spacial tape drawing

sketch of a chair

alternate angle

alternate angle

artist with work for size reference 

artist with the work 

detail

harness and shadows 

alternate angle

artist with the work for scale

detail of shadows

detail of shadows 

ephemeral marks in the landscape

 

pine wolf 

pine needles and pine cone fragments 

approx. 2' x 3'

detail

detail

rain/ground

used coffee grounds

approx. 2' x 2'

alternate angle

detail

detail

domestication 

assorted rocks 

approx. 4' long

detail

detail

detail

alternate angle

dye experiments

indigo

indigo 

rich purple logwood and rust

in-process

in-process

in-process

fiber experiments

 

crochet

couching and applique 

embroidery 

wool drawing 

personal project

 

Paisley, FL

fabric, relief printing ink, embroidery thread, black tea

33" x 29"

detail

detail 

fabric dyed with black tea

stitching details

printing the tail

My work entitled Paisley, FL is a constructed fictional artifact from a real place that has been special to my family for generations. I wanted to make something that would look right at home in the run-down 1970s fishing cabin on the lake where my family goes fishing. The cabin is practically abandoned but still full of vintage furniture and a hand pump sink. It has turquoise floor-to-ceiling paint coated in years of grime. The kitchen counter is covered in fish hooks and lures. My focus for Paisley, FL was to replicate the contrast of lovely and grimy that makes the cabin so charming. To achieve this, I used the tail of a largemouth bass to make the dark inky imprints on delicate curtain fragments. I attached them onto tea-dyed cotton that I embroidered with an intuitive pattern of flowers and abstract stitching. Dying the fabric aged the new material to something archaic. Through Paisley, FL, I explore the relationship between lasting beauty and inevitable decay. 

surface pattern design

 

little fish, little pools

Cotton fabric, felt, earthenware, wire, watercolor

32" x 21"

detail

Porcelain fish plate

https://www.ebay.com/itm/314405808038

Sixteen Whitebait, Diana Tonison

https://dianatonnison.co.uk/gallery/42186/451047/sixteen-whitebait

Stitching a sail

https://www.pbo.co.uk/expert-advice/diy-sail-repairs-how-to-do-a-get-you-home-repair-23349

sketch # 1

sketch # 2

mold of the original fish

The textile wall hanging entitled little fish, little pools was inspired by fish. I was also inspired by natural, neutral colors interacting with the color blue. My intent was to visually communicate a pattern with mixed media components and an interaction between 2d and 3d elements. I wanted to focus on the glaze work of the fish because I love the illusion it creates of scales. I decided to include watercolor detail because I felt the work was lacking contrast with only the fish on the surface of the material. Adding the watercolor was daunting because my original plan didn't look how I wanted, but the bleeding effect of the final design brought it all together. I want to continue exploring mixed media work, especially with textiles and ceramics. The making of this work exposed me to new ideas such as watercolor on fabric, which is something I hadn't experimented with very much before.