Hand Me Down Pearls

I finished a new piece yesterday...

It is titled, "Hand Me Down Pearls".

Materials are found antique silver platters, copper, silk thread, and pearls.

Reaching

I finished a "new" piece today. I actually started this quite a while ago but never got it resolved. It always feels good to find resolution after a long time:) Its called, "Reaching" and is made of found silver platters, copper, pearls, and embroidery.

Just a glimpse...

Of a new piece I am playing around with.
I have been spending a lot of time making my own doilie-esque patterns in photoshop for decorative borders and frames. They look really interesting when layered on top of one another. We'll see where it takes me...

Slipping Away

I finished this piece today. Its a two part wall piece made of altered silver platters and embroidery. I really need to learn how to take photos of wall pieces. My pictures are terrible but I don't know how to do it! Help anyone? Its really annoying because the platters have a mirror like polish, and everything reflects in them!

Anyway, I am happy with how the piece turned out. Its very technically simple, but I think it really has a lot to say to the viewer. What do you see in it?

Printed Textiles

This semester I have been taking a printed textiles class and have been loving it! This was my first ever screen print on fabric. Here are some progress shots. I started out with white cotton and printed a simple shape and repeated it randomly in varying colors. Then I added some larger shapes. And some dotted outlines...Here is the final product! I added some profiles and silhouettes.

Then I did a registered repeated pattern. Its supposed to be hands, but I think it is hard to tell.

Not sure what I am going to do with these fabrics now... any bright ideas?