Carol Powell

Bathing Beauties

2020

Mixed media textile

Stitched painting (textile)

Hand embroidery. Part of Carol Powell's solo-show "Time to Make the Donuts." The series, titled after the 1980s cult-classic Dunkin' Donuts ad campaign, parodies nostalgic advertisi...

Hand embroidery. Part of Carol Powell's solo-show "Time to Make the Donuts." The series, titled after the 1980s cult-classic Dunkin' Donuts ad campaign, parodies nostalgic advertisi...

Hand embroidery. Part of Carol Powell's solo-show "Time to Make the Donuts." The series, titled after the 1980s cult-classic Dunkin' Donuts ad campaign, parodies nostalgic advertisi...

Hand embroidery. Part of Carol Powell's solo-show "Time to Make the Donuts." The series, titled after the 1980s cult-classic Dunkin' Donuts ad campaign, parodies nostalgic advertisi...

Old constructs finally breaking down, 2020 Contemporary Textile Artwork Wool rowing, silk, Michigan wool, Japanese Cotton 24x24in Signed and dated

Ed. of 10 Felt artist Lucy Sparrow is one of the most exciting and original artists working in the UK today. Her practice is quirky yet subversive, luring the audience in with her soft, tactile, colorful felt creations before hitting them hard with her comment on subjects from the demise of the traditional high street to censorship in pornography. She took the art world by storm in Summer 2014 with the opening of her fully stocked felt Cornershop installation in London’s East End. With queues around the block and wall to wall media coverage, the installation was both a commercial and critical success. In 2016, the BBC commissioned Lucy to recreates the Crown Jewels in felt, to celebrate HRH The Queen’s official 90th birthday. In May 2017, Lucy undertook her first solo show in the US, opening The Convenience Store, a New York bodega stocked with 9,000 felted artworks...

Ed. of 20 Felt artist Lucy Sparrow is one of the most exciting and original artists working in the UK today. Her practice is quirky yet subversive, luring the audience in with her soft, tactile, colorful felt creations before hitting them hard with her comment on subjects from the demise of the traditional high street to censorship in pornography. She took the art world by storm in Summer 2014 with the opening of her fully stocked felt Cornershop installation in London’s East End. With queues around the block and wall to wall media coverage, the installation was both a commercial and critical success. In 2016, the BBC commissioned Lucy to recreates the Crown Jewels in felt, to celebrate HRH The Queen’s official 90th birthday. In May 2017, Lucy undertook her first solo show in the US, opening The Convenience Store, a New York bodega stocked with 9,000 felted artworks...

Ed. of 10 Felt artist Lucy Sparrow is one of the most exciting and original artists working in the UK today. Her practice is quirky yet subversive, luring the audience in with her soft, tactile, colorful felt creations before hitting them hard with her comment on subjects from the demise of the traditional high street to censorship in pornography. She took the art world by storm in Summer 2014 with the opening of her fully stocked felt Cornershop installation in London’s East End. With queues around the block and wall to wall media coverage, the installation was both a commercial and critical success. In 2016, the BBC commissioned Lucy to recreates the Crown Jewels in felt, to celebrate HRH The Queen’s official 90th birthday. In May 2017, Lucy undertook her first solo show in the US, opening The Convenience Store, a New York bodega stocked with 9,000 felted artworks...

"Shop" James Bassler, brown paper Trader Joe's shopping bags, cut and twisted, with yellow and red waxed linen thread, 16" x 11" x 5", 2009. "Shop", by ...

"Lyric Space" Korean silk fabric and handmade ramie threads, maple floater frame. This contemporary silk textile piece is by Korean fiber artist, Shin You...