The 2014 Conant Grant, “Museum
Collaboration to Interpret History Through Surface Design”, is coming into the
home stretch. I am pleased to announce
that the exhibit “TEXT-ile Ternion” will be installed on January 5th
and will hang until February 8th at the Sandy Spring Museum. You’re invited to the opening on Saturday,
January 16th from 1-3PM. I’d love to see some friendly faces! Sandy
Spring Museum is located at 17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860.
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| Tall Timbers #1 is 20" x 33" and based on a wood carved block of the Tall Timbers house from the Sandy Spring Museum collection. The design was printed onto postcards and mailed on Dec. 16, 1972. |
The museum is fond of short titles, so I was
encouraged to be parsimonious with my words.
I named the exhibit “TEXT-ile Ternion” because I get three concepts for
the price of two words: textile, text
and ternion. My work is surface design
on cotton fabric incorporating text. I
was delighted to discover while scrounging for a title that a ternion is a set
of three. Bonus points for alliteration! I am working in a series creating three
pieces of art for each set of museum artifacts.
I have been reveling in Transfer Artist Paper,
Kraft-tex and Lutradur. Dye and fabric paints are sloshing wildly
around in my studio. Limiting the MX
Reaction dyes to tangerine, strongest red and deep navy still gives me a
rainbow of color. . Stencils and Thermofax screens are being created on
demand. My printers are getting a
workout for auditioning. The steamer is
taking pride of place in the garage. Layering for visual depth is becoming more
natural. I’m in love with my large homemade print board
which doubles as my photography backdrop.
I got to finger paint with thickened dyes on my vinyl table cover a few
nights ago to make my largest monoprint ever. My grant objectives are being met. As my sister would say…”I’m in my happy place.” See you in January!
