Linda Colsh

Linda Colsh

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Footnotes

Footnotes are my foot-square (12x12inch) art works. In literature, a footnote explains, expands or documents the main text. My footnotes supplement and expand my body of work by offering a way to to concentrate on one or two aspects of my process and work on design on a small scale. The foot-square size is often my choice for works with cloth and/or paper that I layer, laminate, collage and stitch. Making small compositions lets me dig into the scrap box to use the last bits of a particularly interesting surface design on cloth that I painted, discharged, drew, printed, inked or dyed for large scale work. My presentation has evolved so that I layer art-quilt footnotes with stiff Peltex batting, frequently mounting on cradled board or stretchers. Paper works well with cloth or on its own. Working to a standard format and size enables disparate art works to be combined in a coherent presentation.  

The woman with bag and hat disappears as most people did during Covid pandemic lock-downs
Disappearing Act 2
2020

Woman in sensible hiking shoes with bag slung on her back disappears, seen partially behindwooden wall
Memory Bank
2021

The mystery woman in classic dress carries flowers as she emerges.Nothing Is As It Seems
2017

foot square art quilt with walking woman and whisks
In Between
2019

Woman with can hunched against cold paired with india ink marks on footnote fiber art
Cold Quest
2015

gusty wind lines and icy winter lake imager with 3x small old woman with caneLake Shore Night
2017

glue image transfer of flemish woman with script art quilt on stretched canvas
Flemish Primitive
2011

flour resist surface design with small screenprint of running woman in headscarf textile Silent Passage
2015

foot square mixed media fiber art of lines on cloth surface design
Crossing Paths
2017

small woman with cane opening door onat quilt layered & stitched with screenprint, dye, acrylic paint
Cache
2011

woman in hat with shopping bag, 5 poses, turns across mixed media contemporary stitched textileWhite Adagio
2011

old wman on art quilt with digital print & surface design fabric
Traces That Remain
2013

Hand-painted, screenprinted enso images on board-mounted art quilt
9 Enso
2019

Image transfer of chairs combined with dyed, painted fabrics art quiltFour Chairs
2011

Small woman with cane opening door on art quilt with monoprint, dye, paint & surface The Secret
2011

Ghostly man in bowler hat with cane on indistinct printed, painted background paper collage on boardThe Encounter, Act 2
2017

Roses, peonies & flowers with small engraving and screenprinted spider web paper collage on boardTale of Web & Rose
2017

White-hair woman with cane and bag on gray painted background printed with cobweb art work on paper mounted on board
Into The Night
2017

Foot-square art quilt with small old woman with cane surrounded by threatening weather images and dark colorsStorm Warning
2011

Woman with oriental umbrella printed across footnote art quilt in 4 posesInto the Wind
2009

Woman in brown cloth coat with cane on dyed, monoprint, ditial printed fabricBittersweet
2009

image transfer of Brussels hotel de ville & screenprints on footsquare art quiltGrand Place Descent
2013

Footsquare art quilt with images from Belgium including Grand Place statueWhite Chocolate
2008

Footsquare art quilt showing woman under umbrella with stamped, printed & monoprint fabricsLight Rain
2009

Paper collage on board with painted, inked & screenprint images with Japanese textThe Ant's Shadow
2017

Unfolded & Unfurled
2013

Paper & fabric collage, screenprint, dye, acrylic paint and acrylic ink stainSix Feet
2020

 

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