What to do on a Sick Day Drawing

I appreciate the beauty in the shapes formed by the flattened, recycled cardboard boxes. Unfolding that earthy brown, three-dimensional material into two dimensions reminds me of sewing, only in reverse. My mom taught me to sew when I was in elementary school. In sewing, a pattern is used over fabric, which is then cut and stitched, tucked, or folded to create a garment – a transformation from two dimensions to three. In my recent work, I use flattened, recycled boxes as patterns, creating compositions of overlapping shapes with gaps between them forming lines. I then strive for asymmetrically balanced compositions by the placement of elements and color. This drawing is based on Redwork. "Redwork is a form of American embroidery, also called art needlework, that developed in the 19th century and was particularly popular between 1855 and 1925. It traditionally uses red thread, chosen because red dyes were the first commercially available colorfast dyes, in the form of Turkey red embroidery floss. Redwork designs are composed of simple stitches and were mainly used to decorate household objects in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially quilts." –Wikipedia

Drawing:Colored Pencil on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:22 W x 15 H x 0.1 D in

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