...of art. I had fun making this little piece for the
SAQA trunk show. It was a nice respite from the larger pieces that I am working on now, in the same vein, yet a bit light-hearted.
I am really enjoying finding my groove in working with recycled plastic bags. Loving the layering which produces great color and sometimes makes me think of stained glass.
When I first started this piece I imagined it machine stitched only. But, when the machine stitching was finished it still lacked something. I knew it needed the hand stitching, just didn't know what the image should be. Then while flipping through my photos for an idea I saw some graffiti and it struck me that this piece needed a tag! Last thing I was going to do was figure out a tag for my name... but the tag this needed was obvious.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8U38_VwscjSRnXQpffsn3jSRaGle7SEnl93-rm8AKA3vQ2H7NRXdbfnfopGGVi1cgw4cEgV3L_s_Nz719NpMbHp54L4O-g14ZlBQBWK37ELgpMQmiRa67_kS-JTJflcEir_jnGOTP0k-t/s1600/%23tagged+det+1.jpg) |
#tagged (detail) |
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#tagged (detail) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2kHqdW7GsJAHTQNCn29MzQTnPjmgbgrt3vR4JpCYBZGI00kH6Ym50HeZz6-9R2CYUgJC12BkDqWqYtEC11yazZPHK5N4_xP7KrPPwcCLXxg_M42HfdjBLvCZLkdatyHmO2TZ-GGGURVK/s1600/%23tagged.jpg) |
#tagged by Natalya Aikens© 2014 |
3 comments:
Very cool. Is the background fabric that your printed or painted?
I love this one, Natalya - very "you"! :-) The graffiti is a perfect finish.
Love it! How big is it?
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