rot in the machine

Silk marked with rotten fruit, shibori dyed silk, digital print (of the dodge differential) on silk, quilted. I think the rot leaves really interesting marks, but health concerns about mold make this work the last of its kind for me. I may rot fruit on silk and then photograph for future works...

red house on the hill

What can I say? I love green and red....

It was a productive weekend-- I completed applications for: a local artists' organization (juried), two solo exhibitions, and two shows.

coexistence - digital collage with shibori

metal and bones

metal and bones, 2005

A digital collage of truck parts that were spread out on the tail gate one Saturday and an antler the dogs dragged into the yard from who knows where...

dodge differential

Early one evening I pulled into my driveway to see my husband had removed the differential cover from his truck. There was a bright light focused on the exposed differential and it was a lovely piece of machinery! I raced inside, asked Fred to please wait for me to get some photos before he put the cover back on, and grabbed my camera.

Many of my works include some variation of the differential image.

Network #3, 2005, 29"h x 24"w

form not function

Grid, 2004, 24"h x 19"w

I'm thrilled that my quilt "Grid" is in the Carnegie Center's Form, Not Function exhibition! January 13 - March 18, 2006 (Photographed on a black background.) http://www.carnegiecenter.org/formnotfunction/

digital collage with shibori

After working for a couple of years dyeing shibori and creating digital images to print on silk, it occurred to me that my shibori would be an interesting element _in_ my digital collages. Sometimes these digital collages are printed on silk and quilted, sometimes they are printed with my archival inkjet printer.

shibori - some pics of my hand-dyes

I'm fascinated with this pattern -- I've made lots of fabric with this pole wrap pattern.

This is one of my favorites-- the resist is made with clothes pins.

artist's statement

I am fascinated by natural patterns, man's machines, and the everyday junk all around us.

In my current work, I explore man's dialogue with nature primarily in hand-dyed shibori fabrics and digital imagery. I combine shibori and digital images to create fiber works and archival inkjet prints. Patterns created with natural processes are endlessly intriguing. I hand-dye cottons and silks with techniques based upon traditional Japanese resist dye methods (shibori). Shibori techniques produce patterned fabric with subtle variations. These patterns are natural, organic, complex and somehow, simple. The shibori dyed fabrics are sometimes quilted or collaged and sometimes photographed to be digitally manipulated. Machine images pervade my thoughts and I find them in my work. My digital photographs are altered, enhanced, collaged and sometimes printed onto cloth. As I work on a piece, I explore the influence and synergy of time, hand, and machine.

birth of note 99 and plan for world domination

Plan for World Domination (aka 2006 New Year's Resolutions):

1. dye lots of shibori, make it my own.

2. take lots of photos -- get comfortable with manual exposure settings on my digital SLR and work on composition.

3. work on my digital collages.

4. enter more art exhibitions.

5. update my website -- AAARRRGGGHHHH, my site (www.triciamckellar.com) has needed updates/redesign for a year.