The Money Weavings - Fine Art - Mixed Media
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
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TIed Up in Red Tape
16" wide by 28" high. Framed and ready to hang
$2,500
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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Pink Diamonds
Pink Diamonds is one of four works of tapestry art I call my Jewels, a component of The Money Series. These are my signature works incorporating shredded US currency with mixed yarns and materials.
I wove Pink Diamonds on my 45" counterbalance floor loom. The process requires eye, hand, and foot coordination, technical skill, artistic vision, determination, and discipline.
Pink Diamonds is mixed media, an assortment of novelty yarns and shredded money woven on top of black linen yarns. The linen and the novelties are woven simultaneously; nothing is added later. It is all woven as one continuous cloth. The art is then stitched to black cloth which is stretched and mounted over a frame. It is ready to hand as is or add your choice of external framing.
See companion Jewels: Green Diamonds, Amber, and Rubies, each is 14" x 14" , listed and sold individually. Basic shipping is included. Upgrade is available.
Pink Diamonds
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Green Diamonds
Green Diamonds is one of four works of tapestry art I call my Jewels, a component of The Money Series. These are my signature works incorporating shredded US currency with mixed yarns and non tradtitional weaving materials.
I wove Green Diamonds on my 45" counterbalance floor loom. The process requires eye, hand, and foot coordination, technical skill, artistic vision, determination, and discipline.
Green Diamonds is mixed media, an assortment of novelty yarns and shredded money woven on top of black linen yarns. The linen and the novelties are woven simultaneously; nothing is added later. It is all woven as one continuous cloth. The art is then stitched to black cloth which is stretched and mounted over a frame. It is ready to hand as is or add your choice of external framing.
See companion Jewels: Pink Diamonds, Amber, and Rubies. Each is
14" x 14" , listed and sold individually. Basic shipping is included.
Upgrade is available.
Green Diamonds
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Amber
Amber is one of four works of tapestry art I call my Jewels, a component of The Money Weavings. These are my signature works incorporating shredded US currency with mixed yarns and materials.
I wove Amber on my 45" counterbalance floor loom. The process requires eye, hand, and foot coordination, technical skill, artistic vision, determination, and discipline.
Amber is mixed media, an assortment of novelty yarns, non-traditional weaving materials, and shredded US money woven into black linen yarns. The linen and the novelties are woven simultaneously; nothing is added later. It is all woven as one continuous cloth. The art is then stitched to black cloth which is stretched and mounted over a frame. It is ready to hand as is or add your choice of external framing.
See companion
Jewels: Green Diamonds, Pink Diamonds, and Rubies, each is 14" x 14" , listed and sold individually. Basic shipping is included.
Upgrade is available.
Amber
14" x 14"
$1100.00
Rubies
Rubies is one of four works of tapestry art I call my Jewels, a component of The Money Weavings. These are my signature works incorporating shredded US currency with mixed yarns and materials.
I wove Rubies on my 45" counterbalance floor loom. The process requires eye, hand, and foot coordination, technical skill, artistic vision, determination, and discipline.
Pink Diamonds is mixed media, an assortment of novelty yarns and shredded money woven on top of black linen yarns. The linen and the novelties are woven simultaneously; nothing is added later. It is all woven as one continuous cloth. The art is then stitched to black cloth which is stretched and mounted over a frame. It is ready to hand as is or add your choice of external framing.
See companion Jewels: Green Diamonds, Pink Diamonds, and Amber, each is
14" x 14" , listed and sold individually. Basic shipping is included.
Upgrade is available.
Rubies
14" x 14"
$1100.00