mixed media – Mary Vaneecke

New Work: Back to ‘Mending’

Yet another new work inspired by Hazel Hall’s poem, “Mending.” Full text of the poem is here. Written about 100 years ago (Hall died in 1924), it is the gift that keeps on giving! Hall describes a mundane household chore as a subversive act, ‘a little travesty on life.’ It just seems to fit our zeitgeist, doesn’t it?

This piece combines several of the techniques I have used in the last year: layered sheers, cutting, burning, and visible mending. It feels radical to me, but still beautiful. Similar to Haiku III, but dimensional instead of fused flat. Best of all, I have ideas for several more pieces in this style.

Stay tuned.

Yes, I have been Mending III, 40'' x 30'' by Mary Vaneecke — *Yes, I have been Mending III,* 40” x 30” by Mary Vaneecke–in a private collection

*Yes, I have been Mending III* by Mary Vaneecke, detail.

Materials

Fabric, dyes, fusible web.

Techniques

Fusing, dyeing, burning, machine stitch, cut work.

photo credit: Jack Kulawik

While this work is a modern quilt with a contemporary theme, it stands firmly in the tradition of subversive stitching in quilts.

When officers of the law become judge, jury, and executioners, killing unarmed black citizens, we all have a problem. The police act on our behalf. This slogan from the Black Lives Matter movement challenges our complicity in the face of these injustices. It demands our attention. We must find a way to hold our police officers close, and still hold them accountable. This piece is included in the Studio Art Quilt Associates Loaded Conversations exhibition.

Mary Vaneecke

Artist, Author, Founder of The Mourning Project

Tag: mixed media

New Work: Back to ‘Mending’

Materials

Techniques

(White) Silence is Violence

While this work is a modern quilt with a contemporary theme, it stands firmly in the tradition of subversive stitching in quilts.

The work is silk dupion, hand-painted fabrics, layered and stitched. Embellished with hand-painted, frayed twine.