FIRST GARMENT EMBROIDERY COMPLETE

8/5/2014

We Jerome grantees met today at Concordia University Art Center Gallery to begin the planning for our show.
Our show is titled TRUTH TELLING. We all are dealing with various versions of hard truths that are often hidden or denied: domestic violence; ageism/sexism; mental illness; environmental loss. So we will tell our truths. The opening is slated for November 13, with an informal gallery talk from 5-6pm, reception from 6-8 pm.

Finally, after much delay, testing, seven hour stitchings ending in the trash can...I have completed the embroidery on the 50 years old and up jacket! Now, it needs to be indigo dyed and then lined. Onward, ever onward!

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WEARING MY AGE

I have received a grant from the Jerome Foundation to work on a project that I have called "Wearing My Age."

The premises that I am working with are that our clothes communicate and they communicate somewhat differently depending on age and gender. You might think of it as "fashion as self-publishing."

The key area I am curious about surrounds the uniforms that women wear in the work place. Indeed, I will be making a uniform body of work, comprised of near identical 3 piece work outfits comprised of: a jacket, a dress, a petticoat.

Each piece represents of body of language/meaning which I will make manifest with digitized machine embroidery typography and design.

The Jacket represents the public self: what you are trying to say, how you wish to be identified, how you want to feel in the market place.

The Dress represents a more personal statement: this is closer to the real me, Within the constraints of the market place I can be creative here, This is the part of me I am generally willing to reveal

The Petticoat represents the secret self: Here lies the true language of self, these are the secrets I do not share, This is what I really think about myself, This is how I feel deep down.

FIRST GARMENT EMBROIDERY COMPLETE

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