Natalie Ciccoricco

Cracked No. 6 - Textile & Glass Work on Paper (Green + Beige + Red)

2021

"Lemondrop Love" is part of Natalie Ciccoricco's Film Noir series. In this image, Ciccoricco nestles an image of a film noir couple in a scoop on an...

Natalie Ciccoricco takes vintage images of German Film-Noir stars and incorporates them into her paper and thread collages. This series is titled "...

"Private Pineapple" is part of Natalie Ciccoricco's Film Noir series. In this image, Ciccoricco nestles an image of a film noir actor in a scoop on an ice cream cone. Making a commentary on the commodification and capitalistic views on our society. The work is collaged with vintage...

"Color Block #2" is part of Ciccoricco's Three-Piece Series "Color Blocking." Ciccoricco takes a found image and abstracts the piece to the point of little recognition. Encouraging t...

"In Peace #1" is part of Ciccoricco's Three-Piece Series "In Peace." Ciccoricco takes a black and white found image of a deserted field and brings life back into it with her masterfu...

"Reach Bodie at Dawn" is part of Ciccoricco's series "Landscapes." Ciccoricco takes a vintage photo of a small sleepy town and draws the colors of the image into the center of the pi...

Bauer works with found natural objects. Leaves, stones, pieces of wood…ephemeral natural things, easily overlooked. And she use crochet; sometimes as embellishment, but mostly in a m...

Bauer works with found natural objects. Leaves, stones, pieces of wood…ephemeral natural things, easily overlooked. And she use crochet; sometimes as embellishment, but mostly in a m...

This piece titled "The Villian" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame...

This piece titled "Party In The Woods" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame and measures 6"h x 6"w framed. The catalyst for this new body of work was a jar of leftover magazine cutouts from a collage I made in 2010. Reusing leftover materials as well repurposing items that might end up thrown away, has become a very important part of my process the past decade. Stumbling across this jar of coin sized images that had waited patiently on a shelf for 12 years, ignited my creative process and drove me to explore collage in a new way. Unlike the piece from 2010 in which I assembled the images by piecing them together, I decided to examine each individual cut out on its on. By removing the image from any other context it allows you to focus solely on its meaning, purpose or feelings that it may evoke. Each image is embedded in a field of French knots which felt like a way of creating a time capsule of sorts for the object. Another inspiration behind this collection is my six year old son and his endless piles of sticks, stones, leaves, etc in our home. Only to him they aren’t sticks and stones, they are treasures. His ability to find a tiny twig or scrap of paper and not only cherish it but give it a backstory of why it is so special, is a beautiful thing and one I have tried to tap into with my new work. By placing a picture of a rubberband ball...

This piece titled "Pony Gurl" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame a...

This piece titled "Whirly Pop" is an original artwork made from collage, hand embroidery, and latex paint on canvas by Kelly Kozma. This piece is shipped in the pictured white frame ...