TEXTILE
Links to Galleries:
Public Image Series
Various
When I started using rughooking methods I knew I wouldn't spend much time repeating the folk art images and subjects most often associated with the form. I knew I'd soon move into creative processes not dissimilar from how I approach painting or collage. I hadn't anticipated how interested I would become with creating text-based works - but I shouldn't have been surprised. Words, lyrics, quotes and letters have often found their way into my work whether photocollage, paintings, or drawings.
The textile works found in the Public Image series ( terriwhetstone.com/section/504890-Galle… ) are thematically similar to ideas I've worked with in other media. These are, however, the first to cross-over into a traditionally feminized craft form, which lends the works a more layered contemporary reading.