Infrastructure: making it as I find it

This textile began with the opening of my grandmother's 1950s blue wool coat. What I found within--the frayed woven webbing, rose colored bias tape, two-toned satin lining, thick wool seams-- had such strong sculptural possibilities that I left them intact as the jumping-off point for the resulting textile. 

Infrastructure

1950s wool coat including cotton webbing, bias tape, satin lining; early 20thc velvet, 70s cotton velour pants, burlap, canvas backing 

Tampa/West Palm Direct

Tampa/West Palm Direct
-Fabrics 1930s-present, including cargo pants seams and remnants from my kimono robe project

This textile is another  "art of conversation" piece-- the initial design was laid out during a phone conversation 

with a friend who was driving from his home in Tampa to visit his parents in West Palm Beach.

Porching it in my robe with Tillycat.

Mash-up 1 and John Chamberlain sculpture

Mash-up 1
-1960s curtains and assorted scraps

"Delores James" by John Chamberlain, 1962
Photo Credit: Guggenheim