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Space Girl 1956
37 in
x
34 in
(94 cm x 86 cm)
Year
2025
Price
$0.00
In 1956, when I was 4 years old, I wore this Space Girl costume for Halloween and I kept a photograph of it for almost 70 years. Yet I have no memory of why I had this costume or what it meant to me. So I created a universe of space-related images to locate Space Girl in the Flash Gordon-Sputnik-space exploration era. She is grounded by a huge paper bag for collecting Halloween treats but that bag is leaking the space ships, planets, and constellations floating above in her imagination.
Materials
Cotton, silk, organza scraps; photo on cotton, jewelry, metallic threads, embroidery thread, beads, sequins
Techniques
Hand and machine quilting, embroidery, applique, collage, embellishments