Recent Experiments in White Backgrounds...
These are two recent artworks I’ve done. I’m still grappling with how to mount and present fibre works considering the dust and moth factor. So I’ve done two works on white fabric the colour on which dirt and insect attack is most obvious!!
Last year I had a few fiber works in an art and craft exhibition which actually took place in a shed. It was particularly obvious as the only person working in fiber that this wasn’t the perfect setting for my artwork. There was a campfire set up in the middle of the shed also so when I got my artworks back they smelt extremely smoky. Even in a house I guess the thing about fiber is that it absorbs whatever is in the air… cooking smells, mold etc.
But I just love the tactile nature of textiles and I love mounting fibre works on the front of art canvases, especially as art canvases are going so cheap these days.
A dilemma that needs more pondering I think.
Scrap Village From the Air - I used fabric scraps kindly sourced from my friend Jeannie to make this
Detail of Scrap Village From the Air
Geometric pattern stitched on canvas with embroidery thread
Close-up of stitched canvas