Portal

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Artist: Andrea Dupree

Title: Portal

Attribution: Portal, 2024, Andrea Dupree

Year: 2024

Materials: wool & metallic felt, Eco Vita organic wool thread, variscite

Dimensions: 6" x 3.5" x .25"

Image Statement: Portal is a tactile meditation on perception, thresholds, and transformation. Hand-embroidered onto a base of wool and metallic felt, this piece functions as both adornment and altar—an object to carry or contemplate. Radiating from the center, fine stitches in naturally dyed Eco Vita thread draw attention inward, toward the variscite stone nestled like an offering. Rooted in metaphysical inquiry and informed by Catholic iconography, the work references mandorlas, sacred hearts, and visionary sight. It is part of an ongoing body of wearable fiber altars—intimate objects that honor unseen energies and invite the viewer to sense the symbolic layers embedded in material, form, and gesture.