Fiber, textiles, weaving, beading and sewing techniques continue to be more prevalent at the big art shows every year. Here is what I saw in 2018.
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Certainly he didn't want the binding to be this way! Oh how I wish I could have helped him out.
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| this is essentially a rag rug construction |
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| retroreflective material on top of denim and vintage quilts |
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| laying threads in the paper making process to create image |
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| a powerful steel rod pushes into the center of a wood post. It groans and splinters and cracks. Man against nature. |
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| the new wood posts to the left, the snapped ones on the right. |
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| the highlight for me- Rauschenberg was a fiber artist! |
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| soft sculpture decor, no attribution given |
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| seed beads |
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| beads |
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| Look at the dimensions, this is a box capturing a dress in a web of thread. |
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| sorry no attribution. |
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| free motion machine embroidery on a substrate and independent of one |
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| at the Volta show things were a bit more strange |
