I began the Vezila series all the way back in 2002 when I was pregnant with my first child. My studio was being built and I had just given up using oil paint because of the fumes. I had to devise a way of working small and without the chance of spilling acrylic paint in the dining room (which had become my temporary studio). This is when I came up with the idea to “paint” with a needle and thread. I would first do a drawing on paper then poke guide holes to later stitch the thread through. The work was very well received by clients and curators alike. Vezila in Macedonian loosely translates to: made by hand. Later I used the hand-made crochet table decorations by my late mother-in-law as inspiration for the imagery in the work at the end of this series right before I started the Oblik series.

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Untitled 3, 2004, 40″ x 72″, rice paper & hand-stitched thread on linen

Untitled Collage 11, 2003, 24″ x 18″, rice paper, acrylic, pencil & hand-stitched thread on paper mounted on panel

Vezila-triptych, 2005

Vezila, panel 3, lithograph, 12″x24″

Vezila, panel 2, lithograph, 12″x24″

Vezila, panel 1, lithograph, 12″x24″

Vezila Drawing 1, 2006, 36″ x 64″, enamel on rice paper

Vezila Collage 5, 2006, 9″ x 9″, enamel, rice paper & hand-stitched thread on colored paper

Vezila Collage 1, 2006, 5″ x 5″, (SOLD)

Vezila Collage 3, 2007, 17 1/2″ x 20″, enamel, rice paper & hand-stitched thread on paper

Vezila Collage 1, 2007, 22 1/2″ x 30″, rice paper, enamel & hand-stitched thread on paper (SOLD)

Untitled 6, 2005, 10″ x 12″, hand-stitched thread on canvas (SOLD)

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