Sentences with phrase «embroidered textile works»

Jordan Nassar, who primarily produces hand - embroidered textile works and self - published zines, has recently begun making prints that blend the visual language of traditional Palestinian embroidery with a contemporary graphic sensibility.

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Bourgeois's diverse practice included drawings, paintings, textiles, embroidered works, sculpture, and installations ranging in scale from a few inches to monumental, fully immersive environments like Untitled (1991 - 2000), the 15 - ton marble sculpture that is the centerpiece of her exhibition at MASS MoCA.

Boetti often designed textiles to be embroidered in artisan workshops, resulting in a body of work that cut across national borders, embracing traditional art forms rooted in tradition, collaboration, and ritualistic meanings of creation.

The trends seen at this year's opening night were intriguing — tons of fabric and textile - based work, like Verena Dengler's embroidered canvases at Thomas Duncan and Laure Provost's spectacular tapestry at MOT International; a pull towards representative painting, like Marcel van Eeden's cake painting at Clint Roenisch or Louise Bonnet's»60s - style oil paintings of peculiar sad - sacks at Mier Gallery; and any abstract work to be found was very multicolored, like William J. O'Brien's trippy plant - like paintings at Shane Campbell and Stanley Whitney's vibrant grids at Team Gallery.

Her interest in indigenous textiles such as huipils — traditional embroidered garments woven and worn by Mayan women in Mexico and Central America — forms the basis of this work.

Originally trained in textile design, she often uses blankets as her canvases, which after being gessoed many times over, retain raised outlines of an embroidered floral pattern — a reference to the geisha's line of work.

These vibrantly hued textiles contain images of working hands and various studio objects, all intricately embroidered onto the fabric.

The intricate carvings can be enhanced with a coat of distressed white paint, adding a shabby chic feel that works well in a country setting teamed with vintage bedlinen, embroidered textiles and a pile of cosy cushions.