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"I have eggs but I don't even eat eggs"

This piece takes on some abstract dream imagery in the form of hand embroidery. The stitching techniques include: French knot, bullion knot, back stitch, seed stitch, star stitch, fly stitch, satin stitch, raised satin stitch, blanket stitch and graded fill (long and short stitch).

Activate/ Animate

Fabricated objects that use colour and texture to suggest character, movement and other such anthropomorphic qualities.

Sketches on Paper

Playground

Five Objects

Reminder to myself: fully experience your material, let the material take control.

Object 1: MX dyed felt, cut Post-it note, acrylic paint

Object 2: Felt, found fabric, foam, yarn

Object 3: Felt, reflective paper, foam, hot glue, deflated balloon, Scotch tape

Object 4: Foam, acrylic paint, drafting tape

Object 5: Reflective paper, Post-it note, acrylic paint, knit sample

 

Ornaments

This project consists of two different types of ornaments: madder root hearts and marigold stars. They were created in collaboration with my bosses, Maggie and Colleen Clines during my internship at Anchal Project. These prototypes were made-to-order as Christmas ornaments, to later be produced by Anchal artisans in Louisville, KY.

The ornaments were made using natural dyes on linen, and then stitched/ embroidered by hand. The embroidery techniques include: star stitch, french knot and running stitch.

"I have eggs but I don't even eat eggs"

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Activate/ Animate

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Sketches on Paper

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Playground

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Five Objects

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Ornaments

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