Being asked to assist Randy Crawford to do a project for a show was a dream come true. Being an apprentice is such an honor, particularly to one with Randy's background. Randy is a fiber artist who has his MFA from Cranbook. He has sold numerous pieces of art, so numerous he has lost count. His art is displayed in galleries, air ports, homes, businesses, and many other venues. He has held solo shows and is a master of painting, ceramics, drawing, and fiver. So we he asked if I would like to become an apprentice while embarking on a twist tie experiment, how could I say no?
My favorite part of this project was the trouble shooting. I had the twist ties, but sewing them together was the challenge. I used water soluble stabilizer and two sided tape to start. The picture to the left shows how each individual twist tie was laid out.
The next part was to use a zigzag stitch with white thread to get all of the twist ties to lay flat. This anchors everything.
The next step was to pick color combinations that are appealing to the eye. Random stitching was done on each of these squares. Usually three to four colors were chosen. Each of these squares takes about one hour.
At the end we embroider large words that pertain to art on them. The finished project will be magnificent and should take us about a year. Our target is the faculty show in fall of 2014. Stay tuned for more work from the apprentice.
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