Flying Horses:  14.5"x 14", 2007.
 

Flying Horses: back view.
 

Flying Horses: label
I have changed my label to one I print on silk. It gives more information, but  takes about the same amount of time to complete.

Artist’s Statement

Flying Horses was really fun to make because I was experimenting with the "Card Trick" block by Jeffery Gutcheon to see if I could come up with an original interpretation of the block.

I also envisioned a theme centered around horses. I put the blocks together so that the overall abstract image looked like it was flying. The horses then looked like they were flying around in a dark sky, while simply pursuing their normal activities. To me, this parallels the lives so many of us lead in the 21st century.

I used relaxed machine embroidery to enrich Flying Horses, employing many colors and stitches. For me, the outside binding is made of a particularly appealing fabric, as it is evocative of the imagery in a Jackson Pollock "drip" painting.

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Collection of Molly and Scott Troyer, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait.