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Karen Randolph

Reimagined Plastics - Three Hearts

Reimagined Plastics - Three Hearts

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Three hearts in green, blue, and yellow, each outlined in hand-stitched embroidery floss, float across a peach field with a scatter of circles. Red stripes and a green band frame the scene, and nobody’s counting the extra dots. It’s a cheerful piece with a lot going on and no apologies.

Made by Karen Randolph from ironed recycled plastic and other salvaged materials, stitched down on a piece of duck cloth originally used for an arbor cover, and then mounted on rough-hewn planks that look as old as they are. One of a kind, signed lower right.

Finished size: 7" x 8".

This item is one of a kind. You are purchasing the exact item shown in the image(s).

About Karen Randolph

Retired art teacher Karen Randolph starts with the clear liner from a cereal box as her blank canvas, then builds on it with reclaimed plastic: newspaper delivery bags in surprisingly bright colors, black construction bags, white shrink wrap, old retail shopping bags, and bubble wrap in circles, squares, even hearts. She irons two to six layers into fused sheets, then cuts and arranges them into abstract, evocative compositions, accented with salvaged tissue paper, textile scraps, and embroidery floss. Each finished picture is sewn onto cardstock, fabric, or recycled paper, and mounted.

Every piece is an original, five to ten hours of ironing, cutting, and stitching. Karen hopes to run out of plastic someday — which would mean we’ve evolved. Until then, she’s got plenty to work with. Single-use, meet long-term.

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