Dipping Lace into Honey is an intimate installation of handmade lace, honey, beeswax, and animation by Peggy Fussell. Using a crocheted doily made by her great-grandmother as a pattern, Fussell creates new doilies and lace trims, then dips these pieces into honey and beeswax to create stop-motion animations. These animations are then projected onto and through the lace and handmade prints.

Throughout the gallery, lace work is displayed in a variety of forms. Pieces hang on the walls, their delicate patterns catching and diffusing the light. On the metal beams, crochet mingles with crystallized and dripping honey. A table holds lace gloves dipped in honey, the honey slowly dripping down onto the floor below as a reminder that this material is very much alive.

"My grandmothers taught me a variety of needlework techniques. While making lace for my animations, I am reminded of the warm, honey, stickiness of the lessons they passed down to me. The doilies in this exhibition inspire new conversations that recall familiar stories."

- Peggy Fussell

Dipping Lace into Honey is on view until May 15th. Come and sit with the artistry that gets passed down through patient hands and experience the lessons that are slow and warm and sticky, that stay with you long after you've left the room.