My second art piece for the summer finished up very nicely. When meeting with my professor she made a good comment, "Why do these have to be on fabric?" My immediate response is "because I'm a textile artist," but I need more of a reason than that. So I decided to give the pieces some depth and interest with stitching. I found a quote online that summed up the idea of this piece: "Write it down in your own handwriting." So that's what I stitched with a few letters on each panel. I chose a light blue embroidery
thread that wouldn't be too distracting.
Then there was the problem of displaying these pieces. My first plan was to put them in a quilt. I decided that that was so... expected. Plan B was sandwiching each in a simple wooden frame. I bought the wood and had Richard but the pieces. Unfortunately, I gave him the interior measure as the exterior measure and the frames ended up being too small. I should not be trusted with a ruler. So I had to implement Plan C. This used the same frames but had the fabric stretched over them like a canvas.
That turned out perfectly and the piece was finished! Here it is hanging in a gallery (excuse the quality of my phone):
This piece turned out better than expected and I'm really proud of it. As for the first piece, I used the same hanging mechanism that I do on my weaving. I cut thin strips of wood and painted them white. Then I drilled two holes in each and applied a strip of velcro to the wood and the back of each fabric panel. Here they are:
As for the third piece, well... it's having technical difficulties.
