"Tromaville Field Journal"
6" Square
embroidery floss and ink on cotton
nest detail
"Nothing to See Here"
6" Square
embroidery floss and ink on cotton
I made these pieces for the Bite-Sized Monsters group show that opens October 8th in San Francisco. I was watching a little Troma-thon while I worked; Can you tell? In case you don't know, Troma is responsible for some serious B-movie gold that is not for the easily offended or squeamish. I had to make my own frames since there was a six inch square size restriction for all of the pieces. So i dusted off my skills with the miter box and I think they turned out pretty well. It's pretty economical, especially once you have the miter box and saw. Next time i may try to get fancy and add a piece of plex to the front. The field journal piece was pretty time consuming but I love the texture all of those little tiny stitches create. The hardest part ended up being the text. It should have been the easiest since I used a pen but I'm a perfectionist and you can't rip out ink like a stitch. I reminded myself that it was supposed to look like quickly written notes and as long as I didn't completely botch things it would be fine. In fact it would have looked off with perfectly straight, evenly spaced lettering. You can check out the show this Saturday, October 8th through November 6th so check it out if you can! It's a beautiful space and there will be plenty of gorgeous artwork to take in.
