My Elizabeth 2011

The below images show the development of My Elizabeth in response to Leonard McCombs etching Elizabeth Cooper in her Wedding dress for Artsite's open exhibition

Artsite, The Post Modern, Theatre Square, Swindon, SN1 1QN
4th - 19th March excluding Sunday
11am -4pm

http://www.artsite.ltd.uk/

Charcoal drawing on paper

 


Mood board

 

Monoprinting

Experimenting with stitch on photocopied acetate

Construction - Close up 1


 


Construction - Close up 2

 



Construction - Close up 3

 



Maria Holohan
My Elizabeth. 2011
Mixed media, embroidery and appliqie on vintage fabric

 

Close up

I approach textiles in a drawing and painterly way never planning what the outcome will be allowing my intuition and spontaneity take me to the next level. It is now time to critically analyse what i have done, so here are some words and sentences to begin that process;

Exploring conventions of femininity through stitching into vintage fabric.
Mixed media trapped in acetate
Embroidered over/outside
female form
Constructed
Intuitive and spontaneous approach
Found canvas
Fabric tells a story
Narrative
Contemporary
Ambiguous
Communication
Complex thought patterns
Identity

As the viewer what can you decipher from My Elizabeth?