At Decade coffee shop in Lawrence this week, a magical collection of woven textiles is on display.
They stopped me in my table-searching tracks when I spotted them.
Causing me to interrupt the conversations of all those sitting at the tables in front of them,
in order to take photographs.
Calmly reassuring all individuals, that they of course, would not appear in any pictures.
Every ounce of my color, texture, fiber-loving being was engaged by these works of art.
Then, when I walked over to read the artist statement, I squealed with delight because these were made by Bea Bonanno, who also happens to work at my local yarn store - The Yarn Barn of Kansas. I wanted to dance a jig and run right over to see if she was working and high 500 her! Instead I just went to her social media and expressed my deep admiration of her work.
I should have known that inside the talented knitter brain of hers there also existed other dimensions of artistic know-how.
If you are in the area, an in-person inspection is highly recommended. The tables at Decade are the best for sitting and writing, talking, knitting, and of course staring at the work of amazing artists in our midsts.
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