Contemporary Fiber Art Joshua Tree Desert Landscape Set With Haiku by Paula Darnell

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Original artwork - "Joshua Tree" - Inspired by the landscape on the way to Joshua Tree, California, from Las Vegas, … Read more Original artwork - "Joshua Tree" - Inspired by the landscape on the way to Joshua Tree, California, from Las Vegas, I made this desert landscape from wool fiber on wool felt. To create my artwork, I use wisps of fiber, instead of paint. Rather than applying paint with a brush, I stab the fiber into place with a special felting needle, which has barbs on it and meshes the wool fiber together, to create a picture. This method is known as "painting with wool." I also added embroidery stitching accents to the Joshua Tree and the flowers. To enhance the sense of place of this wool painting, I wrote the accompanying contemporary free-verse haiku:

joshua tree
blossoming sage
a distant train moans

The frame of the landscape artwork measures 16.75" high x 20.75" wide and the frame of the haiku measures 4" high x 6" wide. The framed haiku may be displayed under the landscape or to the side of it. The back of the landscape frame is wired for hanging; the smaller frame of the haiku has a triangle-shaped "D"-ring for hanging. Both are framed under plexiglass with archival mattes and backing boards. The textured landscape is set back from the plexiglass so that it will not touch it. The haiku is also set back with a matte to match the framing of the landscape.

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