It's been a while since I constructed and stitched any of these small pieces. Sure ... I've returned time again to my stash of polyester stretch velvet and made other, similar work ... Lancet Windows, In Box Series pieces, and a couple of commissions ... but not the small ones called "Windows". Each one is made from layers of fused polyester stretch velvet on a substrata of recycled, black industrial felt. Strips of sheer chiffon were added before stitching with 100% black, cotton thread. Then, one by one, I melted holes through the fabric using soldering irons and finally zapped it with a heat gun. The "space" between the foundation pieces melts away with the intense heat. That "space" is where the industrial felt once was. It's a synthetic and melts very, very quickly.
The thread, however, is cotton, a natural ... which doesn't melt. The cotton thread holds the foundation pieces together. I've posted several videos of this melting process. One is HERE ... from last December and with Christmas music in the background!
(Above: Window CCIII.)
Yesterday I finished hand-stitching them to acid-free mat board. Steve
fit them into their frames ... but before that ... I snapped photos
(before installing glass that causes reflections that interfere with the
pictures!) They measure 18" x 16" framed and cost $265 a piece. I'm really pleased with this "new crop" of artwork ... especially since the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville needs more of them! It's always a good way to end a year with such bright, colorful, and often rather exotic designs. It's an even better way to start a new year with one's gallery needing more artwork! Scroll down for more pictures!
2 comments:
I can see why you're pleased, BEAUTIFUL! I have been an admirer of your work since I first ran across your artwork. I wanted to join your class but it didn't work out. How did it go? Will you teach this technique again?
They are beautiful and would have enhance any room in which they would hang.
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