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Three square panels of woven fabrics and textiles against a white background in a wooden frame. The first panel has a uniform, multicolored piece of fabric that has blue edges and white stripes encompassing a pink and yellow stripe in the center; sunburst motifs repeat throughout the piece in a pattern. Underneath, the second panel has a piece of the same fabric with three white stripes, and a blue and pink stripe in between the white respectively. Circles of the sunburst motif have been cut out and sewed back onto the fabric in a circular pattern. The third panel has the same fabric but deconstructed, turned to the side and upside down to show the underside of the pattern. The fabric is frayed in an abstract line to create an organic shape, and sunburst motifs are cut out and sewed back onto the fabric throughout the panel.

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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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