During San Francisco’s shelter in place I developed a body of work titled “Quarantined Tigers” where I needlepointed the observations of my 4 year old twins onto vintage tiger imagery. I’ve found humor, sadness, new perspectives, and resilience in their thoughts during this strange moment in time.
As an artist I call my medium conceptual needlework. I use the historic needlework techniques to extend the message within my work, because every style of needlework has historic symbolism and meaning. In this instance, I am using the imagery on the tiger needlepoint canvases as the extended metaphor. Tigers often have twins; tigers are strong and resilient; tiger canvases are bountiful and inexpensive on Ebay; and the tiger choice worked out cosmically well when everyone watched The Tiger King during quarantine.
In this series, as in most of my work I incorporate data I’ve collected from my family and the world around me. I tend to focus on themes of parenthood, technology, perseverance and failure. In this, the new bubble of existence, I’ve again turned to my children as a source of data. In this manner I’m documenting this moment in time of quarantine both in the intimacy of our lives and the world at large.
QUARANTINED TIGERS
During San Francisco’s shelter in place I developed a body of work titled “Quarantined Tigers” where I needlepointed the observations of my 4 year old twins onto vintage tiger imagery. I’ve found humor, sadness, new perspectives, and resilience in their thoughts during this strange moment in time.
As an artist I call my medium conceptual needlework. I use the historic needlework techniques to extend the message within my work, because every style of needlework has historic symbolism and meaning. In this instance, I am using the imagery on the tiger needlepoint canvases as the extended metaphor. Tigers often have twins; tigers are strong and resilient; tiger canvases are bountiful and inexpensive on Ebay; and the tiger choice worked out cosmically well when everyone watched The Tiger King during quarantine.
In this series, as in most of my work I incorporate data I’ve collected from my family and the world around me. I tend to focus on themes of parenthood, technology, perseverance and failure. In this, the new bubble of existence, I’ve again turned to my children as a source of data. In this manner I’m documenting this moment in time of quarantine both in the intimacy of our lives and the world at large.