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Diversity Banners

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 Personal Banner Life's a Picnic Fabric, Felt, Polyfill, Spraypaint, Fabric Marker 31" x 40" Statement:  In creating this banner, it was the collection of found fabrics that inspired the design. The gingham and the bright red dotted fabric screamed "Picnic". The design is very graphic and organised, with almost a bird's-eye view of a picnic scene. It is meant to be a captured moment in time, hence the frame around the design. The ants are following the flow of the spraypainted felt letters, leading to the strawberries. The phrase, "Life's a Picnic" is sarcastic to me personally, as I was in a stressed moment in time, but communicates a positive, fun message to the audience, which is why I find enjoyment in it.  Student Theatre Organization Club Banner Tough Act to Follow Fabric, Felt, Ribbon 30" x 40" Statement:  In planning the club banner for STO, the thought process, as someone who is very removed from theatre at a whole, was to ch
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Personal Project

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 Personal Project March 24 Broccoli Cheese Soup Jacket Quilted fabric, thrifted pillow cases, thread size 8/10 Artist's Statement: This piece is called Broccoli Cheese Soup Jacket, which is a personal project based on a personal past. When I was young, my we had a quilted blanket that was yellow, blue, and green flowers. I remember not thinking it was the most attractive blanket, but to me, it resembled my favorite soup-- (broccoli cheese soup). The blanket was a part of our house for years and was featured in the forts we would build in the room that my sister and I shared, and we would use it to make "human tortillas", where one of us would wrap the other in the blanket as tightly as possible. My great aunt owned a sewing shop, and made my family hand-made gifts. One of them was the broccoli cheese soup blanket.  In my last semester of college, I found myself particularly sentimental about my childhood. When I found a fabric at the store that looked just like my broccol
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Fiber Experiments

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 Fiber Experiments Fiber Experiment #1 Tufting Fiber Experiment #2 Couching Fiber Experiment #3 Crochet Fiber Experiment #4 Wool drawing
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Dye Experiments

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Dye Experiments  Dye Experiment #1 Natural Dye Indigo    Dye Experiment #2 Natural Dye Logwood and Indigo  Dye Experiment #3 Natural Dye Logwood and Indigo
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Surface Pattern Design

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Surface Pattern Design Feb 13 Pattern Detail In-Progress Research   Research #1 (Liz Magor) Liz Magor is an artists who makes uncanny casts of regular objects, such as fabrics, coats, and boxes. Since I was searching for textile artists, I did not understand at first that these pieces were not ordinary plaid textile designs, but they are casts of fabric. I find it interesting how Liz chose the particular patterns in trying to create something that looks "ordinary"... is plaid the most ordinary pattern? Research #2 (Joiri Minaya ) Joiri Minaya is a New York-based artist. from the Dominican Republic who is hyper fixed on patterns, and the labor that goes on behind them. Minaya finds it interesting that women are often the ones creating patterns. Minaya also finds "patterns" in the way that women pose, particularly on vacation, and uses such images in her work. I love pattern design and hadn't considered these things about patterns before. I don't think I could
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