Here are several pieces from one of my new series titled White Silk Scrolls. Most of the finished pieces are around 6 feet tall – human scale. Galleries might ask how these scrolls hang. I've worked out a plexiglass rod system, top and bottom, mounted to the wall with L screws. They are each about an inch from the wall so air and light can pass through and behind. I'll be showing some of these works, along with works on paper, at ArtSpan SF Open Studios the weekend of November 5-6, 2016. Look for updates about my show and sale which will take place at The Laundry, a new exhibition space on 26th Street between Mission and Capp. Photos by David Papas.
Travel Inspiration - Ceilings, Floors, Walls
CommentThis is our friend Miquel's Girona art studio ceiling, which is in an ancient building located on the original Roman road, La Forca. Girona, Spain has a gorgeous, history filled Old Quarter.
These are images in and around Lisbon, Portugal. It's a very beautiful city I enjoyed seeing for the first time last week.
And the Next Dress Will Be...
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Here are a few shots of my new Lycra fabric. I designed this textile using one of my new collages (www.cherrypits.net/portfolio). I plan to make this into a dress prototype, in the same style as the one below (Woman on the Bay Bridge) that my friend/model Kat is wearing. I'm showing close-ups so you can see the layer in the collage which is a photo I took of flowers. Mirroring the artwork abstracts it quite a bit.
I've just started to sell my dresses and my tapestries, in addition to the rest of my work. The tapestries are large single images printed on silk with a built-in hanging mechanism. I'll be posting about those soon. These are all extremely limited editions.
I'm off to get some fresh inspiration now - look for the colors, textures, and patterns of Spain and Portugal. I'll post some photos here for you while I'm traveling.
Wearable Art - Lycra Dress Prototype
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Woman on the Bay Bridge Dress
Here's my latest dress design and prototype. The original art is a collage I created digitally. The dress is made of "4-way stretch" Lycra, just like exercise leggings - so it's super comfortable and packs like a dream. No zippers, just slip it on. If you wear this, heads will turn! I wore it to Art Market SF and Renegade Crafts Fair over the weekend, and it made people smile. The bit of fabric that was left over from making this dress (which I made from a single yard of digitally-printed fabric) I then made into a rag doll (see blog entry below). Model: Katherine Shedrick ©2016 SRKirshenbaum
Making My First Fine Art Digital Print Edition
CommentUntil now, I've made editions of fine art prints using silkscreen and etching techniques. This is photo of "Red and Black Moment", my first digitally printed edition of 10. This is a 16 x 20 inch print on archival paper made with pigment inks. I worked closely with a local expert in fine art printing to get these luscious results. The black looks like matt velvet and the red lines are like a silk ribbon is running through it. These prints are for sale on my just-opened shop on my Cherry Pits website. They are not available anywhere else - yet!
Red and Black Moment
Fashion Illustration Fun
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Combining all of my interests and exploring each and every overlap brought me to do these three quick sketches. They are based on the three dress prototypes I've created and combined with various pieces of my artwork. These drawing are whimsical versions of products that don't exist yet.
