Jeri Eisenberg

Pinwheels

2013

"Sisters #4", 2019 by Valerie Hammond 72 x 35 inches unframed Pigment, Color Pencil, Wax, Glass Beads, and thread on Japanese Rice Paper Coated with Beeswax Vertical, indigo panels ...

"Sisters #2", 2019 by Valerie Hammond 73 x 34.5 inches unframed Pigment, Color Pencil, Wax, Glass Beads, and thread on Japanese Rice Paper Coated with Beeswax Vertical, indigo panels that are unframed, can be installed with magnets, but framing is recommended. In Valerie Hammond’s series of wax drawings, protection is two-fold: the artist (previously) encases dried flowers and ferns in a thin layer of wax, preserving their fragile tissues long after they’ve been plucked from the ground. In outlining a pair of hands, she also secures a memory, or rather, “the essence of a gesture and the fleeting moment in which it was made.” Centered on limbs lying flat on Japanese paper, the ongoing series dates back to the 1990s, when Hammond made the first tracing “partly in response to the death of a dear friend, whose beautiful hands I often found myself remembering.” She continued by working with family and friends, mainly women and children, to delineate their wrists, palms, and fingers. Today, the series features dozens of works that are comprised of either hands tethered to the dried botanics, which sprout outward in wispy tendrils, or others over layed with thread and glass beads. Although the delicate pieces began as a simple trace, Hammond shares that she soon began to overlay the original drawing with pressed florals, creating encaustic assemblages that “echoed the body’s bones, veins, and circulatory systems.” She continued to experiment with the series by introducing various techniques, including printmaking, Xerox transfers, and finally Photoshop inversions, that distorted the original rendering...

"Traces 32" By Valerie Hammond Created in 2012 38 x 25 inches unframed Pigment, Color Pencil, wax, glass beads and thread on Japanese paper Valerie Hammond's approach to her art mak...

"Traces 51" by Valerie Hammond Created in 2012 38 x 25 inches unframed Pigment, Color Pencil, wax, glass beads and thread on Japanese paper Valerie Hammond's approach to her art mak...

Figurative installation sculpture of women's undergarment 'White Slip', made in Kate Hamilton 2011 glassine paper, thread, bra strap connector 41 x 21 inches - depth variable This...

Figurative still life installation sculpture of a wrinkled women's slip 'Stenciled Slip', 2012 glassine paper, thread, bra strap connectors, ribbon wire, spray pain 41 x 21 inches (d...

New technique from the artist emulsion + cotton sewn on cotton paper Based on a single image of Kate Moss

New technique as the artist continues his exploration of the image of Kate Moss. Emulsion + Cotton sewn on paper

Same style different execution. Italian copper leaf and fluorescent thread sewn on Splendorlux Black Gloss

Ashley Catharine Smith is a photographer and fibers artist who has combined these two mediums in her "This is how we spend time together these days." series. This piece was created ...

This mixed media photograph artwork titled "Light Worker" is an original artwork by Ashley Catharine Smith made of embroidery and beaded photograph. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w. ...

Michele Landel creates intensely textured and airy collages using burned, quilted, and embroidered fabric, photographs and paper to explore the themes of exposure, absence, and memor...