John Hess

Woven Textiles

HieroglyphicsRed, White, Blue    Series 1Elliptical VariationsHexagoniaIlluminations4 Square ReversalAlhambraCopper RiverEighteen EyesEoanthropus MigrationMyth Tablet III  RUNNING GAZELLES Myth Tablet IV PLANT BIRDS, DRAGON,and PHOENIX  Myth Tablet V STAG and DEVIL DOG  Myth Tablet V GOAT MIRRORS  PrimordiaRecursive DiamondsTangled WebTilted WavesSequenciaBlue Linear FoldsYellow Linear FoldsElliptical Mirrors20 Silver Paths  Series 3ConstellationsDiminishing / Expanding SquaresCircles in ReflectionBlue Paths  Series 3Four Red Paths  Series 3Silver Paths  Series 3Winged Genie

Myth Tablet IV PLANT BIRDS, DRAGON,and PHOENIX

Salt Lake City

I like using mirrored shapes, as in the plant birds and the use of color and scale of top animals to create varietyon the woven surface. I cut out templates from original images and trace around the outline on the fabric and paint the images. On the bird images, I used the raised metallic painted dots to increase dimensional variety with different surface treatments. The painted canvas creates different reflective surfaces in contrast to the flat woven background .

Fabric paint on folded cotton twill weave,painted canvas
2017

Myth Tablet IV PLANT BIRDS, DRAGON,and PHOENIX

2016/2 - 2017/2 | Myth Tablet IV PLANT BIRDS, DRAGON,and PHOENIX