A few weeks ago I posted group of small landscape works from 2000, mounted on woven newspaper mats which seemed like a good idea at the time. A while back I dug them out to give me something of a starting point in a small pieced works direction to which I feel increasingly drawn.
These fit a 20cm x 20cm art stretcher.
I love pieced work, where areas of different coloured and textured fabrics are joined by stitch to form a new fabric surface pattern. Call it patchwork if you will, which it technically is; however I think to most people the term ‘patchwork’ has connotations of templates, traditional patterns and precise geometric shapes. The ultra fine lines in pieced work by Margery Goodall several years ago alerted me to technical potential that I had not explored in my own work (and since developed in my Ebb & Flow series) Recent improvisational pieced works of Lisa Call and Erin Wilson have reminded me of the potential of ‘lines’.
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These small pieces appeal to me. I very much like what you are doing with the controlled edge in contrast with the rough, and the drawn/stitched lines going ‘over’ and beyond. There is both a considered and a ‘found’ feel to them.
Thankyou Olga – I am glad they speak so positively to you. I hadn’t thought about the ‘found’ aspect but should have – they are after all being composed from assorted offcuts, bits and pieces from other works (some going back over 20 years even!) I have a heap of tiny scraps on a table beside me and more in a clear plastic bag on the floor the other side of where I work. For the most part I am not cutting any new fabric for these – except the backing pieces. I am doing some on black at the moment and they look very dramatic – more pics will be going up shortly, maybe even later today. It is dank outside, perfect weather for this activity, all of which I am really enjoying.