Michele Hardy
Mixed Media / Fiber Art / Art Quilts
Ladders, Portals, & Windows Gallery
I spent some time exploring the wonders of the Southwest and   became totally enthralled with the ancient cliff dwellings at various locales.  The dwellings with their numerous ladders and the rich colors of the canyons were the inspiration for the Ladders series.   Ladders, along with Portals and Windows, ask the questions "where are we going?" and "where have we been?",  with endless opportunities to choose how to color our own personal journeys.

These mixed media fiber constructions combine hand-dyed and painted cotton and silk fabrics, fused sheers, screen-printing, metallic and rayon threads, heavily machine embroidered and quilted.   The art quilts of the
Canyon series are pieced.

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Ladders #14     ©2004
32.5"h x 17"w   $1100
       detail view
Ladders #12  ©2002
32"h x 18"w   $1050
Ladders #11   ©2002
31.5"h x 18"w  SOLD
Ladders #7              ©2002
29.5"h x 29.5"w        $1500
Portals #4      ©2002
45"h x 31"w    $2400
detail view
Portals  #5        ©2002
25.5"h x 21.5"w   $950
Ladders #6    ©2002
59"h x 31"w   $3100
Ladders #8       ©2002
41"h x 29.5"w   $2100
Ladders #13  ©2002
42"h x 22"w   SOLD
Windows #17      ©2001
29.5"h x 21.5"w    $900
Portals #6         ©2002
41.5"h x 32.5"w  SOLD
Portals #3    ©2002
60"h x 30"w  $3100
Windows #1       ©2000
33"h x 24"w         $750
Windows #13                     ©2000
37"h x 48"w                       $2600
All art copyright Michele Hardy

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©2003-2008  Michele Hardy

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Updated  2/12/07