Portrait of a Textile Worker
Priscilla referred me to this amazing artpiece. It’s a photograph which was translated to a fiber wall hanging constructed of 30,000 clothing labels. Priscilla’s sister knows the artist so she had the honor of contributing some of her own clothing labels to the project.
In a very loose sense, it can be called a quilt. In a very large sense, it is art with no questions attached. (There we go again, the art/craft thing… sorry. You know I say that much of life is art and I leave it at that.) The artist had to translate her photo into fabric by eye… I don’t know how people do it that way. (Debbie New made her grandmother’s portrait into a large afghan by eye, as well.)
I depend on a computer to make my images for me. I think I don’t yet “see” as well as someone who draws or paints. And using a computer is a skill I have on a higher level than many others, so I use that to my advantage. It’s a tool just as a pencil might be… but in a sense it allows my ability to “see” not be as important.
You really must go see this piece: Portrait of a Textile Worker by Terese Agnew of Wisconsin, USA.