Bailey Fiber Art Studio: The Art of Creating a Commission

About Me

Bailey Earith is a professional fiber artist. She creates fabric art that has textural elements. These elements often include beads, hand-painted fabric, yarns, and found objects.

As an Artist-in-Residence, Bailey teaches children how to create art. She specializes in teaching children and adults with disabilities. Bailey believes in helping everyone reach his or her creative potential regardless of age or skill level.

Bailey has exhibited across the country and has work in countries around the world. Bailey teaches often throughout the year and has been published extensively in magazines and books for both her studio and artist-in-residence work.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Art of Creating a Commission

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.

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