BJ Adams - Fiber Artist

B. J. Adams artwork began with representation, developed into abstraction, and now goes back and forth between the two, sometimes combining elements of both, giving the viewer a surprise, an out of context scale, image and viewpoint. The sewing machine has become brush and pencil; hundreds of colors of thread have become paint for realistic and abstract images set on various backgrounds. The unusual or commonplace materials and techniques used, the focus required by the slow process of this art, and the infinite available subjects, keep her work ever-changing, challenging, and always interesting.

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  Rebound
  machine embroidery
  on painted canvas
  21 x 21 inches

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  Classical Palette
  machine embroidery
  on hand painted
  canvas, quilted
  31.5 x 40.5 inches

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  Plot Twists
  free machine embroidery
  over painted canvas
  16 x 18 inches

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  Framing The Landscape
  free machine embroidery
  over painted canvas
  23 x 32 inches

To connect and vitalize contradictory images, elements of landscape, still-life, botanical drawings, paintings, embroidery, or old textiles may be included. The resultant art may be modular, stretched and framed, or formatted as a banner or quilt.

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  Variations on H(hands)
  free-motion machine
  embroidery
  58 x 18 inches

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  Architectural Footnote
  machine embroidery
  over various fabrics
  18 x 11 inches

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  August Plenitude
  machine embroidery
  on hand dyed
  fabric over wool
  46 x 28 inches

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  Shifting Perspectives
  machine embroidery
  stretched over wood
  24 x 13 inches