”Tell them who you are…”
I made this piece a couple of years ago. It is called “You don’t really know me until you look beneath the surface.” As older women, my friends and I often feel that out in the world people see us, with our white hair, or our knitting, as “Grandma” or “Old
My identity?
“Identity” is a prompt that is never easy for me. Thinking about the identity that can define me gave me some embarrassment. It is an unfamiliar theme to me. I think Identity is an indicator to define what kind of person I am. What is the identity that can
Multiple Identities
I was thinking about our last theme, Masks, and how this new one really ties neatly into it. I think we all have within us multiple identities, which we show to the world wearing different hats or masks. Not to be confused with multiple personality disorder which
Fluidity
I have had many identities in my life. “Preacher’s Kid”, daughter, sister, student, worker, revolutionary, and artist, to name a few. One thing has always been clear for me: my gender identity is female. But there is a growing awareness that clarity is the last thing some people feel about
What is my Identity?
Identity is a tricky prompt. What is your identity? There are many studies about identity which only serve to confuse me further. There is your personal or self identity which is the way you see yourself and is related to self image, how you feel about yourself. It is a
Here We Go – Round Two!!
Our general theme for all of the upcoming prompts for the next two years – Round Two – is COMMUNITY. One of the definitions of ‘community’ that I found was: society – a group of people who have interests in common. We members of Cloth in Common are
Cloth in Common – Looking back, and looking forward!
Our small international group of eleven artists began working together in the summer of 2017. Every two months, we received a prompt from one of our members, to which we responded in thoughts, images and fibers. We agreed on an overall theme of Unusual Prompts, and each of us
Masklike Portraits
As I was reflecting on our theme “Masks” I started to see that a mask is basically a reduction of the human face to a minimalistic set of features. Most masks have at least 2 eyes and a mouth, sometimes a nose, and are oval shaped. This makes them
Masks of War
The Veteran’s Administration pays survivor benefits to survivors for veterans who have served during wartime. The list of eligible wars starts with the Mexican Border Period (1916-17), World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict, Vietnam era (two different payout systems, depending on whether service was in Vietnam or not),
A Mask to the World
I have been thinking a lot about masks since the topic was announced. One thing that keeps coming back to me is how no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. We all offer our face to the world but to many it is just a mask. I
I found some masks and I wasn’t even looking…
I have to confess—I haven’t started on my “mask” piece. I haven’t even thought about it much. I’ve been distracted. I’ve been in Italy on vacation and, oh yes, it was wonderful and filled with good food and marvelous art and architecture and wine and sunshine and piazzas and