Colored thread hand embroidered directly into a recent black & white photograph of Francis Field at Washington University in St. Louis (MO).
Bridges combines photography and hand embroidery. In this series, the thread acts as elements of spirit, life, and delight that aim to bridge the gap between two eras of Forest Park.
Half of the photographs come from the Missouri History Museum’s collection of 1904 World's Fair/Olympics historical photographs, and the other half I took recently. Together, the images highlight changes in the Forest Park area that have occurred over time, and consistencies that make (and will continue to make) Forest Park such a wonderful and whimsical public space.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border; logo not included in original.
Created in 2016 by Joyce McCown; photograph taken by Joyce in 2014.
1 of 1: unframed
Colored thread hand embroidered directly into a historical black & white photograph of the bird cage at the St. Louis Zoo (MO).
Bridges combines photography and hand embroidery. In this series, the thread acts as elements of spirit, life, and delight that aim to bridge the gap between two eras of Forest Park.
Half of the photographs come from the Missouri History Museum’s collection of 1904 World's Fair/Olympics historical photographs, and the other half I took recently. Together, the images highlight changes in the Forest Park area that have occurred over time, and consistencies that make (and will continue to make) Forest Park such a wonderful and whimsical public space.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border; logo not included in original.
Photo from the Missouri History Museum’s collection: Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Title: H.L Hillman of the New York Athletic Club winning the 400 meter hurdles at the 1904 Olympics.
Created in 2016 by Joyce McCown.
1 of 1: unframed
Colored thread hand embroidered into a black & white photograph of a hollow tree in the St. Louis area.
Where Creativity Pools is a series of mixed media work that combines photography and embroidery. The colored thread personifies creativity, tracking how it would respond to the world around it and where it would collect if we could see it.
I turned the photographs in these series black and white because the absence of color changes the images just enough to see them in a new light. It is in realms of observing what is normally overlooked that creativity and imagination reside. In this way, the black and white images offer themselves as spaces where invisible forces become tangible.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border; logo not included in original.
Created by Joyce McCown in 2015; photo taken by Joyce McCown.
1 of 1: unframed
Colored thread hand embroidered into a black & white photograph of a snorkeler.
Where Creativity Pools is a series of mixed media work that combines photography and embroidery. The colored thread personifies creativity, tracking how it would respond to the world around it and where it would collect if we could see it.
I turned the photographs in these series black and white because the absence of color changes the images just enough to see them in a new light. It is in realms of observing what is normally overlooked that creativity and imagination reside. In this way, the black and white images offer themselves as spaces where invisible forces become tangible.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border; logo not included in original.
Created by Joyce McCown in 2015; photo taken by Joyce McCown.
1 of 1: unframed
Colored thread hand embroidered into a black & white photograph of a modern window at Wash. U. in St. Louis.
Where Creativity Pools is a series of mixed media work that combines photography and embroidery. The colored thread personifies creativity, tracking how it would respond to the world around it and where it would collect if we could see it.
I turned the photographs in these series black and white because the absence of color changes the images just enough to see them in a new light. It is in realms of observing what is normally overlooked that creativity and imagination reside. In this way, the black and white images offer themselves as spaces where invisible forces become tangible.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border; logo not included in original.
Created by Joyce McCown in 2015; photo taken by Joyce McCown.
1 of 1: unframed
Colored thread hand embroidered into a black & white photograph of an archway at Wash. U. in St. Louis (Brookings Hall).
Where Creativity Pools is a series of mixed media work that combines photography and embroidery. The colored thread personifies creativity, tracking how it would respond to the world around it and where it would collect if we could see it.
I turned the photographs in these series black and white because the absence of color changes the images just enough to see them in a new light. It is in realms of observing what is normally overlooked that creativity and imagination reside. In this way, the black and white images offer themselves as spaces where invisible forces become tangible.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border; logo not included in original.
Created by Joyce McCown in 2015; photo taken by Joyce McCown.
1 of 1: unframed
Colored thread hand embroidered directly into a recent black & white photograph of the Grand Basin in Forest Park (MO).
Bridges combines photography and hand embroidery. In this series, the thread acts as elements of spirit, life, and delight that aim to bridge the gap between two eras of Forest Park.
Half of the photographs come from the Missouri History Museum’s collection of 1904 World's Fair/Olympics historical photographs, and the other half I took recently. Together, the images highlight changes in the Forest Park area that have occurred over time, and consistencies that make (and will continue to make) Forest Park such a wonderful and whimsical public space.
11" x 14" with a 1/2in white border.
Created in 2016 by Joyce McCown; photograph taken by Joyce in 2014.
1 of 1: unframed