Sewing Magic

$350.00

Outside Frame 17.5 x 17.5

Actual Artwork 12 x 12

Sewing Magic was created to celebrate both the sewing machine and the embroidery fragment. I took a photo of an old Westinghouse sewing machine and made the photo into a thermofax screen. I screened that image onto a piece of hand dyed fabric using fabric paint. Then I stitched an embroidery fragment that I got from a tailor in Vietnam onto the piece. To further support the idea of the sewing machine creating the embroidery, I screened on small images in white fabric paint that mimic the pattern on the fragment. I enhanced some of them with hand stitching of my own. To finish it, I machine stitched along the borders and fused it to a felt backing.

I used double sided tape and stitches to secure the artwork to a black mat board, added a white mat board and mounted it on a foam board. The frame is a black wooden frame. The back is taped with framing tape and hanging wire is attached. It is ready to hang.

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