Judy
Kirpich
Juried Artist Member (JAM)
Location
Takoma Park, MD
United States
Artist Statement
My work is directed by my emotions. From the beauty of the Icelandic landscape to memory loss and cancer, my emotions guide me and inform my work. I work in a series and often come back to a subject matter over and over.
For the last 8 years, I have worked almost extensively with a cotton fabric that I source from China. One side is glossy, and one side is matte. I continue to push the limits of this fabric, painting it, pleating it, distressing it, and quilting it. I continue to be fascinated by this cotton.
I love the juxtaposition of spontaneity and precision. Getting a composition to look free-flowing and gestural demands great control and exactness. This is my holy grail, and I still have not cracked that nut. But I continue to try. I do not regularly applique or fuse materials. All of my work is machine-pieced and machine- and hand-stitched, and while it would be far faster and easier to fuse fabric together, it is not a technique that I often use.
For the last 8 years, I have worked almost extensively with a cotton fabric that I source from China. One side is glossy, and one side is matte. I continue to push the limits of this fabric, painting it, pleating it, distressing it, and quilting it. I continue to be fascinated by this cotton.
I love the juxtaposition of spontaneity and precision. Getting a composition to look free-flowing and gestural demands great control and exactness. This is my holy grail, and I still have not cracked that nut. But I continue to try. I do not regularly applique or fuse materials. All of my work is machine-pieced and machine- and hand-stitched, and while it would be far faster and easier to fuse fabric together, it is not a technique that I often use.
