territories 13

7.5" x 5.5" (paper size)
embroidery on paper
angela simione, 2009

available at black fence

territories 11... (until i change the name)

territories 11
15" x 11"
embroidery on paper
2008

this is what i was doing when the clock found midnight and we began a new year. i really love this work. even the doing of them. it's pretty time consuming stuff but the more i look at these pieces the more i love them, the more i feel like i am on the right path here.


detail 1

i'm thinking that continuing to link this work to the territories series isn't really adequate or accurate at this point, especially since i've got more in the works and plan to continue in this vein for a little while longer. i think they need to be viewed on their own terms and not in relation to the previous work. all this to say... i'll be changing there names before long.


detail 2

first, i've got to pick my favorite metaphor these pieces have inspired: not an easy task. do i want to talk about domesticity? do i want to talk about the self as territory, the body or mind as landscape? or history as landscape? it goes on and on and on and i'm gonna be giving this some serious thought.

in the meantime, i'll keep stitching away on the next piece- 4 times the size of these little beauties and will take a couple weeks to be completed. good thing i love doing it or all this sewing would be torturous. seriously though, i think this is some of the prettiest work i've done in awhile and i'm very happy with them.

finally!

remember the print edition i started weeks and weeks ago but never gave any updates about? well, that's because my lazy ass didn't finish it until today. ha! but after messing up quite a few, it's finally done and they all look so great. sadly, the edition isn't as large as i wanted it to be (i eliminated a whole slew off them that just weren't up to par - only 14 made the cut), but there's not one thing wrong with making a small edition. besides, working with glitter takes a lot more time than i realized...








every print in this edition is different (which is my favorite thing about this collection). i printed the houses in water-soluble ink and then splattered water on them. after drying, the fences were applied one by one in glitter, painted by hand. the idea here is that fences don't really offer any sort of protection. they're simply decorative, offering a pretty false sense of safety.




breach
11" x 15"
edition of 14
ink and glitter on paper
angela simione 2008