Fabric Manipulation
For Sutured, a work for my UCSF Artist in Residence exhibition, in which alll the works contain plastic sourced from the medical center, I challenged myself to use surgical drape, a fabric-like plastic, and curved needle with silk suture and needle holder instead of thread and sewing needle. The results are similar to fabric and knots made with the needle holder art more secure than ones made with a sewing needle.
Artist using surgical curved needle, suture, and needle holder to sttich surgical drape. Suturing is done on reverse side of drape . Right side, above.
Most of my work is in three dimensions or, if in two dimensions, has a strong sense of depth. For the work here, I've taken fabric or metallized Tyvek® and applied hand stitching and gathers to the material to create dimension. A 1" square grid is the basis for the Quadrilateral series..
Quadrilateral II, 2019. Hand stitched. Fabric, thread. 18” x 18” x 1 1/2”
Quadrilateral II, 2019. Hand stitched. Fabric, thread. 20” x 18” x 1 1/2”
Quadrilateral III, 2019. Hand stitched. Fabric, thread. 18” x 30” x 1 1/2”
Quadrilateral IV, 2019. Hand stitched. Fabric, thread. 18” x 18” x 1 1/2”
For the Untitled, Fissility, and Spill series, various fabric manipulation techniques are applied to metallized Tyvek®.
Untitled (gray), 2018. Hand stitched. Metallized Tyvek®, thread. 30” x 24” x 1 1/2”
Fissility II, 2018. Hand and machine stitched. Metallized Tyvek®, thread. 40” x 30” x 1”
Untitled (red), 2018. Hand stitched. Metallized Tyvek®, thread. 30” x 24” x 1 1/2”
Installation view, solo exhibition Stitch
Radial Fissility, 2016. Metallized Tyvek®. Hand and machine stitched. 19” x 19” x 1”
Radial Fissility, detail
Random stitches create dimension for Spill and Float
Spill, 2014. Hand stitched metallized Tvek®.108” x 30” x 12”
Installation view, Igneous Systems, 2016.
Float, 2015. Hand stitched metallized Tvek®.25” x 60” x 94”
Float, detail
Installation view, Geometricity, 2014