Portfolio > Fiber and Collage

In these works, I am exploring imagery about domesticity through traditional “women’s work”. I am incorporating sewing and embroidery in addition to traditional collage and mixed media work. The time and meditation required to stitch these images is significant, because in the past they were acceptable venues for young women to express their passions.

I am fascinated by vintage women’s magazines and their representation of women. There is always a ring on her finger, and she is always smiling while pontificating on the gloriousness of a new cleaning product or household invention. The historical placement of these ads contradicts many social issues, such as women in the workplace, harassment, birth control, children conceived out of wedlock, spousal abuse, incest, and rape. I am interested in the inherent contradictions of a “happy housewife” in any era and especially the continuity of these expectations within our society. It seems no matter how much things change, they stay the same.

Score
mixed Media
2014
How to Play Yahtzee
Mixed Media
2014
Accordion Book, part 2
mixed media collage
2015
Seduction Lingerie
collage and mixed media
2015
The Language of Cooking
collage and mixed media
2015
Smog Helmet
collage and mixed media
2015
Basic Division Combinations
collage and mixed media
2014
digitally printed collage on canvas, embroidery and doily
fiber/mixed media
16" x 11"
2014
digitally printed collage on canvas with embroidered handkerchief, doily, and digital canvas elements
Fiber/Mixed media
16" x 11"
2014
collage digitally printed onto cotton fabric with embroidery and doily.
fibers
14" x 10"
2014
fibers, embroidery, paint, needlepoint fragment and digital canvas print on commercially embroidered fabric
Fiber/Mixed media
18" x 15"
2014
Miss Manners text ironed on sackcloth, zipper, fibers and digital canvas print
Fiber/Mixed media
11" x 15"
2014
Fibers, embroidery, paint on digital canvas print
Fiber/Mixed media
16" x 11"
2014
fibers, embroidery, collage on canvas
Fiber/Mixed media
11" x 8.5"
2014
collage, paint, fiber, marker, ink on paper
Mixed Media
9.75" x 15"
2014
collage, paint, fiber, marker on paper
Mixed Media
9.75" x 15"
2014