I definitely used my personal voice making Sad House. I put myself in a vulnerable position by creating this piece because it is so personal. I have never put so much of myself in a piece.
I wasn't sure how I wanted to display this piece. I didn't want to put it in a hoop and I considered putting it in a frame or shadowbox. Making it a hang on a dowel rod was a great way to solve that problem because the way it creates a house shape pushes the meaning even further.
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With Chiffon and Velvet I took a serious risk. Even though they are a little ambiguous, they are quite obviously vaginas. Even though I don't feel like vagina art is provocative or surprising, I know it can really make people unsettled. It really shouldn't be so taboo and that's why I don't mind including this in my concentration.
I express global awareness with this piece because vagina art and female anatomy has a reputation for being considered "white feminism". I made one with dark brown chiffon and one with pink velvet to have more representation. I used different fabric to also show how everyone has differences to their bodies. It's hard to remember that because you aren't seeing people's bodies everyday and because female bodies are so taboo and policed by society. With all of my art, I try to be original but with Forget-Me-Not I think I was able to really make something innovative. Embroidery has recently picked up in popularity and is more popular among the youth. Despite this, it is hard to find examples of contemporary embroidered art and not just crafts on Pinterest. I hope in the future embroidery and fiber arts will be more involved in contemporary art and shows.
I took a risk while using this fabric. I was worried that the busy pattern of the fabric would make the figure get lost. Thankfully the figure wasn't lost and I think if anything it gave her more of a 3D quality. While making Cornflowers, I had to reflect on my own ideals. I wanted to make a woman with a very full figure but I was struggling with how to depict her body. I struggled with creating a proportionate body that I am not exposed to regularly. And when I am exposed to bodies like hers, I am not able to observe it in a more natural state (nude like the figure in this piece). I had to reflect on not only the kinds of bodies I am used to seeing everyday and how that affects my worldly view but also the kinds of people I represent in my art.
I also developed my skills when making the rosettes and daisies. I had to plan and be creative with how I filled the space. I needed it to look like a full bed of flowers but also have the flowers by decipherable, With Golden Stairway I had to problem solve because I initially wanted the fabric to be gathered and hanging down to look more like literal stairs. It was difficult to do that though because the fabric is more stiff than I thought it would be. I didn't want to change the fabric I used because it matched my color scheme and because I liked the shiny quality of it. I decided to gather the fabric in a way that it would show off it's qualities and would still have visual interest.
I also had global awareness while making this piece because I had to continue using aspects of diversity and different kinds of people; not just using a generic representation of a person. Using Muslin fabric, I had to be careful to not make all of my figures look they had white skin. Using my knowledge of natural, curly hair, I was able to use yarn and mimic that kind of hair. Silhouettes is inspired by a picture I saw on Pinterest of a couple in the 1950s. I thought the way they were sitting was just so cute and they looked so happy. I was able to communicate with my work through the figures body language. The way they're holding each other and have their legs crossed towards each other expresses their love and shows two people really comfortable with each other. Embroidering these figures helped me problem solve because I hadn't done it before and I had to figure out how to have enough detail in the figures to be expressive but not make too busy.
I painted a woman wearing a huge white cotton dress with an annoyed and contempt on her face. I embroidered the field and background very meticulously and detail oriented to make sure it looks high quality and not "crafty". The dress is going to be very billowy to allude to being weighed down and the field represents having endless options but feeling lost in the void. I used denim fabric as the base so that the acrylic will be supported and the embroidery will be supported too.
Media: Mixed (Acrylic paint and embroidery thread) I used six embroidery hoops to show the metamorphosis of a male figure turning into a flower. I want to show the transition from something masculine into something traditionally feminine.
Media: Embroidery floss and ribbon I wanted to portray a foggy, dim forest where you can see nymphs dancing and whimsical torn book pages behind winding trees. This represents my identity because in most settings I do not completely show my true personality and I am somewhat a mystery to some people. Media: Mixed (Acrylic paint, watercolor paint, collage, and thread) Description: I am going to paint an IV bag full of money. I got this idea when I visited my friend in the hospital. She had a completely unexpected health problem and it made me thing of how many people need medical assistance but cannot afford it and how evil the pharmaceutical companies are for charging so much for things that keep people alive. Especially in America, health care is a big headache for almost everyone, especially middle to low class families.
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Zoé WilliardI love to embroider and listen to the Oldies; I am basically an old woman. ArchivesCategories |