As of today, I have three works in three different exhibitions, which are all open at the same time. Pretty dang cool!
On the left is “Rain Storm” which was selected to be a part of Textile Center’s MN State Fair exhibition. These were selected works from the show which was originally held in January 2013. I blogged about it here. It is made from digitally printed and hand-silkscreened fabric with some hand embroidery.
The center piece is called “Concert” part of the 20 for 20 exhibition that opens tonight at Textile Center. This is collaborative fabric that was made by attendees of Textile Center’s birthday party. I guided an activity where everyone was invited to draw an image celebrating fiber art in a square of a 1 inch grid. I combined all of the 50+ images and made a repeat. The dress is inspired by some I saw in the collection at Kensington Palace and the draped sash is there to represent membership in an organization (a fun fact I found while looking up trivia about formal dress.)
The third is “Permafrost“, which I blogged just recently.
Here are some close-ups of the fabric designs, so you can see some of the details:
What beautiful variety! I love the dress with sash, which I had not seen before!
Is the “concert” exhibit at the Textile Center?
I just re-read that sentence and I totally smashed 2 thoughts together that really didn’t make sense. I fixed it now. The piece is called “Concert” the show is called “20 for 20” and yes, it is at Textile Center.
When Jeremy and Hiromi were married, she was given a sash like that to wear over her wedding dress in the clan plaid matching Jeremy’s very formal dress kilt. It represented her new clan membership. It was given to her by his family a d worn just as you have it. I thought it was one of the nicest wedding traditions I have ever seen.
On a recent visit to Minnesota I was fortunate enough to see the first two pieces and they are beautiful!