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tives. I have used these old negatives and recreated a false historical narrative with them. Then I have sewn and embroidered the prints onto antique cloth-lace doilies. Next, I embellished each piece with an as- sortment of beads, threads, and small trin- kets such as Milagros. In order to continue the historical narrative, I have embroidered altered nursery rhymes on and around each of the works that further interact with the images and create another layer that inter- acts with the historical print.”
SteFFani FridereS
“These works are a printed photographic process
called cyanotypes. The emulsion is coated onto cloth and then printed with sunlight to create the exposure. The negatives are from old glass plate nega-
Cram it In
cyanotype photograph on cloth with embroidery and embellishments 10” x 6”