PATTERNS AND TONES

"Flora as Fashion: Victoria Wordsworth" 2019 This lovely Trumpet gown was photographed on location in front of the historic Smoke House in Burbank, CA. Like the Mermaid gown, it is form-fitting through the torso and hips and gradually opens out into a floor length flare. The rose bush blends nicely into Victoria's flower patterned frock. This image, as well as 32 other embroidered portraits, will be on view in my upcoming exhibition "Home as Hat - Flora as Fashion" at MuzeuMM Gallery June 1 -22nd. The opening is next Saturday, June 1st from 7-11pm. Julie Green May 25, 2019

"Flora as Fashion: Edith Ann"  Cute as a daisy, Edith Ann is wearing a custom made ballgown inspired by the flowers she posed in. Seeing dress patterns in flora is of course a lot more organic than the framed hat structures of a roof and lot more difficult to interpret. But it also allows me a lot more visual freedom. My desire to work with fiber on photographs takes the craft out of embroidery. I want to elevate the common thread from a traditionally female domestic craft to a visual work of art. The exploration of feminism in the history of this craft was first introduced to me in The Feminist Art History Collective 's founding member Rozsika Parker's 1984 groundbreaking publication "The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine" . Getting back to making something by hand is rewarding and contemplative. It takes me away from the constant use of technology back to a place where creating takes time and allows for introspection. ...

Flora as Fashion: Stacy Ellen Rich Throughout 2016 and 2017, I crafted 16 images in a series that I called " Home as Hat ". These images where inspired by an image I shot while I was photographing Kim Shattuck from The Muffs for my " Day in the Life of a Rock 'n' Roller " series.  As we walking around her neighborhood, I had her stand in front of a lovely gabled home. I quickly saw through my lens the shape of a hat emerging from the pointed roof behind her and I excitedly snapped the shutter to capture her in front of it. It became clear in that instant that there was a new body of work waiting to be created. I've just started to embark on a new angle to this series inspired by the wildly talented Costume designer Stacy Ellen Rich. The photograph above was taken with the intention of adding it to my Hat series but I quickly realized that the vegetation around her could be repurposed into a colorful skirt and adjusted my perspective to concentra...