Sound Waves #1 Painting

This textile piece is the first one using my banded, hand dyed fabric. The process of making the banded fabric is very freeing as there isn’t much control of how the dye flows once it hits the fabric. Each consecutive piece will be different and may not fit in with the first pieces. I have hand stitched this piece in not quite as dense of a pattern as I normally do. This is to reflect the “wave” aspect of the textile piece and to let the dye design be the focal point. When viewed horizontally, the piece looks like sound waves from an oscilloscope. It also replicates a printout from a seismograph in this orientation. Each client and collector has their own vision and that is why I purposely am developing work that can be hung in more than one orientation. This makes the artwork more versatile and can easily fit into different sized areas without a major revision. Artwork is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist. Exhibition History: --Mesa Contemporary Arts’ 33rd Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona: January 27 – March 18, 2012. --Detroit Billboard Art Project 2012, Detroit, Michigan: May 28 - June 24, 2012. --Breckenridge 21st Annual Juried Art Show at the Breckenridge Fine Arts Center in Breckenridge, Texas, August 13 to September 21, 2012. --Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2013 at the Wichita Center for the Arts in Wichita, Kansas. August 23 through October 13, 2013. --2016 Overland Park Art at the Center Juried Exhibition, Art at the Center Gallery, Overland Park, Kansas: April 1 to June 12, 2016.