Artist Information:
Michelle Hayworth
Brooklyn, NY
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
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Artist Statement:
I come from a middle class
American family of undisclosed
origin that relocated often.
As a result of this ambiguous
history, I have become
occupied with reconstructing
memory and reality through the
use of family snapshots and
embroidery.
The photograph is scanned,
enlarged, and printed on matte
photo paper using an inkjet
printer. The image is adhered
to stretched, primed canvas
with a heat-activated film. I
then begin to “draw” or
“paint” the surface of the
photograph with a needle and
thread.
The stitching models the forms
and details in the photos that
have been lost through time
and by the enlargement process
to reinforce or reclaim their
reality. This process is
comparable to the way we
embellish recollections in
order to make coherent
narratives out of them. The
slow process of sewing on top
of an image we normally
associate with spontaneity
embodies the relationship of
time in the present to our
reconstruction of time in the
past.
The photograph as a visual
representation is
two-dimensional. Drawing,
however, is a link between the
physical space we see and our
hand-eye coordination. Because
our senses are our only bridge
to reality, I feel the record
of perception ...
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Michelle Hayworth's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Michelle Hayworth's Portfolio.
I come from a middle class American family of undisclosed origin that relocated often. As a result of this ambiguous history, I have become occupied with reconstructing memory and reality through the use of family snapshots and embroidery.
The photograph is scanned, enlarged, and printed on matte photo paper using an inkjet printer. The image is adhered to stretched, primed canvas with a heat-activated film. I then begin to “draw” or “paint” the surface of the photograph with a needle and thread.
The stitching models the forms and details in the photos that have been lost through time and by the enlargement process to reinforce or reclaim their reality. This process is comparable to the way we embellish recollections in order to make coherent narratives out of them. The slow process of sewing on top of an image we normally associate with spontaneity embodies the relationship of time in the present to our reconstruction of time in the past.
The photograph as a visual representation is two-dimensional. Drawing, however, is a link between the physical space we see and our hand-eye coordination. Because our senses are our only bridge to reality, I feel the record of perception ... |
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