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Eye Spy a Narcissist
Medium: Cyanotype on Fabric with Original Text, Cotton
Size: 17″ x 34″
Description: Eye Spy a Narcissist is a piece created from unique text printed using cyanotype on fabric.
Chaos
Medium: Fabric/Paint
Size: 14” x 18” framed
Description: Warm gradient color study hand stitched in ancient sashiko technique.
Balance
Medium: Fabric/Paint
Size: 14” x 18” framed
Description: Cool gradient color study hand stitched in ancient sashiko technique.
Silent No More
Medium: Deconstructed Wedding Dresses/Veil, Paint, Duct Tape
Size: 19.5” x 19.5” framed
Description: Silent No More is an expression of finding one’s voice after divorce. Wedding gowns create the background and sections of wedding dresses were painted to create the flowers. Wedding gowns were donated by divorced women.
Free
Medium: Deconstructed Wedding Dresses/Veil, Paint
Size: 19.5” x 19.5” framed
Description: Free is constructed from pieces of wedding dresses and abandoned wedding accessories of divorcées as an expression of healing marital abuse and trauma.
Unbound
Medium: Deconstructed wedding dresses, paint, ties
Size: 40” x 26”
Description: Unbound is a visual representation of healing through divorce and experiencing freedom from marital expectations. It was constructed using sections of wedding dresses from divorcées’ including my own.
Don’t Lose My Number
Medium: Fabric/Acrylic
Size: 12.5”
Description: Sometimes things are simply black and white. Fabric scraps are pieced and hand stitched using ancient sashiko technique in this personal reflection of abuse.
Expectations
Medium: Deconstructed Wedding Dress and Veil, Fabric/Paint
Size: 19”
Description: Repurposed feminine fabrics are stitched onto a background of wedding dress in this reflection on societal expectations. Words are painted on torn strips of wedding veil.
Desert Color Study
Medium: Cotton, Sashiko stitching
Size: 40” x 26”
Description: Repurposed fabric scraps are assembled and hand stitched to reflect the desert landscape using an ancient Japanese mending technique called Sashiko.
Threads of Youth
Medium: Repurposed fabric scraps
Size: 40” x 50”
Description: This improvisional piece utilizes scraps saved by the artist over 10 years of sewing for her sons. It reflects all of their stages and interests in their journey through early childhood.
