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Sampler Series
(select pieces shown)
cross-stitch on cotton
11 x 14 in

Statement

In the series entitled Samplers, I explore the dichotomy: the domestic woman vs. the woman of sexual desire.

Once downloaded from search engine results, the image is digitally removed from its original background. The image is then put through another program that translates its pixels into cross-stitch.

Using the sewing machine like a drawing instrument, I make choices of where I want the stitches to lay—often eliminating stitches from areas or only allowing the machine to stitch the outline of a specific color. This digital aesthetic juxtaposed with the hand-made associations of embroidery speaks to the joining together of human and machine—intention and automation.

Within my series of Samplers the line has been distorted between the types of websites that housed the original content. Though some of the figures were remediated from pornography sites, others were taken from sites that display famous works of art and fashion websites. By blurring the line between these female icons the viewer is invited to distinguish between them without context.

 

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