FOUND OBJECTS
& TEXT
Particle Flow
detail first followed by
each of the two sides
13" x 11
This tapestry uses found text laminated and sewn together with beads. It is reversible; with different images on front and back. The mixed images combined with the different colors and styles of beads qualify this piece as a kind of crazy quilt.
Right angle weave was used in a freeform style. Unlike her peyote stitched figures, which are tightly sewn and self-supporting, this piece has a fabric-like drape to it.
The ideas for "Particle Flow" grew from its initial concept. At first text and images were chosen for color but on closer observation, content began to play a role. The notion of particles and their movement emerged as a coherent theme --the tiny particles that make up skin, lotion and peanut butter, for example. Larger particles such as people traveling and the movement of materials along conveyor belts are other examples. Sullivan keeps collecting images for this piece that has the possibility of growing.
Exhibited at :
Newport Visual Arts Center
Newport, Oregon,
Beading Beyond Boundaries
Guardino Gallery
Portland, Oregon
Bead International 2002
Dairy Barn
Pictured in catalogue
Athens, Ohio.
Dead Man's Curves
10" x 8"
This piece is based on the tales of wanton women who get the grizzliest of cowboys and prospectors into trouble. Laminated paper and found objects are stitched to a backdrop made of glass beads stitched in a hexagonal netted pattern. No glue or wire, just beads stitched together with thread keep the plastic toys, dime-novel cutout, snake vertebrae and playing cards arranged on its surface. It hangs from beaded tabs on the back.
Border Town Girl #1
5.5" x 4"
Border Town Girl #2
5.5" x 4"
These are wall hanging pieces made from laminated paper cutouts from an old novel called "Border Town Girl", with glass, rolled paper, and dyed seed pod beads, sewn together with thread. The seed pod beads were brought from Hawaii by Sullivan's grandmother in 1972 as part of a necklace. The stitch is a type used by the Ndbele people from Zimbabwe, also known as herringbone weave. Note the way the different colors of the beads blend into each other. Beaded tabs on the back to make it easy to hang.
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