Textile Sculpture

After spending several hours at the garment district in downtown LA, I finally chose several different fabrics for the sculpture. The tubes have evolved to 6" wide by 15 feet long with soft random spikes.  I decided to use white velvet (fake velvet - a poly blend) and fluorescent threads that I found in a bargain bin in one of the stores on Pico.

I realized that I had packed my sewing machine pedal in some distant galaxy and only had a small battery operated mini-machine.

After struggling with the dinky machine I made up my mind to find an alternative solution - and sure enough! A craft and sewing store in town has several machines set up for customers to use and I was able to get most of my sewing done. It has become a bit of a performance piece because the sewing machines are in the window that faces the street.

I am now hand stitching in all of the spikes!

I love the colors which remind me of the images that I found on the internet that were a visual digital representation of possible multiverse and string theory examples.