Melinda Lowy
Thoughts of Home, 2025
Cotton, silk, dye, wool roving 40"h x 22"w
Feathers have been a sign of hope for me. I created feathers using silk painting and needlefelting. The background is fabric made from deconstructed screen painting with thickened dyes. I left negative space in between the pieces.
Melinda Lowy
Passing Through, 2024
Cotton, silk, polyester, velvet, walnut-dyed shibori fabric; wool roving 33"h x 49"w
Feathers have been a sign of hope for me. I created feathers based on ones I've found using silk painting, needlefelting and machine embroidery. I left negative space in between the pieces.
Melinda Lowy
Feathers in the Wind, 2024
Cotton, acrylic paint, silk, eye shadow, soy milk, wool roving, thread, silk organza 31"h x 47"w
Feathers have been a sign of hope for me. I created feathers based on those I've found by silk painting, needle felting, machine embroidery and printing on organza. The background is painted with acrylics.
Melinda Lowy
Going Wild, 2023
Cotton, thickened dye 38.5"h x 33"w
I created most of the fabrics by printing using thickened dye, then put them together leaving negative space in between the pieces
Melinda Lowy
Fragments of Memories (Constructions 12), 2022
Silk, polyester, cotton, upholstery fabrics, stamped velvet; printed silk organza, printed cotton, jewelry, crocheted doilies, stones, glue 53x48”
As part of my healing process (and the result of cleaning out my parents home), I went through many photos of our family over the years. Making this tribute helped with the healing process
Melinda Lowy
Mending the Tears (Fragments 3), 2021
Cotton, velvet, polyester, upholstery fabric; Gesso, Pearl cotton, thread 37x43”
As 2021 progressed, I felt my world was slowly being mended from the rips and tears of 2019-2020. But holes still remained to be dealt with
Melinda Lowy
Fragments of 2019-2020 (Fragments 2), 2021
Cotton, velvet, polyester, upholstery fabric; Gesso, Pearl Cotton, thread 33x36”
The deaths of my parents and elderly cat over 6 months followed by the start of the pandemic made my world feel completely fragmented and barely held together
Melinda Lowy
Touch of Turquoise (Construction 4), 2012
Cotton, silk, polyester, upholstery fabric, velvet, paint, thread 25.5x29"
Melinda Lowy
Spirals (Construction 7), 2017
Silk, polyester, silk organza, cotton; dyes, acrylic paint, embroidery thread 32.25”x28.25”
Melinda Lowy
Integration/Separation (Construction 8), 2018
Cotton, silk, velvet, polyester, upholstery fabrics, thread 22” x 68”