Flora as Fashion: Edith Ann

"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.

Julie Green
March 24, 2018