The process was different for this first in a series of 9 or 10 astronomy
Embellished Fabric Collages. It was impossible for me to use original
images, and I did not want fiction. So I sought and received permission
from Sky Lab Images to use the photographs I ordered. Theirs is a
composite of images from the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope and
wide-angle images from the Mosaic Camera on the 0.9-m Telescope at Kitt Peak
National Observatory.
The Eye of God Nebula - Helix Nebula - NGC 7293, a well known photo, is
the closest example of a planetary nebula created at the end of the life of a
Sun-like star. The outer gasses of the star expelled into space and is
destined to become a white dwarf star.
This Helix Nebula, given a technical designation of NGC 7293, lies about
650 light-years away towards the constellation of Aquarius and
spans about 2.5 light-years. Our Sun might look like this one day.
At my studio I did some small acrylic studies of the Helix Nebula.
Then I chose many fabrics, guided by the Helix; backed them with
Steam-A-Seam glue; prepared the white linen substrate to be serged and
glued to black background microfiber. After days cutting and composing
with fabrics, the embellishing ensued: acrylic painting, sewing on pearls
which indicated the larger "heavenly" bodies located between us on Earth
and the Eye of God Nebula (See detail below). The words I finally
embroidered, with Glow-In-The-Dark thread were changed many times.
First I wrote... God IS, but not in our image...That was either misunderstood
or it offended my Christian friends. So I composed and settled on the
question...Oh God, how can your universe go on and on galaxy after galaxy,
without boundaries?
This piece was conceived and completed over a period of about 6 months.
Embellished Fabric Collages. It was impossible for me to use original
images, and I did not want fiction. So I sought and received permission
from Sky Lab Images to use the photographs I ordered. Theirs is a
composite of images from the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope and
wide-angle images from the Mosaic Camera on the 0.9-m Telescope at Kitt Peak
National Observatory.
The Eye of God Nebula - Helix Nebula - NGC 7293, a well known photo, is
the closest example of a planetary nebula created at the end of the life of a
Sun-like star. The outer gasses of the star expelled into space and is
destined to become a white dwarf star.
This Helix Nebula, given a technical designation of NGC 7293, lies about
650 light-years away towards the constellation of Aquarius and
spans about 2.5 light-years. Our Sun might look like this one day.
At my studio I did some small acrylic studies of the Helix Nebula.
Then I chose many fabrics, guided by the Helix; backed them with
Steam-A-Seam glue; prepared the white linen substrate to be serged and
glued to black background microfiber. After days cutting and composing
with fabrics, the embellishing ensued: acrylic painting, sewing on pearls
which indicated the larger "heavenly" bodies located between us on Earth
and the Eye of God Nebula (See detail below). The words I finally
embroidered, with Glow-In-The-Dark thread were changed many times.
First I wrote... God IS, but not in our image...That was either misunderstood
or it offended my Christian friends. So I composed and settled on the
question...Oh God, how can your universe go on and on galaxy after galaxy,
without boundaries?
This piece was conceived and completed over a period of about 6 months.
| Detail of Eye of God Is Everywhere - The star is a pearl. |
