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Escopis – International Christmas Card

BOBBI MASTRANGELO’S ARTIST STATEMENT For “The Street Was Paved in Gold” Since 1979, I have focused on the theme of manhole and water covers, rendering them in prints, cast paper, sculpture relief, installations and fiber art. Through research and contact with utilities I have learned a great deal about the purposes for the different covers. […]

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If We Only Have Love, We Can Melt all the Guns

My Wish for 2008 is for Love, Understanding and Peace Among Nations of Our World.  My husand Al and I sang “If We Only Have Love” with the Solivita  “Guys and Dolls Chorus” in their December 2007 Concert. One verse from Jacques Brel’s “If We Only Have Love” brought to mind a recycling project I had read about a […]

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Prayer for the Indian Iron Worker

Barefoot, tramping in hot black sand, shirtless, gleaming with sweat,  the ironworkers stand by with giant ladles to catch the molten iron spewing from the flaming furnace. The outside temperature may rise to 100 degrees.  Inside, under the gritty tin-roofed foundry in India, employees endure the additional, intense heat radiating from the furnace.  Hundreds of […]

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Sewer History Hall of Fame

NEWS – November 2007 www.Sewerhistory.org click image to enlarge Vestige (Charleston, SC) Vestige SC is one of her nine images featured on their Sewers in the Culture with stories about her art. PDF Article Sewers in Our Culture November 2007 – Few people think of the lowly manhole cover as art, but Bobbi Mastrangelo, a […]

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Don’t Go Soft on Terrorism

May 2007 The Osceola Center for The Arts Juried Exhibition in Kissimmee, Florida “Don’t Go Soft on Terrorism” was on view during the month of May Click image to enlarge   Sculpture Relief with Collage – Created 2006 Grate Diameter 23″  Rim and Chimney Support  26.5′ x 4″ deep. Collage Detail Act of War – […]

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2006 NPCW Postcard Dedication

2006 NPCW Postcard Dedication “Grate Spring”, my 2006 issue for National Post Card Week is dedicated to Landscape Architect, Brian Mahoney. “Grate Spring”  (Daffodils) 28” Garden Sculpture Pub: Monarch Graphics Post Card page One Autumn, Brian secretly planted daffodil bulbs under my garden grate.  That was over a decade ago and yet I still fondly recall […]

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“The Power of Four” (#Hurricane Interactive Relief) Exhibited at the Mills Pond House Gallery

Bobbi Mastrangelo’s fiber art piece: “The Power of Four in 2004” will be on view at the Mills Pond House Gallery   660 Route 25 A in St. James, New York.   The interactive sound sculpture relief was based on actual traumas.  Hurricanes “Charlie,” “Frances” and “Jeanne” tore through her Solivita Community in Polk County during […]

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“Irish Blessing” at Solivita Artisan Guild Exhibition

Sunday December 11, 2005 2:00 PM until 11:00 PM The Solivita Artisans Guild will held their 3rd art exhibit at the Art Gallery in Solivita. Refreshments were served. Bobbi Mastrangelo exhibited: Irish Blessing, a sculpture relief and  Bell System, a tiny embossed print on hand made paper. “Irish Blessing” (Ballinasloe Water Cover) 21 ” x […]

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“Acquedotto” at the Orlando Museum of Art

“Acquedotto” at the Orlando Museum of Art November 12 – 20, 2005 “Art on the Wall” is an addition to the annual Festival of the Trees. This new benefit feature for the museum, provides an opportunity to purchase art by local artists. “Acquedotto” $490 by  Bobbi Mastrangelo Acquedotto is an Italian water cover rendition in […]

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Sedona in the News

Sedona in the News October 10 – October 30, 2005 “SEDONA”, Bobbi Mastrangelo’s Fiber Art Work is on Exhibit in Salt Lake City at the Friends of Dard Hunter Juried Exhibition of Hand-made Paper Art and Books Sedona Hand Made Paper & Mixed Media 47 x 29 x 3           SEDONA […]

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