I figured it would be best to just post these items that I have worked on in the latter part of this year and haven't gotten much "press" yet. Some fun eye candy! Contact me if you want more info (FiberFly@icloud.com).
Held Harmless #17
Algae
I sent a photo of this collage off to Spoonflower and ended up returning the print as the white wasn't really WHITE. It was a light dove gray so the contrast was wishy washy. I don't think my image was gray, but in any case I'm waiting for it to return to me with much cleaner contrast between lights and darks. (On Blogger the whites look brownish, hmmmm.)
Luckily, Receding Figures, a collaboration I did with Steven Mandell, will be shown at the Last CA 101 at the Redondo Beach old library. I'll be there from 6-7:30; hope you can come as well!!
5 of my pieces were invited to this exhibit of So Cal heavy hitters. And, yes, that's After the 6th Extinction on the announcement. This invitational show includes work by about a dozen amazing textile artists. Don't miss it is you are nearby!!
The sky is indeed falling on this poor little guy! This quilt (with 4 months of hand stitching) is 41" x 33" and my new phone's photos capacity really shows the details. Does the world feel like this these days?
Lucky to see this great show of contemporary embroidery in LA with 5 of my dear friends at Craft Contemporary. Had lunch in West Adams which was GREAT!! Mixed media hand stitching, what more could one ask for??!?!!
CAGED is my latest 3D piece. It refers back to the art quilts I did several years ago on the subject of incarceration. I came upon a rusty old tomato cage and knew right away that it was crying out to become a piece of art. I covered it on 2 of its 3 sides with Fosshape to act as a substrate for the textiles and stitching. To that I applied cheese cloth I'd dyed murky browns. Then I made warts and knobs and other oddments, mostly hand dyed, that I stitched into place through the open third. I spray painted the interior when all the stitching was complete. Getting it to balance was a bit of a trick, but it's very steady now. It stands just over 2' high.
Usually I put only images of finished work on my blog, but I'm so happy to be back in my studio for the first time since December (thank you EMERGENCE, my solo show in Long Beach) that I just can't resist showing the first third of the new piece. It will be about 30" tall. More cheese cloth is in the rusty dye bath getting ready for tomorrow. The rusty tomato cage is the armature.
Some images from the opening at the Long Beach JCC atrium gallery. January 2023. The show is up through January so stop by if you're in the neighborhood! It's open 7 days/week from 6 am to 6 pm.
