So....it looks like the article that was posted on March 28, 2022 in my local newspaper, The Austin American-Statesman, is no longer available online. Just know that it was the kind of acknowledgement that my mom would display on her refrigerator in my younger days.
It detailed information regarding my work in SAQA Gulf State regional exhibition, The Artist's Question....Answered in Fiber'.
And, please note the call out to the Art Cloth Network exhibit at the Austin airport!
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| 'Yellow is Joy', 2021, 41"x30" |
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| Detail of 'Yellow is Joy' |
Working outside my traditional palette of black on white, I wanted to strive for something upbeat and colorful. Pulled together solid Kona cotton fabrics and paired with a silkscreen of abstract marks and shapes. Marks were made with glue as a resist on a silk screen, then print pulled with thickened dyes- MX Procion dyes mixed with sodium alginate (as a thickening agent).
I worked improvationally, piecing as I went. There was a fair amount of movement between me and my design wall – sampling colors and shapes as I stitched.
This piece combines many techniques from my tool box- improv piecing, silk screen printing, stitching curves, machine stitching and quilting. I like to quilt using a walking foot to stitch gentle curves.
While trying to be upbeat and optimistic, I chose yellow to designate this feeling. I did a bit of research on colors, and felt that yellow held the closest feeling for me at the time I created this piece of art.
