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Wall hangings |
Wall hangings range in size from 2x5 up to 5x7
feet and are all original pieces. Hand screen printed and wax-resist dyed up to 15 layers on antique Japanese silk jacquard. The prints utilize the artist's own drawings mixed with classic historic engravings and woodcuts, scientific drawings and photo montage. Often, they are strip-pieced with other silks and ethnic fabrics. They utilize machine and hand embroidery along with unique edging and details. Dense and substantial in construction. As with any artwork, hangings should not be displayed in direct sunlight. |
Artist's Statement
The wall hangings are an integral part of ordering the experience of living as an outsider, as an observer in different cultures, managing the ever-shifting bed of attitudes, morals, politics as well as social mores such as “kindness” and “obligation” associated with the platitudes of civility.
Materials and motifs holding specific cultural and historical references are a major source of inspiration. Harmonious or even ironic melding of these seemingly disparate images and media gives physical voice to the experiences of cross-cultural living.
—Shannon Wardroper, 2004