Elvis Lives. At Least in Fabric
Do you remember the Elvis fabric used in the fabric bombing of my front yard? I left it, and the other fabrics, up for a month. (No complaints from my neighbors, but I didn’t want to risk it much longer.) I thought you’d like a report on how these fabrics held up to both strong Florida sunlight and heavy downpours.
So here’s Elvis. And he held up quite well.
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Actually, all the fabrics held up well, except for a couple of older ones. Like the vertical strip above, on the right of the Elvis panel. Although it looks like a taupe color now, it started out as navy!
Overall, however, the entire assembly was still looking good one month later. About the only noticeable change was the additional sag in the horizontal “clothes lines.”
Several tree trunks had fabric wrapped around them as decoration. These slid down somewhat, producing interesting textures. The fabrics still held their color well.
Synthetic fabrics held up especially well, like these prayer flags.
When I took it all down many of the fabrics were still damp, due to recent rains. So, I draped everything on my back porch chairs for drying. The next morning I discovered an accidental “secondary” installation there. The early morning sun gave these fabrics a whole new glow.
The whole experience was a wonderful, fun, beautiful, and thoughtful one for me. Very much appreciated.
I’ll be saving many of the components. A few small ones will hang in my studio. And some of the fabrics will be used in future art work (after hand washing.)
Ellen Lindner
P.S. The photos of the installation show that original navy fabric, near the Elvis panel.
