Miami art fairs, as told by a good friend and fellow artist

"People were smokin weed at Fountain Art Fair, 
and drinking champagne at Pulse."
2012. Embroidery on fabric. 4.25" x 8.75".

Experiments with Typography and Embroidery

A good friend and fellow artist recently participated in both Pulse and Fountain art fairs in Miami. When he got back to New York, he said: "People were smoking weed at Fountain and drinking champagne at Pulse." One of my new favorite quotes.

I am making a humorous take on this, combining machine and hand embroidery *see below. This is obviously still in progress.

Heart to Heart, Hand to Hand

Happy holidays and lots of love to all. My latest embroidery about love and the interweaving of two people is below.

"Heart to Heart, Hand to Hand."
Embroidery on fabric, 2012. 7.75" x 3.25".

GrindrPoets

Thanks to some hilarious NYU students for sharing their thoughts and poetry this past Monday evening at 61 Local. Keep This Bag Away from Children, a literary magazine, hosted a fun reading. I especially loved Maggie Lee's Twitter poems (@Maggie44). 

I walked away with inspiration for the attached embroidery.

"Girlfriend"

"Girlfriend."

Embroidery on fabric dyed with purple onion skin. 2012.

Chain Stitch Embroidery Tutorial (the first instructional video made with the help of motion graphics expert, John Pitts)

Back Stitch Embroidery Tutorial - My awkward pauses made less awkward by the video and motions graphics work of John Pitts

"Like a Earthquake" (borrowed text)

Butter

"Butter." 2012. Embroidery on antique, stained fabric.