Mary McCauley
Waugh Struck, 2019
cotton fabric and threads, heavy interface, glass beadwork, embroidery 10" X 6" X 6"
These two vessels are an homage to art quilter Carol Ann Waugh, whose "Stupendous Stitches" work is mimicked here.
Mary McCauley
Twister, 2013
cotton fabric and threads, jewelry wire, Plexiglas armature 20" X 18" X 6"
Twister is a rotating pop up mounted on a Plexiglas frame. As it is opened and closed, the center pop up rotates in a circle. The entire piece was cut from one 18" X 18" panel of collaged and free motion stitched fabrics.
Mary McCauley
Bonsai II, 2020
cotton, cork cloth, Alpaca felting, wire armature 14" X 14" X 15"
Bonsai II is a representation of the Bonsai art form in fabrics. The tree is free motion stitched bark and over 800 leaves, all inidividually wired to allow shaping into the binsai form. The base is Alpaca felted batt and the container is made of panels of cotton fused to heavy interface. The entire form can be twisted and bent into several of the classic bonsai forms, spire, informal spire (shown here), windswept or semi-cascade.
Mary McCauley
Reef Forms, 2012
Organza, satin fabrics, jewelry wire, Plexiglas base, glasss beadwrok 16" X 20" X 17"
Reef Forms is inspired by the glass work collages of Dale Chihuly. This collage is form of three vessels made of fabric fused to heavy interface, free motion stitched and hand beaded.
Mary McCauley
Flower Box, 2014
cotton fabric and threads, heavy interface, corrugated vinyl armature 18" X 33" X 44"
Flower Box is a folding pop up that closes into a 12" X 16" X 12" cube. It unfolds into a 33" X 44" display of a garden of pop up flowers.
Mary McCauley
Monarch, 2013
Organza, jewelry wire, cotton threads 15" X 12" X 15"
Monarch is an abstraction of the butterfly. Each panel is made of 2 layers of organza and all detail is free motion stitching of black cotton thread. It is mounted on a found Cottonwood snag.
Mary McCauley
, 2010
cotton, organza fabrics, jewelry wire, heavy interface 14" X 16" X 16"
Protea is a free standing vessel made of progressive panels of organza and cotton collages fused to heavy interface. The form is inspired by a protea blossom.
Mary McCauley
, 2011
cotton fabric and threads, heavy interface 14" X 15" X 15"
Shards is a free standing vessel made of cotton fused to heavy interface panels, the surface is quilted and free motion stitched. I consider this a self portrait because I share many of the same qual;ities - we are both short, oddly shaped and very colorful.
Mary McCauley
, 2013
cotton fabric and threads, jewelry wire, Plexiglas armature 20" X 18" X 18"
Arpeggio is a pop up design, shown here from the side. It opens and closes as a pop up, all components are quilted struts and base quilt.
