#fabriccollage

I am pushing patterns here, laying down some color, and then overlaying with fabric and rice paper. It’s a totally flat piece albeit colorful. I think I need to let the background recede more. It was too much fun layering, so I got carried away and time and materials took over. Along the top, mostly on the right, I am covering up mistakes. This is not a keeper— simply an exercise on its way to who knows what? #fabriccollage #africanfabric #africanpattern #ilovecolor #abstractcollage #abstractart #mixedmedia #playingwithpaint #playingwithcolors #colorfulart #scissorsandglue #collageartist #womenshistorymonth #womensart #womeninthearts #womenartists #njartist #njart #andrearosegrillo https://www.instagram.com/p/CqNqXDMsZZh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

piecework coming along ✌️✌️✌️ #fabriccollage #fabricscraps #wastenotwantnot #piecework #sewing #sewingproject #machinesewing #progress #process https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNGU_SLSBN/?utm_medium=tumblr

#isolationcreation a summary of a #textileart piece I finished last night after many hours of #handstitching since we started lockdown. As the theme of my #summershow work is #bekindtoyourmind and #mendandrepair I developed a #screenprint into an #embroideryart piece using upcycled fruit net bags and threads rescued from a house clearance. I then took an old damaged picture frame and used #recycled vegetable net bags to cover the frame and form a surface to embroider #neuralnetworks inspired by my reading the 'Oxford companion to the mind' as research into how our brain is structured. Continuing my theme of how emotions affect our minds I stitched in four key emotions to emulate how thoughts and feelings can become "hardwired' if we repeatedly experience them, as the phrase goes- "nerves that fire together wire together'. I chose the colours for each word to reflect how the emotions feel, I e sad: blue, happy: yellow, fear: black and angry: red.. I hope to develop this work further with my @timetochangecampaign #mentalhealthawareness work and my #creativeleadereft therapy work using my #creativepractice in a community setting. #emotionaltemperature . #strodefad , #brainart , #mentalhealth , #mendandrepair , #textiles, #fabriccollage , #glastonburyartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CADt3apFcPL/?igshid=flkuficjemb9

Hey everyone! Happy to share photos of my latest art quilt, “Remember when ....” , a gift for our dear friend’s 50th birthday. Play “Remember when ...” and no matter the memory, these are their expressions, this is their photo ! Check out my blog article on my latest art quilt - link in bio Finished quilt size : 5ft by 2.5ft. #artquilt #fabricart #fabriccollage #textileart #portraitquilt #quiltart #quiltersofinstagram #quiltsofinsta #artquilting #artquilts https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zb6CSn2iq/?igshid=krt34u31yen3

79 Mt. Pleasant. A mixed media ode to a stately old Victorian home in Gloucester, MA.. I had the pleasure of visiting close friends who lived in the upper story. From her high perch, we could see Gloucester’s inner harbor, and watch fireworks on Labor Day. I love old historic homes with their walled back-stories. I took artistic liberties with the representation, however, it’s a close resemblance. #mixedmedia on gesso board: 11 x 14” The background is a sanded stilllife painting. As an old landscape designer, I am proud of the landscape design along the front foundation! #victorianarchitecture #collageart #collagepainting #mixedmediacollage #fabriccollage #abstractrealism #victorianhouse #gloucester #pattern #africanfabric #whimsicalart #scissorsandglue #drawingwithscissors #cutandpastecollage #womencreatives #womensart #womenartists #womeninthearts #morriscountyartists #njartist #njarts https://www.instagram.com/p/CodmlnhMsdn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

this is going to take a while #embroidery on top of #cutsquare #fabriccollage #wip https://www.instagram.com/p/BtGrYKTHKC3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nqnmea5km9hy

Fabric collage series, 2023

Untitled , 2021