I have 8 pieces in my one person show called "Stitched into Reality" at Bead + Fiber in Boston. "Red Shoe Magic" marked a change in my art because I had discovered the holy trinity : My new computer, scanner, and image editing software! www.beadandfiber.net
Red Shoe Magic, (27.5"L x 20"W x .5"D) 2,500.00 (wall hanging)
2002
Red Shoe Magic" began with a photograph I made of a Flamenco dance teacher in Tucson, AZ in 2002. I was visiting a friend, Norma Kwestel, and was inspired by her paintings of these dancers. The woman was wearing black heels that reminded me of the shoes worn by Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz , so I used my own magic to make red ones. The entire surface is transformed and integrated by my use of heavy hand embroidery, free motion machine stitching, heat transfers, photos that have been digitally altered; scanned and appliqued images (nautilus shell), piecing in a collage like manner, and depth added by layering and quilting.
It took about 120 hours of labor intensive work to complete this one of a kind textile.
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