Chris Carpenter – Textile Artist
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Portfolio of Work

Urban Hieroglyphs

Urban Hieroglyphs

Street images etched and painted onto cotton upholstery velvet
Sculpture

Sculpture

In the round and high relief figures in fabric
Theatre Arts

Theatre Arts

printing and surface treatments of fabric for costumes on the stage
Theatre Arts Videos

Theatre Arts Videos

Demonstrations of work projects at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

    About Chris

    Fabric is a medium that offers me the opportunity to work with both form and color. In the beginning of my career, I constructed and painted figures that often told a story. Later the story was told by using the interaction of a box and figure.

    Next, Deb Dryden's book introduced me to the field of dyeing and painting costumes for theatre. So off I went around the country working at many theaters including San Francisco Opera, The Guthrie, the Old Globe Theatre, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where Deb Dryden was resident costume designer.

    While working in theatre, I became fascinated with street images that captured my imagination when walking in urban areas. The canvas of the street offers coded messages and a variety of surface embellishments which I transfer to cotton upholstery velvet through etching and painting, achieving the look and texture of concrete and asphalt while keeping the soft tactile nature of the fabric. This now has become the main focus of my artwork.

    Contact Chris - checkmate@opendoor.biz

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