Jacie Jane D Agostino

Veiled Knots , 2019, embroidery fabric dye on canvas, snakes, leaf, earth tone

2019

Cotton fabric hand dyed with natural dyes including barberry and avocado.

Stay Away (2022), tufted art, textile, fiber, yarn, abstract, biomorphic, red, pink, teal, wall or tabletop rug "Stay Away" by SarahGrace is a hand tufted wall hanging...

In this contemporary botanical textile artwork, a white oak leaf is composed of delicately stitched donated clothing, textiles, notions, and guitar string ball-ends, in dark brown, d...

These new small-scale paintings were created using gouache on handmade paper. Alexandra Rutsch Brock then “drew” with a sewing machine using various colored threads. Using the thread as a painted line, playing with the marks and motifs the machine allows that creates contrast in both surface and color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a similar color to enhance a texture, other times contrasting as a new element. The entangled threads that dangle down emphasize the materiality. Working so closely to the surface, she is aware of the senses of seeing, breathing, touching and feeling……………escaping into these new surfaces. Alexandra Rutsch Brock has exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA. Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary...