-437a-8e47-8817df0ec621/24.%2BChain%2B18K%2Bcarnelian.jpg Studio Jewelry Skip and Stones. 18K Gold, Carnelian. These stones are evenly spaced, the same number on each strand, but then each strand is hand placed to guide where all the little lengths fall. The gold wire the beads are strung on barely shows so there's an interesting contrast between the fluid chain and stiffer strung stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/bb3aaa97-4c44-466d-9681-d37a1542a784/25.%2BChain%2B18K%2BSpinel.jpg Studio Jewelry Skip and Stones. 18K Gold, Spinel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/770915a6-44c2-47d7-a9e9-7ecc27b867e4/26.%2BChain%2B18K%2BPearl.jpg Studio Jewelry Skip and Stones. 18K Gold, Fresh Water Pearls This is one of my favorites. It’s one long length that I double and triple wrap myself. There’s something about the permanent little curve of each pearl cluster that becomes graphic and jaunty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/d9403e52-b306-4836-b5a1-a10ec55ab450/27.%2BDrops%2B18K%2BTourmaline%2C%2Bdouble.jpg Studio Jewelry Drops. 18K Gold and Tourmaline This is the style that started my work with gold. A client showed me a necklace from a magazine back in the 80’s and asked if I could make her one. I taught myself the knot and began learning about gemstones. I still love this style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/93e20efa-4cbb-4d35-8af8-cc7334843e22/28.%2BDrops%2B18K%2BTour%2BFront%2BHook.jpg Studio Jewelry Drops. 18K Gold and Tourmaline It wasn’t long before I began making my own closures and incorporating them into the design of a piece. Gold is too beautiful to hide under your hair and I love adding another component of design into a traditional treatment of jewelry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/fffc98ce-d6b0-415d-9927-243f4887d158/29.%2BDrops%2B18K%2BWhite%2BGold%2BTourmaline.jpg Studio Jewelry Drops. 18K White Gold and Tourmaline.+ Drops. 18K White Gold and Tourmaline. If you like the look of silver but want the quality of gold, white gold is the option. It’s a harder metal to work with but the results are worth it. This has a cold, sharp quality that I love. And I happily mix it with traditional warm, yellow gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/d6d01990-1e68-4ade-90d3-dd0d9bf34f69/1.%2BRing%2BNecklace%2BFull.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/silver-geometrics daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b31ef756-0528-4e3a-aa2b-9ee9539713a1/round%2Bround%2Bsquare%2Bchoker.jpg Silver Geometrics Circle, Circle, Square Choker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/06ca59e8-cdb6-4ad9-9626-0caa5c0db1f0/round%2Bround%2Bchoker.jpg Silver Geometrics Even More Complicated https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/aab87612-18b6-4dbd-b7e1-a1120bdbe5be/round-square%2Bchoker.jpg Silver Geometrics Circle, Square, Circle, Square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/52504bc5-11ce-4c64-9e63-993af4d03575/Silver%2Bgeometric.jpg Silver Geometrics A chunk, a handful, like a game of Jacks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/bc4d3cce-85fd-42dc-ae03-3a0222d493cc/round-square%2Bdrop%2Bneck%2Bintro.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/lost-found-jewelry daily 0.75 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/442285e0-7c95-4d1f-bd44-9133587f5427/1.%2BFobs.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Fobs These are sterling silver fobs, found in London, back when the London fleas had countless shoeboxes filled to the brim with bits and pieces of sterling silver everything: silverware, costume jewelry, letter openers, bottle stoppers, chains, frames, and desk accessories. Fobs are charms and jewelry for men. They were often attached to pocket watch chains when pocket watches were in style. Many are Victorian; some commemorated a winning sports event or milestone like a graduation; some were engraved; most were ornate. First I bought just one. Then another. Then I began looking in earnest. One day I came back with over twenty and declared it a “Fobulous Day”. These are on a black silk cord and can be draped and knotted several different ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/e0abd6d1-f5a9-4b44-b5b9-93273be5a9d5/2.%2BFobs%2C%2Bdetail.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Fobs They have a beautiful, handled, warm and soft patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/74a009ba-428d-4551-ae0e-9c6265e312e0/4.%2BBrass%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Brass Paperclips Paperclips are endlessly fascinating. What are they but twisted wire, which is what most jewelers produce most of the time? You think you’ve seen them all but designers and manufacturers are always creating variations on the theme. They exist one way as you first see them, and another when paper is slipped between the tense wires. They’re very modest and just perfectly functional. And they’re all new when gathered together in a necklace. These are brass and on a brown silk cord. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b343b71e-f66b-4223-9cd4-0579887eaaed/5.%2BBrass%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Brass Paperclips Paperclips are endlessly fascinating. What are they but twisted wire, which is what most jewelers produce most of the time? You think you’ve seen them all but designers and manufacturers are always creating variations on the theme. They exist one way as you first see them, and another when paper is slipped between the tense wires. They’re very modest and just perfectly functional. And they’re all new when gathered together in a necklace. These are brass and on a brown silk cord. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f4c4b09f-795d-4595-8b33-af2a3d8f73e6/6.%2BBrass%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Brass Paperclips Each clip is attached by hand and small black beads are onyx. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/604b41fc-5c75-4883-9ca2-200662776dfb/7.%2BBrass%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Brass Paperclips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/ce5499e4-6300-46c6-9a6f-85c890060a9c/8.%2BTake%2Bit%2BApart%2BPuzzle.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Take it Apart Puzzle You know this puzzle. A handful of twisted stainless steel loops and curves, all connected and impossible to separate…. Until. Until they come apart as if by magic and you’re holding seven or eight individual pieces. I’ve had a seven year old shout, “I know those!” when he saw me wearing this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/dbd0247e-1c5e-4c2d-afe9-9d39209c7d92/9.%2BTake%2Bit%2BApart%2BPuzzle.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Take it Apart Puzzle They also cast beautiful shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/fbad158d-8d5b-4acc-98db-0696d505d0a9/10.%2BBlack%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Black Paperclips Paperclips again and one more example of how varied and beautiful a common little object can become. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/7c88ec0e-53b8-49b9-affd-9b754a7ed9a6/11.%2BBlack%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Black Paperclips We all wear black so much it’s sometimes hard to find a white shirt to properly show off this necklace. I tend to wear this piece more often in the spring and summer when I find exactly the right white V-neck or crew neck shirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/5cf69dec-0db1-4e07-842f-628084bbb283/12.%2BBlack%2BPaperclips.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Black Paperclips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/0db1018f-8612-47ac-a55a-ebcf982948db/13.%2BMahjong%2BGame%2BPieces.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Mahjong Game Pieces I’ve had these for years. I think they’re ivory counting or score keeping pieces from Mahjong games. I’d never buy ivory today but these are old and it feels good to give them a new life. I cleaned them and oiled them and drilled the holes only where there were already red or black indented dots. It’s a lot of necklace and if I were going to make it again I’d use fewer components. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/a9c374b2-3c42-44d3-9715-ffc3b9645aea/14.%2BMahjong%2BGame%2BPieces.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Mahjong Game Pieces The connecting wires are all made by hand and the loop is larger than I usually form. It’s hard to keep the loop circle true and symmetrical when it’s that large but it works here and relates to the proportions of the piece, allowing them to move fluidly and sift through your fingers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/1a73674a-2cf2-48f2-8c24-9e27eef1756e/16.%2B45%2BRPM.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry 45 RPM If you recognize these immediately you’re probably over fifty-five years old and/or have an older sibling. Once upon a time there were record players that played albums that had a small hole in the center. Single songs were recorded on discs that had a large hole in the center. These little plastic adapters were inserted into the hole so they could be played on album turntables. Who knew? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/3239716c-3345-4abe-b598-59b8dddec8e9/15.%2B45%2BRPM.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry 45 RPM The Bakelite discs can still be found in button boxes, vintage dress pockets, notion stores selling off stock, and on Ebay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/bc5512c3-8296-469c-8e8d-9bd057c98711/17.%2BDeco%2BDrape%2BTrim.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Deco Drape Trim I found an old spool of mesh trim and left it out on my studio table for months. It was yards and yards of these tiny brass and nickel discs held together with even smaller flat, round links. I couldn’t do a thing with it as long ribbon or yardage but, when I took my wire snips to it, I was suddenly holding beautiful pieces of fluid, intricate metal scraps. The movement of the small scraps in contrast to the natural curve of the wire creates a very unique sculptural and wearable necklace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/685649b6-5603-42a7-802e-3191dfeb10dc/18.%2BDeco%2BDrape%2BTrim.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Deco Drape Trim There’s no front or back to these pieces. They’re different textures and both present beautifully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/e0f4a58a-bc3c-418c-b175-0c09f66c91c5/19.%2BChainmail%2Band%2BMesh.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Chainmail and Mesh Chainmail is not a new technique in contemporary jewelry but this necklace began life as a napkin ring. Wire cutters, and presenting them on the bias, changed the original object completely and used the material in a very new way. It’s hard not to fiddle with them when they’re worn. They’re like fabric but with weight and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/9e882e0f-7bfb-4c75-8d8d-4e41fff148fb/20.%2BChainmail%2Band%2BMesh%2B%281%29.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Chainmail and Mesh I often pair the larger chainmail necklace with a smaller one I made by repurposing a vintage Bedouin bracelet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/16c875ce-c255-4401-90b8-e5ba014ab5e5/21.%2BSteel%2BNails.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Steel Nails These are hardened steel flooring nails; they may be antique. I’m not sure. But I love the form and oily blackness and how they feel in your hand. They’re not quite true or perfectly square or identical to each other. I designed the collar and attachment and love the way they hang together in a heavy waterfall. This is a great layering piece with heavier winter clothes and smaller, more delicate gold jewelry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/34619bef-57a3-4877-ac52-2829a3a66a1d/22.%2BMother%2Bof%2BPearl%2BPen%2BTops.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Mother of Pearl Pen Tops We barely use pens at all anymore; so much is digital and we tap away with our thumbs more often than we write. But there was a time when pen nibs were constructed of precious steel and slipped onto pen tops carved of ivory, wood, bone, or mother of pearl. I found these beauties in a satin box and created the sterling silver collars one by one, making sure each one was snug and the fit seamless. Hardly anyone knows what they are so, be prepared to answer questions whenever you wear this necklace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/91a5193b-cd55-4d83-a65e-ef265f75b8d1/23.%2BMother%2Bof%2BPearl%2BPen%2BTops.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Mother of Pearl Pen Tops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/71577a79-82ce-4426-a637-96fe559ce942/24.%2BCircle%2Band%2BSlash%2BRings.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Circle and Slash Rings Another necklace that began life as a set of napkin rings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b89d2383-4387-43a8-a7ef-c9051de9c272/25.%2BCircle%2Band%2BSlash%2BRings.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Circle and Slash Rings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/93ea68b2-c98b-477a-b145-dd5774a5b036/26.%2BNapkin%2BRings%2BOnce.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Napkin Rings Once https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/8d7a40d5-5238-4b42-a8a0-7ce1e31373ae/27.%2BNapkin%2BRings%2BOnce.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Napkin Rings Once ….. and again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/9f581237-4947-4f40-baac-734258f66c76/28.%2BBrass%2BShield.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Brass Shield Believe it or not, this brass shield began life as a bud vase. It was designed to sit on a surface, the well holding a bit of water, with a single bud resting inside on a slant– just about lying flat on the table surface. I think it’s far better with the holes drilled at the top and hanging as a necklace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/0e0e7354-4771-4784-b069-549f77564c30/29.%2BBrass%2BShield.jpg Lost & Found Jewelry Brass Shield This has wonderful texture and warmth and I love all the variations on a circle in one piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/180a98b5-089f-40df-9d25-7895492bb068/3.%2BFobs%2C%2Benlarged.jpg https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/may-2024-solo-show-at-ny-public-library daily 0.75 2024-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c9ca93f2-dc4e-42e7-b599-2aab0312d553/Asemic.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Asemic, 36" x 26" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/a9a75a76-87be-477a-a0fb-eb1724817cc6/Broken-Home.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Broken Home, 32" x 26" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/6553e26a-4a03-489b-9d34-4d05bd61051a/Densely-Populated.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Densely Populated, 38" x 26" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/15d306f1-9837-41c9-baab-461dbcf72ab2/Gardening.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Gardening, 40" x 26" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/952b545c-06db-4d9a-a848-5abd155d0985/Asemic.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Asemic, 36” x 28”, Recording ape, drop cloth. Asemic was a new word to me. I was experimenting with this reel-to-reel recording tape, curling it and flattening it, and following through on how it looked like handwriting. A friend saw it and said, “Asemic!”. I actually had to look the word up. It’s very fun to learn a totally new word at this age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/cc170a4b-f73c-4582-8403-1730fd151246/No-More-Mothers.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library No More Mothers, 30" x 24" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b33f583a-494a-4a13-989c-60e2504690f2/Broken+Home.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Broken Home, 36” x 30”, Recording tape, silk, canvas. Sometimes, something that seems tightly woven, true, firm, and strong can collapse and fall apart when you least expect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/12550edd-f612-4506-9f8b-9dd47033741c/One-Less-Again.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library One Less Again, 38" x 26" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b6a4f673-09d0-4cbd-ad8a-3d539a60f0d2/No+More+Mothers.jpeg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library No More Mothers, 36” x 30”, Wire, paper, silk. There’s a certain group of women who live to a ripe old age, into their late 80’s and mid 90’s. They’re pragmatic survivors, generally feisty, and take their role as the family matriarch seriously. I had one and a lot of my friends did, too. But eventually they pass and then there are no more mothers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/42520508-fd67-4ee5-ab19-37304e6efc3a/Pic-Up-Pics.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Pic Up Pics, 32" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/b7f30519-7979-41f6-8e44-30fb1a4dacfe/One-Less-Again.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library One Less Again, 30” x 28”, Recording tape, silk, canvas, amber shellac. I seem to keep making art that has four sections or quadrants, with one of them different than the other three. The different one is my missing sibling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/e5c6c4b0-8b87-46c6-8965-40d390b7b25b/Split-Sound.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Splintered Sound, 40" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/39b048b4-fc06-46e5-b283-6d3110658aa4/Splintered+Sound.jpeg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Splintered Sound, 30" x 24", Recording tape, amber shellac, drop cloth. You can use a razor to cut the recording tape, splice and/or strip it into ribbons. But does that really change the story? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/7277f794-a175-4810-b0cd-b412189334e9/Pic+Up+Pics%2C+WIP+%28was+Film+with+Sprockets%29.jpeg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Pic Up Pics, 28”x 28”, Recording tape, silk, walnut ink, polished cotton. There’s recording tape and there’s motion picture film and there’s both. Some hold a story, some flake away, some have … sprockets. Sometime media leads my art and the story follows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/cbd61f83-1be4-498d-b4a5-334cd9e1b752/Pic+Up+Pics%2C+detail+%28was+Film+with+sprockets%29.jpeg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Detail: Pic Up Pics, about 30”x 22”. This is how it begins. Holding, touching, folding, snipping, saving, and re-arranging. Again and again, until an idea comes forth and beauty has to be held. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/39e51bd0-966e-479b-a96a-53fd4d9fe4d3/Beginning+of+pillow+backs.jpg May 2024 - Solo Show at NY Public Library Beginning of Pillow Backs, Yellowed backs of throw pillows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/47d56269-ba7f-4064-a900-ddc615e93fee/SB+logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/df398412-6e67-4e12-97ea-a7e62bf6ad94/NYPL.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/9b41d12d-665c-434f-bbbe-1d52f0498508/NYPL+Install+Shot%2C+Max.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/2452b357-9ac1-45ac-b382-5acc45104cfc/Entry+Sign.png https://www.stacybogdonoff.com/2025-gallery daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/180bf424-df0c-43b5-8d2b-60719fc541f5/Two-%E2%80%98Hoods.jpg 2025 Two ‘Hoods (As in Two Neighborhoods.) Find the media you love (here it’s black waxed linen, a florist supply) hand woven (on a Melissa and Doug kids loom), lifted off and draped down onto painters drop cloth. It became obvious that the loose grids got more and more interesting when they were layered on top of each other, and the smaller, denser textures begin to assert themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/a63abd04-ee02-4483-98d6-0fe4f35c0562/Maps-and-Mapping.jpg 2025 Maps and Mapping Cleaning up the studio, folding and neatening up textiles, re-discovering flea market purchases – these are tried and true methods that spark my process. Burlap: the most basic grid, used to wrap shrubs to protect them from winter weather, used to form feed bags, industrially and loosely woven by the mile; made of jute, hemp, or flax. I always have burlap, in several iterations, in my studio. Handle it and stretch it a bit, prepare a place for it to land, capture it with slow stitching, and wait to see what evolves. That large orange rectangle? That’s Central Park. Obviously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/5e01d3ed-dd7a-4a89-a3d0-396c18fc5074/Thin-Ice.jpg 2025 Thin Ice Because if you’ve stitched light strands on to a dark grid, you have to follow it with dark strands on a light grid. And where so many of us find ourselves, on ‘Thin Ice’. Insecure housing, a chronic or a catastrophic health event, an unexpected career bump, a habit flirting with addiction, a child struggling to separate, a budget that doesn’t balance. ‘Thin Ice’ is a risky place to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/374eae59-4317-448e-882d-8b9f24cc7af0/Printed-Matter.jpg 2025 Printed Matter Printing with my netting and grids has been on my mind for a while now. It’s a messy process: dipping the nets into paint, wringing it out, dropping it onto different surfaces, sometimes attaching it to swimming pool noodles, using it once (or, using it ten times), making printing ‘blocks’ and inking them with cardboard tubes. It goes on and on. And then, capturing the residue left on the stretched plastic tarp that’s protecting the floor. In the end I realized I was creating media to use in several projects going forward. All mono-prints, none reproduceable, each with its own spontaneous characteristics. More to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/dbb01c14-6ead-4f81-8e3c-c199916608f0/Stitch-Winter.jpg 2025 Stitched Winter After the eye watering mess of printing (albeit successful) I settled in to the short, dark days of winter, using small, neat, meditative stitching. Dots and dashes, my cherished language of ‘one-at-a-time, take your time, let it unroll, make what you want to see.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/4d73bb21-3d06-4055-8f98-de6817051d3e/They-Moved-to-England.jpg 2025 They Moved to England It takes a long time to make an old friend, and you can’t get one when you’re much older. Not too many people in my life now, knew me before I was married, before I had a child, when I was trying out careers, when I fell asleep with make-up on, and when I wore a size four. She did and now she’s moved to England. She and her husband could not tolerate our political situation any longer and They Moved to England. I miss her and wonder if I’ll ever see her again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/534891e5-85fd-4988-875a-80ceaa236e1a/But%2C-why.jpg 2025 But, why? More printed media; more breaking the grid; more chocolate brown, beige, taupe, and tea-stained linen. More and more questions: Why can’t people find compassion? Why have so many gotten so narrow minded? Why aren’t the smartest doctors and scientists respected anymore? Why don’t my phone and laptop synch after an update? Why do we treat the end of our pets lives better than our parents? Why do we still have the electoral college? Why can’t I get that Cheesy topping at Trader Joe’s any more? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/531144b2-150e-43ff-bea1-28ca65e76de0/Shelter25.jpg 2025 Shelter25 I want to make more sculpture. Also: I don’t like waste or a crowded studio or enshrining work that’s past its best time. This was originally a two-dimensional piece and it no longer needed to be. I snipped it off its stretcher and free formed it with the help of a garden tomato cage. I knew I loved the shellacked cotton strips, and I knew I could stitch it together. I also knew there was a lamp base that would work perfectly. I was right. Shelter25: holds space, light, air, safety, shelter, and hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/4c1317c9-9ae8-49ee-802c-ebad6ae5980b/Four-Square.jpg 2025 Four Squared Maybe the culmination of a winter of work? Maybe the introduction of red? (Or the end of that bolt of fabric?) Maybe remembering that I really liked the tightly woven mat that same size, same stained cotton formed? (Especially when randomly stitched down with that same color silk?) Maybe liking that 20” square and, later, realizing that four of them could be arranged several different ways? (Fun with art and trusting a curator?!) Definitely keeping the printmaking there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/c3246b7d-cdd4-446e-be62-8ab2ed41376b/Four-Square-2.jpg 2025 Four Squared 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/fd071eda-d440-4c33-a9cd-9da89630742e/Four-Square-3.jpg 2025 Four Squared 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65a52203a72f1c4f2b4bc777/f1aa03dc-6d2d-4b9c-9b68-21a4fd9c6c5e/Four-Square-4.jpg 2025 Four Squared 4