Poolside - Limited Edition 1 of 1 Artwork

Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memory. She manually manipulates digital photographs to highlight the way images hide and filter the truth. She then sews layers of paper together to create bandages and veils and to transform images into fragile maps. Poolside captures the dream-like state of one’s memory of summer and childhood. Blurry photographs are deliberately printed on handmade and glossy papers, torn, and then stitched together. The focused photograph is print on thin bamboo paper, which is burned, layered slightly out of sync, and quilted on top of the blurred image. Just like with memories and dreams, parts of the focused image are missing and parts of the blurry image are replaced with embroidery to cause knowing confusion. The layers and stitching are used to intentionally render the water and pool into a strange and mysterious dreamscape.

Mixed Media:Digital on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:9.5 W x 11.8 H x 0.3 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.