100 Textile Sketches: 020-028

I had fun tessellating laser cut letters for this batch. But they sure are fiddly! I had to baste them down with a glue stick and then figure out a continuous path to attach them to the background fabric.

The text comes from a re-weaving piece I did earlier this year: “My art hath taught my fingers ends (to write without paper ink or pens).” It’s a message found on a 1700s embroidery sampler and it resonates with me and my work: textiles are the medium that allows me to explore and describe the world around me.

TS-020

Exhaust dyed muslin scraps, interfacing, cloth from Arch of Freedom quilts, laser cutting.

TS-021

Exhaust dyed muslin scraps, interfacing, laser cutting.

TS-022

Rust prints overdyed with tannins.

TS-023

Rust prints overdyed with tannins, mordant paste dyed with pomegranate.

TS-024

Iron with discharge paste, exhaust dyed muslin scraps.

TS-025

Mordant paste dyed with cutch, exhaust dyed muslin scraps.

TS-026

Exhaust dyed muslin scraps, interfacing, laser cutting.

TS-027

Exhaust dyed muslin scraps, interfacing, laser cutting, cloth from Arch of Freedom quilts.

TS-028

Exhaust dyed muslin scraps, interfacing, laser cutting.