Writings on the Wall, Version 1
2016
37″ x 32″
Materials:
Cotton fabric, acrylic ink and paint, watercolor pencil, watercolor crayon, wool/poly felt batting, fusible web, printed label, MonoPoly thread, various threads, Azek board, lattice stripping
Techniques:
Quilt: Hand painted fabric, machine stitching, inkjet printed label, fusing
Overlay: Stitching on water soluble stabilizer
Computer: QR Code linked to Photoshop created map series
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Work Contents
Paint Usage?
The map is a stitched and painted wholecloth quilt.
Computer Usage?
The primary computer usage was to create and animate a series of map images on my website and then link them to the quilt by QR code.
Reliance on Reference Photos?
I looked at maps and globes while painting the background.
Created as an entry into a show with the topic of Diaspora.
Compendium of Connectivity
Knots & Tangles
Many challenges to this project!
“Invisible” thread (thin, almost clear) is difficult to work with as it’s hard to see!
Thread-lace people and the “invisible” grid were made with water soluble stabilizer. I erred in using a stabilizer that didn’t disappear completely, leaving a mass of white fibers behind, so I had to re-do everything.
It was difficult to create a frame that would hold the netting suspended over the surface of the map.
It was disappointing when the QR code did not work because of poor internet connections in some galleries.
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2016 – Concord Art Museum, MA, Members Juried Show
2017 – Whistler House Museum of Art, MA