Carolyn Lee Vehslage
email: clvquilts@yahoo.com
http://www.CLVquilts.com
Materials: cotton & sheer fabrics;
recycled computer, audio, and video media, slide, film, negatives,
computer and electrical wires
Techniques: hand quilted, machine & hand
appliquéd, embellished
Statement: "Mixed Media" is a commentary
on how so few of our entertainment, computer, and electronic media
actually work together. The reference is to the 'mixed' state of
bipolar disorder – the rapid vacillation between depression
and mania.
The embellished items are all forms of media--computer,
camera, video, and audio. Carrying the double entendre further, in
computer terms, we 'read' and 'write' to the floppy and hard drive
media. Red is a reoccurring color choice within the computer industry,
showing up again
and again in logos, print ads, and labels.
The shapes of the embellishments and appliqués
are either circles or squares/rectangles. Some of the items such
as the VHS tape, floppy diskettes, and cassette tapes have circular
forms with in the box casings. The objects are placed one on top
of the other to hint at the
intermingling of opposite mental states.
