Fabric collage, embroidery
12″x6″
Author: Tessa
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Mobile, 2025
Bike wheel and other found objects, ribbons, twine, rope 3’x2’ not including
hanging apparatusMobile is made from my
childhood bike wheel;
strung with objects me
and my mother have
collected over the course
of my life. It is a reflection
on what we take with us
and the beauty in mundane
objects like a toy car, a fork,
a fortune cookie, a teacup,
and a playing card. A picture of
the life me and my mother have
led, references to things in objects others might not pick up on. Yet, In the center flush to the wheel is a mirror, so when you
look up at the objects you see yourself among them. I want the viewer to see themself as a
part of the art, inviting them further into my world.Tessa DeLisio
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Train to Wilson Ave, 2025
Fabric collage, 5’x2′ reclaimed fabrics
In reverence for fleeting moments.
This piece depicts a group of lifelong friends en route to celebrate one of their birthdays. Youth, growing up, changing, finding their way apart and back together. A simple moment like taking the subway captured in time. Elevated into an instrument for remembrance, an artifact of our dedication to each other, an offering, a shrine to our friendship.
This, taking the subway is, I feel a common experience reflected in materials we all interact with every day. Clothing, bedsheets, tablecloths, etc. Therefore, this noticing, this reverence for each other is within all of our grasps. A uniting force within human experience.
Commonality is expressed in the techniques of both hand and machine stitching as well. I call on the women of my ancestry. Both in direct lineage and in the traditions of those crafts women, folk artists, and textile factory workers that came before me; and those that still work today. Using techniques often designated as “women’s work”, to create a homage to my female friendships that have stood the test of time just like a quilt passed down.Tessa DeLisio
