Introducing the Edgiest Person in Portland
46” x 47”
Techniques: artist-dyed hemp, fused layers and shapes, hand and machine quilting, pen drawing
Materials: hemp, Pigma pen
Artist Statement:
Have you ever moved to a new city or town and discovered that you'd broken a "rule" that you were unaware of? Maybe you sat at a table in the neighborhood coffee shop that was always reserved for a local devotee, or discovered too late that you had dressed totally wrong for a party or meeting.
Portland has a "rule"! Yes, really! Here it is: Never, ever carry an umbrella when it rains. And why is that? Because you will be mistaken for a tourist!
The person skipping across puddles carrying an orange umbrella doesn't care what all the miserable, soaked, hoodie wearing people think. The edgiest person in Portland is perfectly ok being labeled a tourist in our intriguing, always fascinating world.
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
Introducing the Edgiest Person in Portland - Detail
My Bridge to Tranquility
55"x32"
Techniques: original iPhone photo enlarged on paper, Machine quilted
Materials: paper, commercial fabric, Inktense pencils, dyed fabric
Artist Statement:
I had been thinking hard for days after the Bridge exhibit was announced and was not liking any ideas I came up with. After a week and still nothing that excited me, I went to bed still feeling frustrated and decided to just forget about it. I awoke suddenly at 3:00 AM, the vividly dreamed, completed quilt flashing before my eyes. Of course the story begins like all of my favorite childhood tales. Once upon a time there was a little girl whose daddy got transferred to a horrible place she hated. Mean boys called her a yankee and threw rocks at her after school. She had no friends, so spent many hours in a nearby wood making friends with a family of toads. She built little houses of twigs and moss for them, talked to them, held them, comforted by the feel of their soft bellies in her palm. She imagined that if only she could say the right word, they would take her away, far away to an enchanted land. My Bridge to Tranquility.
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
My Bridge to Tranquility -Detail
What's Next 2 !?
19"x 35"
Techniques: Thread painting (hair), fused, machine quilted
Materials: Japanese fabric, dyed fabric
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
Robosaurus Rules the Airshow
23"x 41"
Techniques: fused figures, thread painting
Materials: Commercial fabric
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
Mother Guides Her Children Home
55"x 41"
Techniques: Folded fabric into 3D shapes, hand stitched, machine stitched
Materials: Japanese fabric, silk
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
Just Give Me A Book To Read
56” x 33.5”
Techniques: Photo transfer, fused, hand embroidery machine quilted
Materials: screen print, cotton, original photos, Lite Steam-A-Seam 2, embroidery floss, MonoPoly
Artist Statement:
Have you ever found yourself living in a place you loathed? I've lived in moldy, poorly maintained, downright nasty housing on a military base, (a few of those), and a teeny, tiny cheap shack in the middle of a cow pasture in Texas with my little kids after I went back to school.
A beautiful setting or a home you love, your favorite place in the world can disappear quickly due to floods, fire, tsunami, armed conflict, environmental degradation or financial setback.
Since I learned to read, losing myself in a wonderful book has made many a less than ideal or plain miserable situation better.
Photographer: Hoddick Photography
Just Give Me A Book To Read - Detail