When you start 6 pieces in 2001, put them away, take them out and work on them several years later, put them away, and FINALLY finish them 18 years later the title pretty much writes itself: Deja Vu Again. (I’m proud of that one!)
It all started in a class with Judy Hooworth way back in 2001. She asked us to make 6 pieces in series. I didn’t fully understand what a series was and I made my 6 pieces with exactly the same skeleton and colors. You’ll see these original squares in each of the following pieces.
YEARS later I finally got around to doing something with all of them. Each one is mounted onto something moderately stiff. Thick interfacing, cardboard, etc.
Deja Vu Again #1. The background is painted fusible web.
Each piece is approximately 6 x 8, made with a variety of media. Mostly fabric, but also some paper, painted fusible web, corrugated cardboard, and ribbon.
Deja Vu Again #2 has lacy paper on the sides
Deja Vu Again #3, includes glossy magazine paper
Deja Vu Again #4 includes a piece of corrugated navy blue cardboard.
Deja Vu Again #5 has a background made entirely from layered sheer fabrics.
Deja Vu Again #6. The background is a wet cyanotype print and the white grid is needlepoint canvas.
As you can see, I added some hand stitching to each piece.
I’ll be offering these for sale and I’m sure my buyers will want to know how to display them. I have two good suggestions.
– Since the pieces are rigid they can easily be hung on a wall with Command strips. The strips have a little depth to them, which will create a little shadow behind each piece.
– Mount then onto the glass front of a prepared frame. This is one of my favorite ways to show off small pieces. It gives them substance, but allows all the texture to show front and center. See an example.
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