FIBER ART
Bringing my years of clothing construction to my art
Inspired by a Yuan dynasty ceramic Buddah head, THE ARTIST’S HAND, is a 72” double faced banner meant to express that it is through artists that civilization is maintained, despite forces that would corrupt and destroy it as well as the natural evolution of time. I chose to have elements spilling down as the banner tatters suggesting that these “ideas” are left as inheritance for the next generations.
WHAT WE LEAVE
96” H X 27” W
Appliqued hand
dyed organza
and cotton on canvas
Another field biting the dust! A fence goes up. A small notification is posted on it. It says something in legalize that translates to “you are invited to a hearing but it has already been decided; this land is doomed”. A mangle of crushed trees, moss and broken branches appear where lush green vegetation stood. Then sandy dirt and in no time, a jungle of pipes, artificial ponds surrounded by a staggering amount of new homes, and lots of orderly landscaping. Never mind. Things grow quickly here in Florida. Things go quickly too. Day after day I have watched the wild fields with their succession of colored flowers bulldozed under, succumbing to the builders’ onward march. Come share paradise…..quick before it is gone!
GROW
24”WX 37”H
Embroidered thread and cotton, hand-dyed organza and beads
HOMELIGHT CALLING
26” H x 33” W
Hand-dyed fabric, applique and embroidery on canvas
Work was created for Art in Common Places, an organization that places reproductions of art in multiple municipal locations for everyone to enjoy. Collaborative project with poet Catherine Doty
The children leave
the darkening park for home,
and the sun, exhausted
from following them since dawn,
entrusts them to the moon
and shuts both eyes.
In peace, the children sleep
through the cricket’s song.
In peace, beneath the blooming
of each star, bicycles rest their bones
in the tasseled grass,
and one dream spends the night
in a pine’s tangled branches.
by Catherine Doty
WEAVE A CLOTH OF NOW
24”x24”
acrylic over woven vinyl and hand dyed organza
with embroidery and thread
INTERSECTIONS
Hanging banner 18.5”WX 38”H
Cloth figures sewn to panels of hand dyed polyester over organza. Embroidered and pieced cotton panels
In-between snow and rain
In-betweeh daylight and dusk
In-between what you thought
and what I thought
In-between us
GO GO GO
41”H X 45” W
Fabric Hand- dyed, pieced, appliqued, embroidered quilted
MANY MOONS
16.5”H X 20”W
hand dye organza, embroidery, applique on dyed canvas
BREAKTHROUGH
16.5 X 20”
Hand-painted cotton and embroidery appliqued and quilted
MEND
15”w x 50” H
embroidered and machine couched yarn with cotton
LISTEN- SHE SPEAKS
Vinyl strips edged with yarn are sewn to hand dyed canvas. The grid supports painted wood dowels. The word “ Listen” is painted in multiple languages on the vinyl. The words “She Speaks are embroidered on the face below them..
RIVER OF SONG
24”W X 48”H
Canvas banner with vinyl inset. acrylic paint, appliqued fabric and embroidery