Gettin' Hip (Prayer Flag)
2005
23″ x 19″
Materials:
Cotton, lace, tulle, fusible web, batting, x-rays, beads, staples, wood, paint
Techniques:
Fused raw edge appliqué, machine and hand stitched, beaded, painted
My broken hip was repaired with pins and plates, and then the surgery site was stapled together. My creation has my x-rays hung with red and white beads (like blood cells), a lacy fabric (bone actually has a lace-like structure to it), and a purple tulle aura (as I had heard that purple is a healing color), and then used actual staples to finish it off.
Working through pain is not easy.
Knots & Tangles
Recovering from a broken hip made any type of creative focus more difficult!
Work Contents
Paint Usage?
some details of the skeleton are painted
Computer Usage?
none
Reliance on Reference Photos?
none
local library exhibits