PATTERNS AND TONES

"Home as Hat: Andrea Minton" 2019 I originally started stitching this series of images with regular thread and came to the conclusion that I needed to use the thicker embroidery floss so that the colors would pop out from the background. Since I am working on an exhibition of this body of work, I decided to redo some of the earlier works that only used regular thread. This portrait of the lovely Andrea Minton was originally shot in 2016. As you can see in the original  Home as Hat: Andrea Minton , the regular thread I used was too small to have any impact on the "hat" I was trying to create. Looking at the structure of the roof in the photograph, I realized weaving the floss would mirror the asphalt shingles. I have not woven the thread before and feel that this treatment worked perfectly for this particular image. Julie Green April 27, 2019

"Andrea Minton" from Home as Hat   FASHION AS SHELTER 'The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.' - Mary Quant There is a sense of security we all feel in the sanctuary of our own home. Fashion, on the other had, is a portable cocoon - a way of creating a sense of security and protection from the elements (and others) when we are out in the world away from the comforts of home.  Looking at different ways in which we protect and project ourselves has been the focus of my attention for the past 6 months. I've been combining these two subjects in a personal project called  Home as Hat through  photography and embroidery. The contrasts between mediums and subject matter has given me a vehicle to create a link between the inside and outside worlds. I decided to start a visual dialogue between ways in which we present ourselves to the world and the security we derive physically from our homes. By creating portraits of fashionable l...