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The project received some nice press in the Knoxville News Sentinel. http://baileyfiberart.com/Documents/press.pdf
I hope you enjoyed this series on how a commission process works and what all goes into creating a work of fiber art. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at Bailey@BaileyFiberArt.com or post your comments below. I look forward to working with you soon!
The finished piece was mounted on acid-free mat board and framed in a wood frame using spacer bars and glare free glass. The project was finished on time. The class was very pleased when they came to the studio to pick up the finished piece. They presented it later that week to the University of Tennessee School of business as part of the graduation ceremonies.
I disassembled the palm pilot and opted to use the keyboard and stylus in the finished piece. I created several business related motifs including a pie chart and line graph.
I chose which pictures I would use, sized them, and printed them out onto fabric. I cut down the scrubs into a series of patches and emblems.
Over the next few posts I will describe a commission that I completed recently. I will explore the process of designing and creating the piece. Enjoy.
Part one
I was commissioned by the PE MBA (physicians’ executive Masters of business administration) class of 2009 to create a fiber art piece that would be given to the University of Tennessee Department of business as a class gift. This is a group of 37 physicians from around the country, who met every Saturday via teleconference over a period of one year to complete their MBA.
“We’re a fun group, and we’d like this piece to represent who we are as physicians, as well as our experiences in the PEMBA program”, they told me.
The group sent me a list of catch phrases from the course, as well as medical photos, hospital scrubs, surgical instruments, and a broken palm pilot. We agreed on a puzzle type design concept. We also agreed on a size, price, and deadline.
"To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight . . . and never stop fighting" --E. E. Cummings
You will be rewarded for your originality. Dare to be different!
Peace, Bailey
Here is a wonderful article about passion. http://www.passionsandpossibilities.com/2010/01/
My definition? (as quoted in the article) "What makes you smile; what gives you energy; what gives you bounce in your step; what gets you out of bed in the morning; what makes you miserable if you don’t have it.” Bailey Earith, founder of Bailey Fiber Art Studio (www.baileyfiberart.com)
