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Inspiration
was recently in Hi-Fructose magazine, which is where I discovered her. Look at these fabulously creepy photos. I have been thinking of creating little tableaus for my dolls that I could then photograph, and these have me so excited.
"Parsonage Parlor"
"Red Bedroom"
"Attic feet"
Much of her work flirts with fear and death. You can visit her website here.
Congratulations on the Minnesota State Arts Board Initiative Grant! It is well deserved.
I can't wait to see the work that gets made by Keren this year. She paints these lovely, large multi panel watercolors that are map like depictions of memory. Her use of color is really quite lovely. But I think one of my favorite parts are the negative space shapes. Please visit her website to see more work, and venues at which you can see it in person. She is booked out nearly three years!
"Unquiet Mind"
"Gray Matter"
"Gray Matter" detail
"Abstractions/Constructions"
I am so happy to be featured on one of my favorite art embroidery sites...mrxstitch.com! I have found so much exciting contemporary work on this site...it inspires me to keep making. Please take a look at it and browse the archives. You won't be disappointed. And thank you Jamie Chalmers for including me!
contemporary embroidery again. Look at these lovely images by Melissa Zexter I recently found.
She is a photographer who embroiders on her images. You can see some of her straight photographs on her website. They are just beautiful.
the most amazing exhibition at the Minnesota Textile Center. "Woman Troubles" are a series of embroidered images on dyed silk that are unbelievably lovely. And they are images of used maxi pads...worn, bloody, squished maxi pads. Jess machine embroiders patterns of rich color, soft texture and wonderfully individual images that made me rethink what I see as beauty in relation to my own body. Unfortunately, she does not yet have these images on her website, so I am including some from a different body of work titled "Look and Learn, Little Girl" that are just as beautiful.
is the coolest, most surprising on-line comic by Emily Carroll that i just discovered. Check it out here: His Face All Red.
By Erin Endicott. She uses found materials, hand dying, painting and tactile embroidery to create these lovely little portraits of pain, healing, innocence, and femininity. Please visit her website here. You can also find a wonderful interview with her on TextileArtist.Org.
Healing Sutra #29
detail
Healing Sutra #13
Healing Sutra #11
Healing Sutra #29
is Christina Bothwell. I first saw her work 12 or 13 years ago at a gallery outside of Detroit. It is so ethereal. I wish I could explore materials in the way that she does.
Deer Bunny by Christina Bothwell
Little Donovan by Christina Bothwell
Heart on my Sleeve by Christina Bothwell
Lord Vishnu Riding on Garuda by Christina Bothwell