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Come explore how money affects the world around us via The Money Weavings! First up, Jewels! Investigate the tropical glamour in Miami Beach Scrolls. Check out my emvironmental works, Mangrove Tunnels, Day + Night, and Visit Florida + Tampa Bay.
Another approach to money can be seen in my series, Money Laundry l + ll and End of Days + End of Tyranny.
Green Diamonds
Green Diamonds! The excitement of Miami Beach, glitz and glam, luxe living, fast cars, is hot hot hot. Green Diamonds, one of 4 'Jewels,' I created to capture the energy of this tropical paradise in contemporary fiber art.
Bits of gold lurex, shimmery green threads, and thinly sliced one-hundred-dollar-bills form filaments of light and color bursting like fireworks over an inky ocean.
Green Diamonds: Hand woven, mixed media, contemporary fiber art tapestry is interwoven with black linen yarns, mounted on 14" x 14" stretcher bars, ready for your frame.
Series: Jewels,
Gallery: The Money Weavings
Hand woven tropical textiles for your wall by Pamela Palma Designs.
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Made in America
Free first class shipping in continental USA
Rubies
Rubies! One of the most coveted precious gemstones, Rubies reminds us of the the Hollywood glamour years, the Ruby Red Slippers, all things red and hot. Miami Beach is always hot, with endless glamorous parties, flashy cars, and jewels. The excitement of Miami Beach, glitz and glam, luxe living, fast cars, is hot hot hot.
Rubies is one of 4 'Jewels' - a series of 4 conceptual, contemporary works of art I created to capture the energy of this tropical paradise in contemporary fiber art.
Strands of gold lurex, shimmery ruby red threads, and thinly sliced one-hundred-dollar-bills, US currency, and cellophane form filaments of light and color bursting like fireworks over an inky ocean.
Rubies! Hand woven, mixed media, contemporary, conceptual fiber art tapestry. The imagery is interwoven simultaneously with black linen yarns. All components are woven at the same time. Nothing is added. It is stretched and mounted,14" x 14", ready for your frame.
Series: Jewels,
Gallery: The Money Weavings
Hand woven tropical textiles for your wall by Pamela Palma Designs.
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Made in America
Free first class shipping in continental USA
Pink Diamonds
Pink Diamonds emulates riches and the lushly abundant girly-ness of feminity. It is a joyful art work; it made my heart sing to weave it. It makes my heart sing to view it now.
An assortment of extraordinary fibers, yarns, and sliced $100 bills comprise the conceptual nature of this mixed media, fiber art tapestry Jewel.
Embedded within the weave structure are black linen diamond shapes, surrounded by a proliferation of pink abundance.
Pink Diamonds and its companion works Green Diamonds, Amber, and Rubies, are contemporary expressions of things we love.
Each tapestry is 14" x 14" (see listings), mounted and ready to hang. Or add your own frame to suit your decor.
Free first class shipping in continental USA.
Pink Diamonds by Pamela Palma Designs
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Amber
Amber, the golden jewel, has been coveted since earliest of days. Ambers vary in color from pale yellow to warm honey to deep gloden brown - and even green! It is said to have magical properties, deflecting bad vibes from the wearer. Very useful these days.
My Amber tapestry is a conceptual mixed media work of contemporary art, hand woven with unconventional materials. I placed strands of rich amber-toned silk threads into the weaving with sparkly metallic threads, and a quantity of thinly sliced US currency, one-hundred-dollar-bills, my signature compnent in all of The Money Weavings I create. Notice the black diamond shapes in the weave structure. This black linen yarn as well as all materials, are woven together simultaneously. Nothing is added!
I hand stitched the finished art work onto black cloth which in turn is stretched and mounted onto an internal frame. Amber can be hung as is or add your choice of external framing to suit your decor..
See companion works of Jewels: Green Diamonds, Rubies, and Pink Diamonds, listed and sold individually in Galleries >The Money Weavings>Jewels.
Amber
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Hand woven tropical textiles for your wall by Pamela Palma Designs.
Free first class shipping.
Miami Beach Scrolls #1 and #2
Miami Beach Scrolls #1 and #2 is a diptych of South Beach. They are the first works in my new series of Miami Beach Scrolls, mixed media fiber art tapestries, woven by hand on my loom.
I wanted to celebrate the Glory Days (pre C-19) of glitz and bling in fabulous South Beach, so I used gold metallics on linens to lay the foundations. Then I wove in exotic tropical yarns, primarily in plumes of pink. And of course money, lots and lots of money, is interwoven with images of this lovely island paradise I call home. I framed the works with deep ocean teal/blue.
Take a tour during quarantine! The top section, Miami Beach Scroll #1, begins where "Middle Beach" and "South Beach" meet, by Dade Boulevard, just north of Lincoln Road. Play a round of golf on the meticulous Miami Beach Golf Course. Visit the Bass Museum of Art, the Miami Beach Botanical Garden and the Convention Center before stepping off into Scroll #2. Enjoy the frothy ocean depicted in waves of fringy teal yarns.
Traveling sounthward onto Scroll #2, enjoy people watching on fabulous Lincoln Road. Grab a bite, do some shopping on this historic mid-century pedestrian street. Continue south under the lush, shady canopy of Meridian Avenue or head over to Collins Ave. Either way your senses will be tickled with art deco and MIMO glam architecture. Ahh the Glory Days of Miami Beach!!
Your tour continues past Flamingo Park. Stop by, play some tennis before continuing to South Pointe all the way to the botton of the island, where you can watch cruise ships and freighters coming into Port Miami in the bright turquoise water of Government Cut.
I hope you have enjoyed your tour!
Miami Beach Scrolls #1 and #2, Diptych, original art works by Pamela Palma can be your reminders of happy times in the sun in a tropical paradise.
The Miami Beach Scrolls #1 and #2 measure 13" wide.
Scroll #1 is 13" long.
Scroll #2 is 33" long.
Miami Beach Scrolls #1 and #2, Diptych is available for $1000.00
Shipping is included in purchase price*
Available exclusively in The Palma Store @PamelaPalmaDesigns.com
*First class shipping in continental USA. Client may purchase shipping upgrades.
Miami Beach Scroll #3
Miami Beach Scroll #3 is one long (46") continuous scroll. . It is part of my new series of Miami Beach Scrolls, mixed media fiber art tapestries, woven by hand on my loom.
Miami Beach Scrolls #1 and #2 is a diptych of South Beach. It is part of my new series of Miami Beach Scrolls, mixed media fiber art tapestries, woven by hand on my loom.
I am celebrating the Glory Days (pre C-19) of glitz and bling in fabulous South Beach, so I used gold metallics on linens to lay the foundations. Then I wove in exotic tropical yarns, primarily in verdant hues of green. This island is always green, 365 days of the year! And of course I have to weave in money, money, money, lots and lots of money, interwoven with slices of this lovely island paradise I call home.
I created a top and bottom border of deep ocean teal/blue, representing the abundance of glorious water -- the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Biscayne Bay to the west.
Fun Fact: Miami Beach is a city on an island surrounded by water. We have our own government. We are NOT part of the City of Miami, we are NOT “Miami’s South Beach.” Miami doesn’t have a beach. The Beach is on this island, in the City of Miami Beach.
Let’s take a tour virtual during quarantine! Start at the top, the north end of “South Beach”
by Dade Boulevard, just north of Lincoln Road. Play a round of golf on the meticulous Miami Beach Golf Course. Get your fix of culture at the Bass Museum of Art and enjoy the verdant tropical paradise within this island paradise at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden. Now get ready for a delightful afternoon of people watching on fabulous Lincoln Road. Have a bite al fresco year round, do some shopping on this historic mid-century pedestrian street.
Next we continue south under the tunnel of Beauty Leaf trees that form the canopy along Meridian Avenue. Stop off at Flamingo Park, play some tennis before continuing south. Or head over to Collins Ave. Either way your senses will be tickled with art deco and MIMO glam architecture. Ahh the Glory Days of Miami Beach live on!!!
As we continue into South Beach take a dip in the sparkling turquoise ocean and watch the palms swaying in the breeze. Find refreshment on Ocean Drive - at one of the historic art deco hotel restaurants before heading all the way to where this island begins, at South Pointe. Watch the ships come in and out of Port Miami. Across the Bay you can see the City of Miami. Did I mention the turquoise water?
I hope you have enjoyed your tour!
Miami Beach Scroll #3, original work of contemporary art by Pamela Palma can be your happy reminder of fun in the sun in a tropical paradise.
Miami Beach Scroll #3 measures 46” long by 13" wide.
Available for $1000.00
Exclusively in The Palma Store @PamelaPalmaDesigns.com
Shipping is included in purchase price*
*First class shipping in continental USA.
Client may purchase shipping upgrades.
Visit Florida, River of Grass
Visit Florida, River of Grass. Hand woven mixed media tapestry art by Pamela Palma. Geography reconfigured in woven format. I used black linen yarn and my hand dyed mohair yarn to set the foundation for the tapestry. Woven in are slices of tourist maps inviting us to Visit Florida! and shredded US Currency.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was the champion of the Everglades. She recognized its unique and valuable ecosystem and worked tirelessly at an advanced age to protect it from devleopers. Florida's interconnected waterways are so much more than swamp and muck. She famously called it The River of Grass.
Visit Florida, River of Grass
20" x 21" $1250.00
Visit Florida, River of Grass has a companion art work, Visit Florida, Tampa Bay, listed and sold separately with an image included here.
Visit Florida, Tampa Bay
Visit Florida, Tampa Bay. Hand woven mixed media tapestry art by Pamela Palma. Geography reconfigured in woven format. I used black linen yarn and my hand dyed mohair yarn to set the foundation for the tapestry. Woven in are strips of US Currency and slices of tourist maps inviting us to Visit Florida! specifically Tampa Bay!
Visit Florida, Tampa Bay
20" x 23" $1250.00
Visit Florida, Tampa Bay has a companion art work, Visit Florida, River of Grass
listed and sold separately with an image included here.
Mangrove Tunnels, Day
Mangrove Tunnels, Day. Hand woven, mixed media tapestry art by Pamela Palma. When you kayak through the Everglades by day, the mangrove canopies over the waterways creates this mottled effect. I wove it using silk fabrics which I had painted and printed with tropical foliage. I cut and tore in the cloth into strips and wove them in with yarn and shredded money, US currency.
This is the companion art work to Mangrove Tunnels, Night. Beautifulas as a diptych. Each art work is available individually. Size 18" x 18" each $1150.00 each
Mangrove Tunnels, Night
Mangrove Tunnels, Night. Hand woven, mixed media tapestry art by Pamela Palma.
When you kayak through the waterways in the Everglades at night, the colors of the mangrove canopies reflect inky blue in the water. Recreated here in textiles using my silk fabrics which I printed with tropical foliage in hues of blue, then cut and tore into strips. The cloth is interwoven with black linen and shredded money. I dyed the currency deep blue.
Mangrove Tunnels, Night
Size 18" x 18" $1150.00
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Shown with its companion piece, Mangrove Tunels, Day. Buy them both! A statement diptych!
Each art work is listed and available individually.
Money Laundry l
Money Laundry l, mixed media fiber art by Pamela Palma.
Original artwork, woven by hand with hand dyed cotton yarns on a complex loom. It is embellished with replicated colonial currency and foreign currencies which are both woven into the body of the work and appliquéd onto the surface.
My series, Money Weavings, explores money as a societal construct. I ask -
What is the value of money? What is the currency behind the currency? The colonial currency
issuedin 1862 by the Cotton Planters Loan Association of South Carolina clearly depicts the exploitation of enslaved people who are harvesting the cotton for the benefit of wealthy plantation owners.
Money Laundry l
$1500.00 Available as a single artwork*
14" x 14" mounted, stretched, and ready to hang.
Exclusively at PamelaPalmaDesigns.com
*See companion work, Money Laundry ll listed separately
* See Money Laundry l and Money Laundry ll as a diptypch. See listing.
Money Laundry ll
Money Laundry ll, mixed media fiber art.
Original artwork, woven by hand by Pamela Palma in a herringbone pattern on a complex floor loom. I used hand dyed cotton yarns and black linen yarn. This work is embellished with replicated Florida currency from 1859 and 1963 and obsolete, devalued Greek Drachmas. The currencies are both woven into the body of the work and appliquéd onto the surface.
In my series, Money Weavings, which explores money as a societal construct I ask ‒
What is the value of money? What is the currency behind the currency? The Florida currency
issued by the Bank of St.Johns and the State of Florida both are backed by cotton. The State of Florida bill clearly depicts the exploitation of enslaved people who are harvesting the cotton, while a cherubic white child plays below and white ladies of leisure sit calmly embroidering on cotton cloth in the upper left.
Money Laundry ll
$1500.00 Available as a single artwork*
14" x 14" mounted, stretched, and ready to hang.
Exclusively at
PamelaPalmaDesigns.com
*See companion work, Money Laundry l listed separately
* See Money Laundry l and Money Laundry ll as a diptych. See listing.