SECOND LIFE
Each piece in this series began with an unfinished antique textile hobby project made by an anonymous person. Every artifact was different in technical aptitude and style. All were abandoned at various stages of completion and each begging for closure. I photographed each object as I found it, researched its place in history and the original author’s technique. With the use of digital and handmade textile techniques, hot glass work and other materials, I “completed” each piece. Their incompleteness is my road in. They celebrate the “mundane” and address the history of women's work and its lack of place in the art world. They cross the boundaries that continue to persist between art and craft, the young and elderly, technology and handmade, and between traditional techniques and conceptual art practices. The project lasted many years and, in those years, I became a parent, came out of the closet, began to articulate my gender identity, lost loved ones, and generally evolved as a person. The work also evolved to reflect these changes that I call my Second Life.
Portraits of each unfinished anonymous project as found before transforming them. Framed digital prints on archival paper. Variable dimensions.
Photo of incomplete lace project made by an anonymous person
A re-constructed unfinished lace project mounted in a plexi box. 40"x 24"
Ink-jet photo of an incompleted tea towel from the 1960's
A digitally embroidered rendering of my 10yr old son’s drawing, hand embroidery on an unfinished anonymous embroidery project. 28” x 20” x 1.75”
Ink-jet photo of an incomplete pillow project from the 1940's.
An unfinished anonymous embroidered pillow project from the 1960’s, digital embroidery, flame worked glass, cotton, vinyl and a vintage bed sheet. 49.5” x 49.5” x 2.75”
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Ink-jet photo of incomplete seat covers that my paternal grandmother made in the 1960's
No Seat at the Table. 2019. Two unfinished embroideries for chairs made by my paternal grandmother, blown and sandblasted glass. Variable dimensions (panels: 17.5” x 24” x 1.75” each).
Ink-jet photo of an incomplete decorative panel from the 1960's made by an anonymous person.
Digital embroidery on an unfinished anonymous embroidery project and matching fabric, scrap wood. 72” x 78”
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Ink-jet print on archival paper. An early 1900's unfinished purse making project made by an anonymous woman.
An unfinished anonymous early 1900’s purse project, digital embroidery, hand embroidery, crystals, digitally printed fabric, flame worked glass, chain, loose threads, spools and an enlarged re-creation of a wooden clothes drying rack. 100” x 61” x 33" Woodwork: JohnTinholt. Photo: Jocelyne Reynolds
Ink-jet print of an early 1950's unfinished embroidery project or perhaps a sampler made by an anonymous person.
An abandoned unfinished anonymous embroidery project, flame worked glass, digital and hand embroidery, ink and fabrics. 43” x 57’ 1.5”
The population of North American barn swallow has for the last 30 years, been on a rapid and steep decline.
