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My mother was a professional seamstress. She took great pride in her immaculate technique. When looking at a garment she always flipped to the inside to see how it was sewn. “See how this side is pulled, see how the ends don’t match. Oh, the messy loose threads!” It was a harsh critique of character, not just handiwork.
I hardly ever sew for fear of being judged by her in this way. In the prints submitted in this show, however, I am flipping the quilt over to show its flaws.
Life is a patchwork, full of loose threads, stressed seams, and crooked stitches. As an artist, I want to show how these flaws can be beautiful and intriguing in the most human way.Label Type
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The image was produced by first sewing fabric pieces together, then gluing them onto cardboard. The collage was then scanned and enhanced using photoshop. A black and white transparency was made, and it was used to expose a photopolymer plate.
The initial run through the etching press was a color monotype which was over-printed with the photopolymer etching plate.