Erika Swinson
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Official Troublemaker

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Fiber/Cross-stitch
2013

Materials
14 pt Aida cloth and embroidery floss

Description
Here's what I wrote for one call in which I submitted this work:

As the official troublemaker in my family, my antics inspired a lot of funny stories.  The work I am submitting for this call, ‘Stories We Tell’, draws from those family stories.  Each piece is a cross-stitched joke as inspired by www.subversivecrossstitch.com and other similarly rebellious uses of that medium. While that work tends to be a sarcastic cultural commentary, mine employs personal jokes and contains the kernel of a much longer and sometimes painful story.  These are the stories I choose to share and tell. 

Inspiration    
Picture
Me, about 4, with my "Official Troublemaker" T-shirt on.



Exhibition History

- 2013, Stories We Tell.  Phoenix Gallery.  Juror Jessica Porter.  Catalogue.  New York, NY. 
- 2013, Childhood Memories.  Mills Pond House Gallery.  Juror Seung Lee.  St. James, NY.    
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