20.5″h x 9″ w x 4″d
rayon embroidery thread, Spanish moss, tree bark, painted envelope Tyvek, dried bromeliads
At the beginning of an artist talk I once gave, I announced to the audience that I could only guarantee one thing at the end of this lecture: “You will never look at trash the same way again!”
One attendee took the lesson and the challenge to heart, proudly bringing back Spanish moss from her vacation in California a few weeks later.
There wasn’t quite enough moss to create an entire piece, requiring “supplemental thread” to hug the tree bark and bromeliads. Painted and distressed envelope Tyvek tease the design. But it is the dancing shadows that breathe the magic life into the piece.
