Caitlin Thompson: Dandy Lines

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Caitlin Thompson, "Dandy Lines," 2017

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Cailtin Thompson - Dandy Lines: Transforming Through Craft

November 26, 2017 from 2-4pm

Artist Caitlin Thompson will present her research behind her exhibition, Dandy Lines. From western fashion to animation theory, the inspiration behind these psychedelic cosmic country embroideries will be revealed. Free to attend. Donations are welcome.

Dandy Lines are cosmic country embroideries that reference Western fashion through the cyclical, transformative theories of craftwork and animation. The richly ornamented cloaks simultaneously project and imbed images of nature and the unnatural, their void interiors await a body for transformation. The embroidered drawings are my own adaptations of traditional country embroidery designs: flowers and butterflies, plants and animals, symbols and subjects. My nature designs cross-pollinate with eachother “unnaturally” (plants-become-people and symbols-become-alive). Each embroidery consists of many frames from an animation, a continuous loop of transforming and giving life. By combining the Romantic era dandy of nature and individualism with the New Romantic notion of the unnatural, I present Western fashion as a mythic space of continual transformation.