First Frost

Name/Title

First Frost

Entry/Object ID

PS.59

Made/Created

Artist

Carla Wolf

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Width

13 in

Interpretative Labels

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Artist Commentary

Label

As the first frost envelopes the leaves of summer, they fall away, leaving only a faint reminder of their previous glory.

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Technique or Process

Label

This piece is a wet cyanotype print. It then was embellished with free motion stitched leaves which were stitched over the "ghost" leaves of the cyanotype. Bead embellishing was done to add to the feeling of frostiness. Finally, the quilting stitches give the feeling of the leaves falling onto the water and slipping beneath the surface. Cotton fabric, cyanotype chemicals, pepper tree leaves, thread and beads.