Fiber Art
Written by: mindfulnesspaintings
Fiber art is an exciting new creative process I’m exploring. I am reimagining my more traditional painted 2D works through dimensional pieces created to grasp my earliest, primal creative experiences; ones that most powerfully formed and shaped my present creative process. For my fiber art pieces, I start with a list of things that formed my artistic process: macrame, beads, cardboard, pieces of cloth, swatches of burlap, macaroni, yarn, pipe cleaners, crayons, buttons, childlike colors, pom poms, and found objects reinvented from a child’s perspective. Fiber elements allow me to include fascinatingly colorful, textural details echoing first memories of art making. Using these objects forces me to intentionally choose from my list of preselected objects and consider the inherent shifts of each choice on the design. I am mindful of the ways this method of selecting pushes the limits of every aspect of my creative process and produces tactile, dimensional works echoing the viewers memories of their own primary art experiences.
Materials used for these fiber art works also include cardboard, found objects, acrylic paint, glass beads gel, raffia, torn papers, alcohol inks, ephemera, textured mediums, and acrylic skins. I use repurposed textiles, found objects, ephemera, art supplies, and craft supplies to create relief elements in my fiber art. I also used monoprinting techniques that combined paper, fiber, and three-dimensional objects to make original prints that I later ripped, shredded, and manipulated to add dimension as I created. I mixed small pieces of fabric and paper with textured mediums to build depth and add areas of interest to my work. I am mindful of how satisfying fiber art is because it allows me to use textural materials to create fascinating 3D surfaces: surfaces that bring a sensory experience to the viewer.
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This fiber art 3D relief is made from a list of things that formed my artistic process: macrame, beads, cardboard, pieces of cloth, swatches of burlap, macaroni, yarn, pipe cleaners, crayons, buttons, childlike colors, pom poms, and found objects reinvented from a child’s perspective. Fiber elements allow me to include fascinatingly colorful, textural details echoing first memories of art making.