stitched girl

Low quality plastic shopping bags were layered and heat fused using an iron. During the heat fusing process the plastic shrinks and forms a wide variety of wrinkles on the surface. I developed this drawing in response to those wrinkles by choosing which wrinkles to emphasize and which to downplay as I embroidered. This piece was not pre-planned, as there were a number of “unknowns” that unfolded as the piece developed.

Embroidered girl dancing. Embroidery is non-traditional and heavily textured.
Stitched Girl
Detail of non-traditional embroidered surface.
Stitched Girl
Detail of legs.
Stitched Girl Detail of surface texture.
Stitched Girl
Detail of surface texture.
Detail of non-traditional embroidered surface.
Stitched Girl
Detail.