Resonance in Dissonance: An exploration of fabric assemblage and the upcycled canvas.

Abstract

Through the processes of assemblage, printmaking, and techniques used by women textile artists of the past, my desire is to conglomerate and visualize some of the many contradictions that exist within our perspectives of contemporary style, beauty standards, and art as a whole. My goal is not to answer these questions but to merely display them through the textiles and found objects in my environment. Using a variety of techniques such as block printing, visual mending, and decoupage, I synchronize them into the final assemblages, demonstrating how these conflicting questions can be used harmoniously.