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Wearing My Age production has begun

9/2/2014

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Just a little slide show:  production has begun in earnest. All the digitizing is completed. All the appliques are embroidered.  2 jackets are sewn, the third is nearly done.  Then I will be cutting out the dresses.  The pattern still needs a bit of tweaking...That will happen later this week, after my performance, tomorrow,  of The Ophelia Project at Riverland Community College.

When all the sewing is completed, the indigo will re-commence.  It is important to dye each completed outfit at the same time so that the shades of indigo more or less match.  The vat will weaken over time.  The vat also does not like cool weather, so speed is of the essence here.  Autumn is upon us.  I prefer to do the indigo dyeing in the yard...but will bring the stinking mess into the studio if necessary.  Drop clothes will protect most of the space.  And, once it oxidizes it does smell of flowers rather than urine!
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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.

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