Stitch, line and newspapers for PIP

Lauren DiCioccio

1FEB10 (lady gaga)  2010

I saw this work and thought of your ideas about stitched lines. I like the way she wraps her work around a newspaper. I assume she is stitching the photograph on the page, but am not sure. She does a variety of different types works, very unusual and quirky.

19MAR10 (Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton)  2010

Hand-embroidery on cotton muslin upholstered around the May 18, 2008  edition of The New York Times 12 x 11.25 (Big Brown) 

Hand-embroidery on cotton muslin upholstered around the January 3, 2007 edition of The New York Times 13.75 x 11.5  (Gerald Ford's Funeral)

Artists statement

My work investigates the physical/tangible beauty of commonplace mass-produced media-objects, most recently: the newspaper, magazines, office papers and writing pads, plastic bags, 35 mm slides. These media are becoming obsolete, replaced by the invisible efficiency of various technologies. In some cases, this transition is a good thing- faster transmission and distribution of information, streamlined systems, openness to user input, less waste. But a hole is left behind by the disappearance of these everyday objects. What will happen when we no longer touch information? When newsprint does not rub off onto our fingertips? When we no longer write longhand? The tedious handiwork and obsessive care I employ to create my work aims to remind the viewer of these simple but intimate pieces of everyday life and to provoke a pang of nostalgia for the familiar physicality of these objects.