The Money Weavings are my signature works of mixed media. Unexpected materials add dimension, introspection, new meaning. I use real money, thinly sliced, crispy $100 bills along with anything linear that doesn't move. I make the ordinary extra-ordinary, the traditional, contemporary.
The Money Weavings! Consider, as I have, the ways in which money influences the world around us.
The Money Weavings! Consider, as I have, the ways in which money influences the world around us.
Pink Diamonds
$1,100.00
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.
Pink Diamonds by Pamela Palma Designs
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Rubies
$1,100.00
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
Amber
$1,100.00
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.
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Green Diamonds
$1,100.00
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
Girls Best Friend
$1,050.00
Girls Best Friend Hand woven,mixed media tapestry art by Pamela Palma
This whimsical artwork was inspired by the song from the popular1953 film, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Diamond images on paper and decommissioned US currency are woven into the body of the work with black linen and hand dyed yarn. Sparkle is added by weaving in bits of upcycled cellophane. Hand woven on a complex loom.
Girls Best Friend measures 16" x 18" $1050.00.
Make it a triptych! The series includes companion artworks Time is Money and
Purple Heart listed separately.
Beautiful Art Work from Pamela Palma Designs to Enhance Your World.
Because Beauty Matters.
Purple Heart
$1,050.00
Purple Heart Mixed Media Tapestry Art
Purple Heart - Hand woven, mixed media tapestry art by Pamela Palma tugs on our heartstrings with appreciation as we honor those who have given so much of themselves in exchange for this medal. Woven on a loom using black linen yarn and artist-dyed yarns. Strips of paper and decommissioned US currency are woven simultaneously into the body of the tapestry to create the heart shape. Truly a tribute to our brave women and men.
Purple Heart measures 15" x 18" $1050.00.
Make it a triptych!
The series includes companion artworks Time is Money (shown) and Girls Best Friend (shown). See nseparate listings, each sold separately.
Beautiful Art Work
from Pamela Palma Designs to Enhance Your World. Because Beauty Matters.
Time is Money
$1,050.00
Time is Money - Hand Woven, Mixed Media Tapestry Art by Pamela Palma explores the concept of time and money by weaving paper images of luxury time pieces, decommissioned US currency, and yarns dyed by hand in the artist’s studio.
Time is Money measures 16" x 18" $1050.00.
Make it a triptych! The series includes companion artworks Purple Heart (shown) and
Girls Best Friend (shown) .See separate listings, each sold separately.
Beautiful Art Work from Pamela Palma Designs to Enhance Your World.
Because Beauty Matters.
Diamonds and Latex lV
$1,350.00
Diamondsand Latex lV (Broken Dreams)
Mixed media, hand woven with a number of unexpected surprises. Look closely. Can you identify them? mixed media tapestry art Part of a series I created using upcycled materials and hand dyed yarns. This artwork also qualifies as one of The Money Weavings because I felt it appropraite to weave in hanks of money as well as the household items.
Notice the optical movement created by my specialty, hand dyed yarns which change color as they dance across the background diamond design.
Images: Full view (frame for display only), Top detail, Center detail, Center close up detail
Diamonds and Latex lV
Size 15" x 18"
$1350.00 plus shipping
Diamonds and Latex is a series of 4 mixed media tapestries, Diamonds and Latex l (sold!), Diamonds and Latex ll, Diamonds and Latex lll, and Diamonds and Latex lV (a Money Weaving). Each is listed and sold separately.
Money Laundry l
$1,500.00
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
$1,500.00
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.
End of Days
$1,100.00
End of Days. Hand woven mixed media tapestry by Pamela Palma. Woven with hand dyed cotton yarns on black linen, embellished with faux/reproduction/devalued/defunct currencies. Companion piece to End of Tyranny
Hand stitched to black ramie over stretcher bars.
14" x 14"
$1100.00
End of Tyranny
$1,100.00
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 End of Days.
Hand stitched to black ramie and mounted on stretcher bars.
14" x 14"
$1100.00