This textile sculpture is made from 75 folded shirt sleeves and pant legs, sourced from my second-hand clothing archive. For this piece, the artist Kelly Reemtsen created one of her iconic paintings of a women wearing a grey dress and holding a lime green chainsaw, which reflects into the grey. I then responded by building this sculpture, inspired by the dress in her painting.
This is one of 3 works created for a collaborative show entitled “Gathering Threads”, for Galleri Oxholm in Køge, Denmark. This project was a celebration of artistic dialogue—an exploration of how different materials, techniques, and perspectives can come together to create something entirely new.
Sculpture Dimensions (not including base)
14” x 8” x 8”
Materials
The sculpture is made from second-hand clothing with a metal armature. The wood base is red oak, poplar and fir. The case is acrylic.
