As fascinating as the subject of "black holes" is, it was never my intention to create this piece true to its astronomical details so I have called this art work 'Black Holes'- an abstraction of the phenomena of a stellar collapse. ( A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole ) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a sta r . . from Wikipedia) This art work started with mark making on various pieces of paper with ink, paint, and stitch. I collaged those bits of paper together and then digitally transferred the drawing on to silk and free machine stitched the silk collage using dissolvable fabric and overlays of tulle, lace and sequinned fabric. Some hand stitching was also done to add a bit more texture of the piece as well as trapunto quilting in some parts. I always had the dilemma of whether to hang this piece vertically or hori...
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