The Money Weavings
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.
Money Laundry End of Tyranny
Money Laundry, End of Tyranny. Hand woven mixed media tapestry by Pamela Palma. Woven with hand dyed cotton yarns and black linen, woven and embellished with faux/reproduction/devalued/defunct currencies. Companion piece to Money Laundry, End of Days.
Hand stitched to black ramie and mounted on stretcher bars. 14" x 14" $1100
Money Laundry End of Days
Money Laundry End of Days. Hand woven mixed media tapestry by Pamela Palma. Woven with hand dyed cotton yarns and black linen, woven and embellished with faux/reproduction/devalued/defunct currencies. Companion piece to Money Laundry -End of Tyranny
Hand stitched to black ramie and mounted on stretcher bars. 14" x 14" $1100
Dirty Money
Dirty Money is part of my ongoing hand woven, mixed media series, The Money Weavings. The series incorporates a variety of materials, in addition to yarn -- notably shredded one-hundred-dollar bills, US currency.
My fine art is often an expression of social commentary. The use of non traditional materials gives voice to my vision. Dirty Money is hand woven on a complex floor loom. I used cotton and linen yarns, uypcycled plastic trash bags, and thouseands of dollars' worth of shredded currency.
Don't worry, it is legally sourced from the Federal Reserve Bank, new, nice and crispy. We wonder why it was shredded. No you cannot spend it.
Dirty Money speaks to the current political-economic-environmental-societaly systems in a textural manner that exudes mystique and intrigue.
All components are hand woven into the body of the work simultaneously. Nothing is added later. It was woven on a loom over a period of time (weaving takes weeks, months to produce). It is a unique statement piece.
This artwork is 16" wide by 28" long. Famed, ready to hang.
See companion piece, Tied Up in Red Tape, listed and sold separately.
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Tied Up in Red Tape
TIed Up in Red Tape is an expression of relevancy as we weather the Covid-19 virus storm. Where is everything? Who controls the monetary system?
TIed Up in Red Tape is a mixed media art work woven on a loom. I incorporated upcycled plastic haz mat bags cut into strips and shredded one-hundred-dollar bills, legally obtained fromthe Federal Reserve Bank. Nice and crispy. perhaps counterfeit, perhaps confiscated from the launderers. There is yarn woven into the mix, holding it all together.
I wove this artwork on a 45" counterbalance loom, which is operated manually and with foot pedals, called treadles. Weaving is a complex process, more so than many art forms. It takes weeks and months to produce a quality work of woven art. It is something that I excel at and enjoy. It requires technical skill in combination with artistic vision and discipline. Not everyone can weave.
TIed Up in Red Tape has a companion piece, DIrty Money, listed and sold separately. Each is available exclusively in the Palma Store @PamelaPalmaDesigns.com
Basic shipping is included. Upgraded shipping can be arranged.
TIed Up in Red Tape
16" wide by 28" high. Framed and ready to hang
$2,500