Upcycling my own

 

Longing

      11.5" x 32"

In this collage I challenged myself to use only the fabrics I already had, and too, the fabrics that I had created.  All the fabrics in this piece began as white, either cotton or silk organza.  I painted, printed, dyed, on each piece.  Therefore, this is a collage of truly one-of-a-kind elements.

My title references the composition while leaving room for interpretation.  One idea is that the two little beings who are grounded are longing to join their sister at the top of the tree but cannot seem to achieve lift off.  Or, conversely, the little one who did manage to get to the top is now missing her community on the ground and is longing for re-unification.  But, as always, I am leaving the pathway open to the viewer to create their own narrative.

                                       Detail:  after creating the composition and placing the various 

                                     elements I embelleshed with free motion stitchery as well as 

hand embroidery.

      Detail: From the sky, we can appreciate the sun, 

            the clouds and the details in the tree, all free motion stitchery.  

There is a layer of dyed, silk organza in the tree canopy.

                           Detail:  From the ground we can see the tree is 

                      well rooted into dyed silk organza as well as 

grounded by hand embroidery.