Artists I 
: Edition Five (Kate Pemberton)
Now here's a woman after my own heart.
I was poking around for images to use in my next cross-stitch piece, and I had google image searched for "explosion". (Now you know the secret to my creative genius, it's called Google Image Search) And I came across this piece, which isn't really explained, so I'm not sure if it's a painting or what.
But I found her site, katepemberton.com, and just loved what I saw. Lots of her works are cross-stitch pieces, using old computer technology from the long long ago. It's all about binary, pixels, grids - early computer images that I can just barely remember. I usually like art that is more elaborate, and the more time and effort put in, the more I fall in love with it. So I admit that her aesthetic is a departure for me. But there's a perfect marriage of style and imagery, and she makes the simplicity work in her favor. Plus, the humor and craft-geek thing just make me feel all fuzzy inside. Some of the multiples pieces I'm not as wild about, although they are quite clever. And kudos to her for finding out a way to make it all marketable. This is something I've been struggling with, the fact that my pieces are so much more precious to me than to anybody else, that selling them seems impossible.
Labels: artistsiheart, fiber
