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This quilt-like composition references multiple domestic textile designs from the 1920s created by my ancestors in Czech Bohemia. It is part of my ongoing project which examines themes of family, identity, labor and diaspora. My research investigates early 20th century domestic textile design in Europe and the visual legacy of Jewish-owned textile printing companies.
The central tassel image within this piece is my interpretive recreation of a repeating tablecloth pattern from a branded line of printed fabrics called “Tatra” which was produced in my family’s lost company. (Tatra is the name of a mountain range which today lies on the border between Poland and Slovakia.) This work uses a combination of reduction woodblock printing, cyanotype and light-sensitive dyes on silk and linen. I also incorporated a screen-printed border design motif in the form of hops, a key ingredient in the brewing of Czech beer. Label Type
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Woodcut, Screenprint, Cyanotype.
Reactive Dye, Linen and Raw Silk.