Thread Paintings by Stephanie K Clark

Salt Lake City-based artist Stephanie K Clark creates embroidered art pieces of houses, log cabins and cars that look like paintings.



"I considers myself a painter and I paint with thread. The process of transforming string into art struck me as something visually stimulating with complex simplicity."



"The embroidery floss is my palette and the needle is my paintbrush. I create a method of embroidering the threads in an arrangement that would initially create value, color, depth and as I lay the colors down they instantly blend themselves. This process has had its way with me, leading me from hobby to art."



"My work is an ode and influenced by the worlds of tapestry and my love for craft. Using thread instead of oils has allowed me to bring new purpose to my painting process. My work blurs the lines between fine art and craft."



"I like to think I can reclaim the word “craft” which contains the idea of an unusual frame of knowledge and skill passed on from generation to generation. The use of craft such as embroidery fits my concept of domesticity, therefore my process and material becomes involved in the concept of my work."



“When I embroider on canvas it feels like oils; it flows, it blends, and it’s rich.”



“When I embroider on loose shear or silk, it’s like a watercolor; its delicate, the thread goes where it wants to go, and it moves with the fabric.”















Check her website: http://stephaniekellyclark.wix.com/stephaniekclark

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