Barbara Schulman
Textile Constructions

 

 

   
Where I Went detail of Where I Went, What I Did, and What I Wore
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Where I Went, What I Did, and What I Wore
46” x 46”
painted and altered souvenir badges, clothing labels, and hankies; machine stitched
   
   

Material Fixation

detail of Material Fixation
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Material Fixation
53” x 53 1/2”
painted and altered clothing labels; machine stitched
   
   
detail of Partial Eclipse of the Sum
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Partial Eclipse of the Sum
54 1/2” x 20 1/2”
credit card fragments attached with glass beads on painted canvas
   
   
detail of Buy, Bye
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Buy, Bye
52” x 18”
credit card fragments stitched on velvet
   
   
Cape for A

Cape for a Protectress
37” x 70"
credit card fragments, museum badges, brass stencil letters, New York City subway tokens and other found objects; stitched on dyed industrial wool felt, with spray paint stencils

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detail of Cape for a Protectress
   
   
   
Aunt Bernie detail of Aunt Bernie Always Loved to Shop
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Aunt Bernie Always Loved to Shop
37” x 37 1/2”
deconstructed, painted glove and clothing labels; credit card fragments stitched on discharged (color removed and patterned) overdyed rayon; machine quilting
   
   
Acquisition City detail of Acquisition City, USA
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Acquisition City, USA
34 1/2” x 34”
altered clothing labels and credit card fragments on discharged (color removed and patterned) overdyed rayon; machine and hand stitched; pieced and quilted
   
   
   
Forty-Nine Vignettes
 

Forty-Nine Vignettes
68” x 67”
cotton embroidery on dyed, pieced industrial wool felt

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detail of Forty-Nine Vignettes
   
   
   
Contemporary Ego detail of Contemporary Ego-Systems
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Contemporary Ego-Systems
36” x 32”
x-acto knife blades, pen points, 35 mm slides, metal loom heddles, deconstructed photographs and weavings, found and other personal objects stitched on painted and stenciled cotton
   
   
Evolution of the Hippie Dress detail of Evolution of the Hippie Dress
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Evolution of the Hippie Dress
43 1/2” x 34”
embroidery on machine pieced rayon batiks with discharged cotton border
   
   
Heart Mending detail of Heart Mending
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Heart Mending
67 1/2” x 49”
digital repeat on cotton from my original textile construction; with acrylic paint and machine quilting assisted by Janice Petrie
 

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