Piece description from the artist
In the Midwest, everyone has a memory connected with a lake. Family cabins, summer day getaways, taking a boat on the water… there is a memory that's always recalled when thinking about times of peace and happiness. For me, my memory is my wedding at a house on a lake in early fall. I was lucky – it was a beautiful sunny weekend in the 70's, but snowed just a few days later. Such is the joy of the changing seasons. In this piece, the many vibrant lines of embroidery floss dance together to show the layers of colors as summer becomes fall.
This piece was made with glued embroidery floss. It is my signature technique that I have developed. These pieces take a lot of time, but the texture of the string is maintained even with the prints of the original. They have a tactile quality that make people want to reach out and touch it.
Amanda Pearson is a mixed media artist who lives in the Twin Cities, MN (but grew up in Portland, OR). In college, she majored in Art Education and after graduating found a niche in elevating the mundane materials that are often forgotten in the back of the craft drawer. Her focus is currently on pieces created by gluing embroidery floss, but she also uses other media such as dots (made out of colored pencils or paint), glued hole punches from cardstock paper, and has even made a mosaic from recycled used gift cards. Her work requires time, and it takes a lot of it – each piece takes months to create. These pieces aim to capture a moment of time in spaces that could be considered sacred. Nature is used to represent these significant moments.
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