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Translations 2008, 21" x 22" Habotai silk, silk organza and chiffon. Dyes and textile paints. Shibori resist, silk screen, fused appliqué, machine stitching. |
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Parables 2008, 42" x 49" Silk broadcloth, silk net, cotton. Dyes, textile paint. Monoprinting, silkscreen, stamping, raw edge fused appliqué, machine embroidery, machine and hand stitching. Click here to view a detail image. |
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Parables II 2008, 46" x 41" Silk broadcloth, silk net, cotton. Dyes, textile paints.
Silkscreens, fused raw edge appliqué, machine embroidery, machine stitching. |
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Letters to Baltimore 2008, 44" x 44" Cotton, habotai silk. Dye, tea-dye, textile paint. Silkscreen, fused raw edge appliqué, machine stitching. |
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Vernacular 2007, 27" x 30" Polyester felt, painted scrim, dyed silk, silk net, poly organza, machine stitching. |
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Forgotten Language 2006 - 18" x 28", irregular. Dyed silk habotai, painted fusible web, machine quilting, hand embroidery. |
Lost Language 2006 - 29" x 44" Polyester felt, painted fusible web, painted scrim, silk net, dyed and commercial cottons. Machine stitching and hand embroidery |
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King Ngoya's Dream 2006, 27.5" x 38" Silk charmeuse and silk crepe. King Ngoya was a sultan in the West African country of Cameroon in the early 1900’s. He had a dream one night which instructed him to work with all the tribes in his country to create a written language for his people; he followed the dream’s instructions. The letters on this piece are some of the 35 symbols the country ultimately adopted as their first written alphabet. The Germans had occupied and controlled the country for several decades until the French took over control after World War I; once established there, the French forbade the continuation of teaching the new written Cameroon language and exiled King Ngoya to a neighboring country. He died a broken man two years later. This piece honors King Ngoya’s vision for his people. |
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