Thursday, August 27, 2009
Photoetching with threadwork
These are from my photoetching workshop taken in early august at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. The first image shows the wall above my workspace where I was playing with layering the threadwork with the etching prints and with woodcuts that had been printed on silk organza. Some of the etching plates were made by exposing the plate with some threadwork lace on top of it, so the thread is both in the etching and on top as real thread. I also have one print with the threadwork stitched right to it, but I have to take a better picture before I can post it.
The second piece is one of the organza prints surrounded by threadwork. More experimenting to come.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Telephone book
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Waterfall
I thought I would share the question and my response along with images of the artwork.
Nisha: Remember when you did that exquisite installation in Montclair that went from inside, flowed outside and onto the ground? How did you prevent it from blowing away? How long was it installed?
Dear Friend, It was attached to the metal framing of the Windows by a metal bars that are used in fencing, I had holes drilled into the metal bars, then the school had a guy come out and install the bars with the fabric onto the metal portion of the Windows with self tapping screws, using only two screws per panel. The fabric was attached to the bar by stitching a simple sleeve into the top of the fabric. Then I pulled the fabric taut by using metal bars on the ground with two tent stakes. The metal bar would lay across the surface of the fabric holding the fabric taut, and the tent stakes would be at either end of the metal bar keeping it flush with the ground. The nice thing about that system is if the wind picked up the fabric would loosen and not rip. The rest of the fabric was just laid along the ground and sculpture Garden. In hindsight I wish I had mounted more of it permanently to the ground. So much of it got blown away. I would go back periodically and rearrange it. It was supposed to be installed only for month. But because of a 16 inch snowstorm it was left up for six months. It actually did rather well and stood up to 60 mph winds. Hope that explains the process. :-)
Art Commissioned Projects
Idea for project-relief map
You may want to "start at one corner of the piece and trace a random map from your earliest memory to where you are today... or let yourself go off into different pathways and roadways, detours. Let your mind wander. This is not a linear exercise."
This came from website for more ideas visit this site, juiceboxartists.com
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Bigger Threadwork
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Dumbo district...where is it in NYC?
Thanks for all of the great resources....funny, I've a lot of sketches of arches and such, harking back to the Norman cathedrals I saw in Sicily...but I LOVE these! Just wondering what part of the city they reside....