Thursday, May 14, 2009

to cut or not to cut?

Experimenting...what do you think?

For the large scale outdoor installation, Line, that I am doing for an arts festival next month, I am creating 4 rows of "laundry." Originally each piece of laundry was going to be appliqued with words on it. But realistically that is like a 6 month, not 1 month, project and I am not sure conceptually necessary.

So as an experiment I tried a cut-out of the words, partially because it will be much faster and less painstaking to make- but I also I kind of love the idea of seeing the other words, the blue sky, and the green grass through the cut out words.
What do you think?

I am diving into this project head first this afternoon as my sampler will be done in about one hours time. YAY!
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6 comments:

  1. angela simioneMay 14, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    wonderful idea! and hopefully it'll be a bit windy too the day you hang it- the panels billowing out around the text.

    my mind is taken in all sorts of directions by a project like this. cutting is a highly charged and historically loaded action. i love it. :)

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  2. lovely textilesMay 14, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    Yes I agree with the above comment - I like the symbolism of cutting which could also work brilliantly with particular words... and it opposes the precious quality of the previous work you've been doing which is a nice dynamic, too. great stuff as ever xx

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  3. AnonymousMay 15, 2009 at 5:50 AM

    gives an especially ephemeral quality to the words and will be a nice contrast to the applique, which will seem more solid and heavy in comparison. beautiful.

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  4. Joetta M.May 15, 2009 at 6:22 AM

    thank you so much for all the input. I did a few more in the studio and am so excited.
    And your comments gave me a lot to think about in respect to how cutting the words changes the concept a bit. And how do I re-find the language to talk about this technique. Very exciting.
    And yes I am looking forward to the contrast of the applique and embroidery with the cut out.
    Thanks!!!!

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  5. Brittany | the Home GroundMay 16, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    I love the cutting! I can't wait to see how it works on the line. I think seeing things through the pieces will be very intriguing. And yes, cutting brings on a whole new bucket of things to potentially talk about. I'm really excited to see how this turns out!

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  6. Joetta M.May 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    i can't wait to see it either and my fingers are so croseed in hoping that it all works out fine and looks good...I feel a little in over my head. We'll see:)

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