"Mixed Media
Version 1.1:
B&W and Read Allover"
25”w x 30”h x 1.5”d © April 2003 Available
Update
9/20/03 "Mixed Media V1.1"
juried into My
World in Black & White |
Update 11/9/04 "Holiday
Boutique"
Zimmerli Art Museum
New Brunswick, NJ Nov 2004
Materials: cotton
& sheer fabrics, computer, audio, and video media, slide, film, computer
and electrical wires.
Techniques: hand quilted, machine & hand appliquéd,
embellished.
Statement: "Mixed Media" has many meanings including
this style of artwork. As a metaphor for the 'mixed' state of bipolar
where there is rapid vacillation between depression and mania the fabric
foundation of this series is the polar-opposite color selection of black
and white.
The embellished items are all forms of media--computer, video, and audio.
Carrying the 'mixed' double entendre further, in computer terms, we 'read'
and 'write' to the floppy and hard drive media. Red is a reoccurring color
choice within the computer industry, showing up again and again in logos,
print ads, and labels.
The shapes of the embellishments and appliqués are either circles
or squares/rectangles. Some of the items such as the VHS tape, floppy diskettes, and
cassette tapes have circular forms with in the box casings.
The objects are placed one on top of the other to hint at the intermingling of
opposite mental states.
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"Mixed Media
Version 1.2:
Read/Write"
22”w x 25”h x .5”d © July 2003 Available
Update 6/24/04 MIX V1.2
will be in "Fiber Revolution: Quilts As Art"
CHIP Center at UCONN, Storrs, CT, August 2004 -January
2005
Update 2/24/04 MIX V1.2
is in the
"Recycled Challenge" QuiltArt
online exhibition
Mix V1.2 won 2nd Place at "Quilts Along the Bay"
Barnegat, NJ, September 13-14, 2003
This artwork really pushes the definition of a quilt. It's
still three layers, but I'm using computer wire as my thread and a four-inch-long
sail repair needle and leather palm to quilt with.
The top and bottom layers are cotton and the 'batting' is foam. A second
'batting' of cardboard is required to give the piece extra stability.
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Mix V1.2: Read/Write refers to recording data on the various
(mixed) forms of computer media. It is the most autobiographical of my computer
series in that I spend a good portion of my day in front of my laptop reading
and writing.
Along the bottom in lettered beads I've spelled out, "I READ I WRITE
I SEW I QUILT". Sewing Daily/Daily Sewing keeps
me balanced within the Mixed State of bipolar disorder.
"Incredible collage of items that affect your life.
Glad to see you found an outlet to deal with it.
Application of embellishments very creative and well done.
Piece is truly a work of art." - Sandra Dorrbecker, NQA Certified Judge |
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"Mixed Media
Version 1.3:
Black & Blue"
18”w x 24”h x 1.5”d © November 2003 Available
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Update 11/9/04 "Mixed
Media V1.3"
will be in "Art Ability"
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
Malvern, PA November 2004-January 2005
Materials: cotton & sheer fabrics; recycled computer,
audio, and video media, slide, film, negatives, computer and electrical
wires
Techniques: machine quilted, machine & hand appliquéd,
embellished.
Statement: "Mixed Media" is a commentary on how so few
of our entertainment, computer, and electronic media actually work together.
The reference is to the 'mixed' state of bipolar disorder - the rapid
vacillation between depression and mania. Depression is often referred to
as a Blue period where everything looks Black.
The embellished items are all forms of media--computer, camera, video,
and audio. There's even a used Moody Blue's 8-Track tape that was ordered
through eBay in the upper right corner. The slide is of
"Keyboard Lockup Version 1.2: Blue Screen of Death"
(BSofD is a computer programmer's
term for when the computer 'freezes' and you're left staring at a blank blue screen.)
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"Mixed Media
Version 1.4:
Green with Computer Envy"
18”w x 24”h x 1.5”d © March 2004 Available
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Update 11/9/04 "Holiday
Boutique"
Zimmerli Art Museum
New Brunswick, NJ Nov 2004
Materials: cotton, netting & sheer fabrics; recycled
computer media & components, recycled plastic anti-static bag, computer
and electrical wires
Techniques: machine & hand quilted, machine & hand appliquéd,
embellished.
Statement: In addition to being "Green with Computer Envy",
this piece in the "Mixed Media" series is alluding to the 'Green'
issues of our landfills becoming overrun with our rapidly obsolete technology.
Many of the components that make up the motherboards and adapters are
toxic when burned.
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