New Work: Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #1

 

New work: Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #1

I have accumulated a small collection of cross-stitch table cloths and runners over the past few years and have been thinking of how they can be incorporated in my artwork.

In this series, I am reimagining vintage table linens so they work in, with, or against the grids of construction fences. These paintings also incorporate monoprinted the textures of construction fences combined with handpainting, handstamping, collage, and stitching, on stiffened fabric.

Vintage Table Linens Reimagined #1 is mixed media on stiffened fabric that measures 19” x 22”.

More New Work in Progress

 

Over the weekend I collaged sections of a vintage tablecloth on the new painting I am working on, after adding the 160 or so hand stamped squares onto the stiffened and stitched fabric with a monoprinted grids of a construction fence a week ago. I'm off from work for a week starting tomorrow, and will paint to the grid and the intersections. And I will also start working on some more new paintings.

Work in Progress: Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025

Here is the month of September in my Dates in a Life Walking Project 2025 painting, a year-long painting documenting the number of steps I walked each day. I have documented my steps in paintings since 2016.

The black icons represent up to 9999 steps walked each day, and red represents 10,000-19,999 steps.

Like I did in August, I was able to walk 10,000 steps or more on nine days (the red icons) because of mostly cooler weather.

On the last Sunday in September, I sprained my ankle when walking on an uneven path. Klutzy me once again injuring my right foot for the second time since May 2023. The green dots on the last three days reflect that injury, similar how I marked it in 2023 because it limited my walking for exercise. Thank goodness I didn't break my ankle! And thank goodness for hiking books which are perfect for splinting my foot so it can heal.

The Iridescent Bright Gold background paint used to signify the days (mostly weekends, but also including holidays, vacations days, and sick days) I was not at work, which usually gives me more time to walk for exercise than the days I am at work, with the exception of sick days (of course).

The second picture shows January through September with plenty of room for the last three months of the year.

More New Work in Progress

 

I am halfway through adding the 160 or so hand stamped squares onto the stiffened and stitched fabric with monoprinted grids of construction fences. I’ll finish it today and then I’ll incorporate the sections of vintage tablecloths ASAP after the matt medium is dry.

More New Work in Progress

 

160 or so hand stamped squares ready to be collaged onto stiffened and stitched fabric with monoprinted grids of construction fences. Then I’ll incorporate sections of vintage tablecloths.

New Work in Progress

Starting a new series of work on fabric that is stiffened after stitching the monoprinted grids of construction fences. I want to incorporate sections of vintage tablecloths, hand stamping, and painting to create new patterns, mixing the old with the new. Here are some different (and possible) layouts of the pieces of tablecloths before I add other elements. It’ll be interesting to see how this processes and where it goes.

Sun!

The sun shining in the window of my tiny art studio on my Dates in a Life 2024 painting on the left. On the right is my 2025 painting in progress. Both document the number of steps I walk each day (by the thousands) using hand stamped icons. My messy painting and sewing table is in the foreground.