Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
American, b. 1970
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a sales
digital marketing executive. After years of ground breaking digital work for musicians, she began applying digital and analog art processes to develop her own artistic self-expression as a means of art therapy
“Using racial conflict as a starting point, I juxtaposes various fibers with a variety of found materials using free form weaving, coiling, knotting, wrapping and jewelry making techniques. Meticulously collected materials, transformed by their collective memory become “social fabric” weaving together contemporary issues and personal narratives.
100-foot extensions of rope, twine, and yarn impeccably wrapped, woven, tied and embellished with recycled beads, ribbon, lace, tape and bottle cap bobbles lures you into my hue-imbued, enmeshed installations symbolizing natural hair. These bold albeit whimsically twisted and locked forms gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about micro aggressions against black women and their hair.
Community art making is also key to my process. Multi-disciplinary experiences pairing people, food, wine, music and art, create a safe space to explore themes such as equity
inclusion, sustainability and personal wellbeing.”
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Artist: Theda Sandiford
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Mini Emotional Baggage Cart (deposit emotions)
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Located in New York, NY
Dispose of any emotional traumas that no longer serve you, in this mini emotional baggage cart.
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Mini shopping cart:
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Mini Emotional Baggage Cart
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Dispose of any emotional traumas that no longer serve you, in this mini emotional baggage cart.
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Upcycled Grocery Basket Sculpture:
Convenience Basket 1/6
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Located in New York, NY
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Upcycled Large Wall Sculpture:
Double Dutch
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
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Sculpture Zip Tie and Tie Dress on Form:
Suit of Armor
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
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2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
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Large scale sculpture:
Blackty Black Blanket
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Zip tie Chandelier:
Mini Light Armor
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
“Using racial conflict as a starting point, I juxtaposes various fibers with a variety of found materials using free form weaving, coiling, knotting, wrapping and jewelry making techniques. Meticulously collected materials, transformed by their collective memory become “social fabric” weaving together contemporary issues and personal narratives.
100-foot extensions of rope, twine, and yarn impeccably wrapped, woven, tied and embellished with recycled beads, ribbon, lace, tape and bottle cap bobbles lures you into my hue-imbued, enmeshed installations symbolizing natural hair. These bold albeit whimsically twisted and locked forms gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about micro aggressions against black women and their hair.
Community art making is also key to my process. Multi-disciplinary experiences pairing people, food, wine, music and art, create a safe space to explore themes such as equity & inclusion, sustainability and personal wellbeing.”
-Theda Sandiford
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Shopping Cart:
The Great Resignation Baggage Cart, Emotional Baggage Cart
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
'My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels to dispose of racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of macro and microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints.
Each recovered shopping cart is unique, but they all are woven with upcycled materials like rope, paracord, grocery bags, rope lights, beads, fabric, and bottle caps. The cart is with a protective zip tie blanket to trap trauma and prevent its escape.
For me, my Emotional Baggage Carts are a release, for you, they are an opportunity to look within and recognize any emotional baggage you, yourself may be carrying and release it.'
Theda Sandiford...
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Black and White Sparkle Baggage Cart
Mini Emotional Cart (deposit emotions)
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Dispose of any emotional traumas that no longer serve you, in this mini emotional baggage cart.
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2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
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Large Sculpture:
Lady Whistlesdown Baggage Cart
: Emotional Baggage Cart
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels to dispose of racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of macro and microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints.
Each recovered shopping cart is unique, but they all are woven with upcycled materials like rope, paracord, grocery bags, rope lights, beads, fabric, and bottle caps. The cart is with a protective zip tie blanket to trap trauma and prevent its escape.
For me, my Emotional Baggage Carts are a release, for you, they are an opportunity to look within and recognize any emotional baggage you, yourself may be carrying and release it.
Theda Sandiford...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Silk, Mesh, Mixed Media
Large fiber wall hanging:
Yellow Fringe Gal 2
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric
Fiber wall hanging:
Politics of Hair: Camo Green
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Extensions of rope, impeccably wrapped, woven, tied and embellished with recycled beads, zip ties, ribbon, lace, tape and beads lure you into a hue-imbued, installation symbolizing n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Wool, Thread, Yarn
Large fiber wall hanging:
Politics of Hair Camo Yellow
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Wool, Thread, Yarn
Large fiber wall hangings:
Yellow Fringe Gal 1
2
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
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Fiber wall hanging:
Yellow Fringe Gal 1
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
I custom dyed the cotton rope a bright yellow using Jacquard ink, then wrapped the rope with ribbon, pom pom trim, yarn and vintage fabric from a block print tapestry that hung in my college dorm room.
Theda Sandiford...
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2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Yarn
Upcycled Wall Sculpture:
Slow Man
s Shield
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Upcycled Wall Sculpture:
Off Duty
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Large fiber wall hanging:
Politics of Hair Camo Green
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Yarn
Large Wall Sculpture:
Black Ballerinas
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Upcycled Grocery Basket Sculpture:
Convenience Basket 2/6
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
“Using racial conflict as a starting point, I juxtaposes various fibers with a variety of found materials using free form weaving, coiling, knotting, wrapping and jewelry making techniques. Meticulously collected materials, transformed by their collective memory become “social fabric” weaving together contemporary issues and personal narratives.
100-foot extensions of rope, twine, and yarn impeccably wrapped, woven, tied and embellished with recycled beads, ribbon, lace, tape and bottle cap bobbles lures you into my hue-imbued, enmeshed installations symbolizing natural hair. These bold albeit whimsically twisted and locked forms gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about micro aggressions against black women and their hair.
Community art making is also key to my process. Multi-disciplinary experiences pairing people, food, wine, music and art, create a safe space to explore themes such as equity & inclusion, sustainability and personal wellbeing.”
-Theda Sandiford
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Upcycled Wall Sculpture:
Floral Boeket
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
After taking a stroll through St. Georges Botanical Garden in St. Croix USVI this gold spray painted shopping cart part woven with webbed polyurethane ribbons, deconstructed Fresh Direct bags, bottle caps, vintage scarf, plastic grocery mesh and paracord came together.
“Using racial conflict as a starting point, I juxtaposes various fibers with a variety of found materials using free form weaving, coiling, knotting, wrapping and jewelry making techniques. Meticulously collected materials, transformed by their collective memory become “social fabric” weaving together contemporary issues and personal narratives.
100-foot extensions of rope, twine, and yarn impeccably wrapped, woven, tied and embellished with recycled beads, ribbon, lace, tape and bottle cap bobbles lures you into my hue-imbued, enmeshed installations symbolizing natural hair. These bold albeit whimsically twisted and locked forms gingerly invite the audience into off the-wall conversations about micro aggressions against black women and their hair.
Community art making is also key to my process. Multi-disciplinary experiences pairing people, food, wine, music and art, create a safe space to explore themes such as equity & inclusion, sustainability and personal wellbeing.”
-Theda Sandiford
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Upcycle Wall Sculpture:
Head full of Joyful Noise
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Drawing inspiration from hair braiding and beading styles from my youth, different bottle caps have been strung together into colorful oversized beaded...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Large fiber wall hanging:
Politics of Hair Camo Black Glitter
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Thread, Yarn
Large fiber wall hanging:
Politics of Hair Camo Tricolor Fringe
By Theda Sandiford
Located in New York, NY
Theda Sandiford, is a self-taught mixed media artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Though art is engrained in her psyche, Theda’s first creative endeavors were in the music business as a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Theda Sandiford Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Yarn
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