Lisa Allswede

I work magic on a sewing machine. I construct and deconstruct visual narratives using thread to stitch together my past with the present into different scaled vignettes about: change, mistakes, childhood, eating elmer’s paste, the green electrical box, college, growing up, being a mom, making more mistakes, my alma mater morrice high school, painting in the land of maize and blue, discovering bob & stan, 21, 30, 3, 50, france, italy, ireland, japan, abusing commas, 6801, avoiding being an artist, marriage, children, more change, living in ann arbor, living in chicago, living in pittsburgh, making enormous mistakes, teaching art, adventures in dumpsters, going back to school, never running a triathlon, eating great food, creating, not creating, laughing, technology, make mistakes again, playing hard, rusty metal pieces, the big kahuna mistake, sewing machines, power tools, my move to oklahoma, and now my recent move to las vegas.