New Dawn

$750

Dimensions 47.5” x 30.75”

Fabric Wall Hanging

New Dawn is part of my Goddess Series. The series honors the female form and the feelings of joy, awakening, and celebration. Her image was inspired by a necklace I purchased in a museum gift shop. To add to the idea of rising, I often depict her with arms raised and holding or reaching for an orb. Sometimes, I use the orb as her halo to imply that she is special. In this artwork, she is celebrating the joy of music.

The cotton broadcloth fabrics in this piece were dyed with Procion MX dyes using immersion and thickened dye techniques. I cut the fabrics into shapes and fused them onto a felt backing. I screened her image onto it using fabric paint and also screened on the images of musical notes and the orbs. The orb above her can symbolize a sun, a moon, a ball,etc. The musical notes can be symbols of birdsong in the morning, a newly created melody, or simply sounds happily sighed as she faces the sun and stretches up towards it at dawn looking forward to a new day.

The cording was created from embroidery floss and hand couched onto the artwork and it was machine quilted with lines representing the rays. The rays and painted rings represent sounds radiating and resonating harmoniously. To finish New Dawn, I sewed a facing onto the edges and tacked them to the felt backing. A flat, aluminum slat, backed by velcro, is attached to the back at the top and has wire running through it so that it is ready to hang as a traditional tapestry. (You could frame it if you choose by removing the slat.)

Presently on exhibit at Northwest Square in DeLand, Florida. Contact me if you are interested in purchasing and we can arrange for pick up or delivery.