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Three square panels of woven fabrics and textiles against a white background in a wooden frame. The first panel on the top is a uniform piece with a multicolored, feather-like pattern. Underneath, the second panel has the same fabric as a base, the top edges frayed and the bottom almost ripped up, strings from the fabric gathering outwards as if the original piece was stretched and torn. The bottom panel has the same fabric piece as the first, but destroyed and deconstructed, making it look as if it was torn up and sewed back on to the original piece.

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Constance W Collins

I use my artistic voice as a platform for speaking to our current times. This allows me to address issues close to my heart while creating beautiful art for someone. I use my fabrics as metaphors to address the environmental damage caused by the textile and fashion industries. Or in the case of Pandemic Isolation Blues and Viral Over Virile I used my fabrics to address the stress and traumas that surrounded many of us during Covid-19.

I use my fabrics as others use paints & inks. Disrupting the natural order of the fabric by cutting it to create something new is simultaneously exhilarating and scary. When finished, I achieve a kaleidoscope of intersecting designs and patterns. Like pointillism, my pieces delight from afar yet reveal new intricacies upon closer inspection.

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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