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November 2006

Rhythmic Improvisations

a wallhanging for the Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro VT

There's a wonderful performance space in Brattleboro VT, located in a factory building which has been converted to a conglomeration of artists' studios and other interesting spaces. This hotbed of the arts is The Cotton Mill, located off South Main Street.

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In the fall of '07, my husband helped to give the space a new coat of paint, and caught wind of the need for "something" on the wall to liven things up. I decided to make a large (12 feet wide by 9 feet high!), simple piece (three lengths of hand-dyed cloth, hung with strips of black fabric seperating them). The three pieces are all done with a twisting technique, a good method for dyeing large pieces of fabric with an interesting, rhythmic coloration. Above, you see the piece in the performance space, and below is a larger image of the finished piece:




Rhythmic Improvisations

12' x 9', artist-dyed cotton fabric

To see more large pieces in public spaces, go here.

In April 2008, I made a second piece for the Jazz Center. Go here to see it.

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