Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
ArtistJames Brown, Jr

Waterfall

Date2018
MediumHand felted wool fibers wih digital silk image and beads
Dimensions39 × 38 1/2 in. (99.1 × 97.8 cm) Framed Size: 44 × 43 3/4 in. (111.8 × 111.1 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2019.009.3
ClassificationsFiber Arts
Locations
  • Councilmember Robert White (1350 Penn Ave NW, 107)
DescriptionBoth of James Brown, Jr.’s parents worked with textiles, his father as an upholsterer and interior designer and his mother as a milliner. Brown adopted textiles in his own artistic practice, using techniques of stitching, embroidery, silk painting, appliquéing strips and felting, both wet and needle. As in this piece, his textile works often combine elements of the natural landscape and the human figure, with an emphasis on pattern and symmetry. When he produced this work in 2019, he declared that it would be his final body of felt work.
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