Patrizia Ferreira

Random Necklace Inspiration

2012-01-14T07:05:00.000-08:00

Geometric shapes, clean and simple...

MARNI !!!!!!!!

2012-01-13T11:58:00.000-08:00

Total love and inspiration!

gunta stolzl

2012-01-13T11:06:00.001-08:00

absolutely love her work! so inspiring!!!! timeless...

mayrose watson

2012-01-13T11:05:00.001-08:00

pattern and color inspiration

concept + color

2012-01-13T11:04:00.001-08:00

these are the colors and patterns that I am driven too lately...sort of an ongoing theme...

gunta stolz

2012-01-13T10:54:00.001-08:00

tapestry

jenny postle

2012-01-13T10:25:00.000-08:00

patchwork tribal inspiration

geometric necklace

2012-01-13T07:44:00.000-08:00

new concept for necklaces with geometric shapes

tribal pattern

2012-01-13T07:40:00.000-08:00

geometric pattern-inspiration necklaces

Work in Progress...

2010-01-07T19:22:00.000-08:00

This piece keeps evolving...started in March with layer after layer of cells created in paper...thought first of putting them together creating a sort of kaleidoscope...but now it is turning into more of a textile piece...can't help myself!...

Words that come to mind:

...multilayered...

...entangled...

...alive...

...acquatic...

I think I finally got it where I want it to be. Now I can enjoy taking it to the next level...

I need to sit down and think about possible descriptions...but somehow like in all my other pieces this one resembles live organisms looked under a microscope or it could even resemble what happens at a macrocosmic level...either way it is the representation of what the eye by itself can't see...somehow I am endlessly captivated by that...

Emerald Isle- Weekend 2009 (9 photos), by PATRIZIA FERREIRA

2009-09-10T21:51:00.001-07:00

I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.

Competitions.

2009-09-10T21:39:00.000-07:00

I entered a few art competitions between this week and last week. I feel accomplished, we'll see what comes out of it.

Also, I posted new work on my etsy shop. Check the new textile necklaces!

www.aireymar.etsy.com

Greenville National Bike Race (54 photos), by PATRIZIA FERREIRA

2009-09-02T07:47:00.001-07:00

I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.

Las ultimas andanzas de Luquilu!!!

2009-08-04T10:11:00.001-07:00

Cumpleanos Feliz!!! y Triciclo, regalo de los abuelos de Uruguay...

Epidermis Definition...

2009-08-04T10:05:00.000-07:00

I love the way this definition for what Epidermis represents in Botany...

a thin layer of cells forming the outer integument of seed plants and ferns...it sounds beautiful!

so intricate and multilayered...

Epidermis Close-ups

2009-08-04T09:59:00.001-07:00

EPIDERMIS

2009-08-04T09:46:00.000-07:00

This is my last piece. It was meant to be completely different, I made circle after circle of detailed work, like a scientist in a laboratory...but just couldn't get myself to wrap the idea...

So, I ended up just focusing on one of my elements...one circle, one Cell...one organism...

I started to add some textile dimension to the piece, by stitching on it, crocheting and adding more layers to it...

I finished the piece by inserting it in a box frame and working on the actual frame to create a sense of depth and an illusion of movement...my two eternal obsessions...

I decided to call it...Epidermis...it reminds me of some of the "tissues" I used to observe under a microscope when I was studying dentistry, back in the day...they all had this pinkish shade and looked incredibly intricate and detailed...nothing particular sticks out except for that.

This is the first piece of a series so I will call it: Epidermis I...

So...here it is...

Inspiration-Concept...

2009-03-17T14:23:00.001-07:00

I would like to work further over this concept...things inside things...elements within elements...what is inside and what is outside?...layers, volume...illusions...

Recognizable shapes that become unrecognizable by the amount of other things involved in them...Worlds within Worlds...

Cosmic Flora-another closeup

2009-03-16T20:21:00.001-07:00

Cosmic Flora-Close up

2009-03-16T20:20:00.001-07:00

Cosmic Flora-Evolution

2009-03-16T20:10:00.001-07:00

I did some changes to this piece. I worked with the idea of the circle and increasing the perception that we are looking into a new world or universe. Part of the piece is covered in fabric and it forces our eyes to tune into the center of the piece...The yellow fabric is also in starch contrast with the highly detailed interior of the pieces...where everything happens...

Another Close up

2009-03-16T20:06:00.000-07:00

Cell Universe close ups

2009-03-16T20:01:00.000-07:00

I love the view of these cells when up close. These elements are meant to be looked up really close and in detail, that's why I love the idea of having glass above them to further enhance that feeling...

Cell Universe

2009-03-16T19:37:00.000-07:00

I finished my latest piece! So excited! I called it: Cell Universe...

It's all made in paper. Layer after layer of paper, pencil drawings, tissue paper, and thread.

I want to use this piece as the sketch for a fabric piece.

I also thought after looking at it hanging on the wall that it would be really amazing if I could find magnifying glasses or resine circles in a bubble shape to put on top of each cell, implying or giving the impression that you are looking into something...i don't know if that is even possible...but I love the idea!...

Cacu! Cacu!

2009-02-18T10:01:00.000-08:00

The ever evolving process of Creation...

2009-02-18T09:54:00.000-08:00

The piece is still mutating...circles within circles, layers within layers, depth versus relief, opacity versus transparency...in an all moving micro-macro-cosmos...

The final layout for the piece will be one grand circle. I will inscribe each "cell" from big to small into this circle...

The deadline is the 28th of February...and I really hope to make it!!!...

Stitch Spectacular

2009-02-18T09:09:00.000-08:00

We went to check The Stitch Spectacular show and it gave us the perfect excuse to check another charming southern city...Savannah, Georgia...We truly enjoyed it...The show was very inspiring...it totally stimulated me to continue working on newer ever more challenging pieces. Seeing what other artists are doing across the USA also gave me a larger scope of the infinite possibilities of the textile medium. Savannah, like Charleston is another beautiful town. We loved its history and something about its people. Even though it was all too quick and couldn't really absorb it all...

But we will be back for sure!...Vivez le Sud!

Trip to Charleston, NC

2009-02-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

I am a little behind on my postings...This one is about our trip to Charleston, NC in December, 2008. The city was lovely, full of charm and history. We really enjoyed walking up and down the streets, checking out old biuldings. The streets were full of old trees with its characteristic hanging moss, which gives the whole city an aura of nostalgia and melancholy...The fact that it is a harbour city adds to its charisma. Views of the water that surrounds it are everywhere, making the city feel open and airy. The old "rambla" along the ocean is very romantic and full of life, with children and people of all ages walking all along. We had a great time and hope to be back sometime soon. The weather was amazing! warm and delicious...We are definitely falling for the south!...there is a different rythm here...slower, more human...The trip overall was very inspiring and helped sediment some of the ideas I am incubating for my new piece...

Documenting the process...

2009-01-27T08:47:00.000-08:00

I can't seem to break away from the use of the circle and the concept of elements to conform a whole. This piece like all my others is conformed by a group of elements, which I call Cells that eventually when added to one another will create the piece...

Ody Saban-Outsider Artist

2009-01-21T10:34:00.001-08:00

Initial Sketches for New Piece...

2009-01-21T10:28:00.000-08:00

La pureza de los ninos...

2009-01-21T09:54:00.000-08:00

" Metodo, Metodo, que quieres de mi?

Bien sabes que he comido la fruta del inconsciente."

Esto lo sintetiza todo...

Paul Klee...

2009-01-21T09:50:00.000-08:00

..."Klee deliberately embodied polar opposites in his oeuvre.

His style played between the organic and the geometric, the linear and the chromatic, the analytic and the spontaneous; his imagery encompassed representation and abstraction, the personal and the universal, the terrestrial and the cosmic, all within a profoundly harmonic whole"...

If I can ever achieve this sense of equilibrium, I will know then I have arrived...

Textile Design Collection.

2009-01-21T09:46:00.000-08:00

This is an ongoing Collection of Textile Designs for Wallcovering, Home Furnishings and Apparel, created for the Hospitality and Residential markets.

Designs are all in repeat and separated into their correspondent channels (colors).

If interested in any of these designs, please inquire at:

email: patriziaferreira@hotmail.com

phone: 919 286 2618

Evolving Concept...

2009-01-21T09:32:00.000-08:00

I am interested in the expression of something deeper than a pure aesthetic concern. I mean to express that which is intangible, that which we cannot touch or see, but only perceive or feel. It is holistic, it comes from an internal place. It involves responding to some higher, inner voice.

I have an almost compulsive necessity to crystallize in a material form the ephemeral within me.

In that sense I am extremely influenced by outsider art. Like them, I pursue the artistic expression of my inner self. Because this is an altogether internal, invisible world it tends to materialize in an almost surrealistic way. This inner representations are never static, like Life itself they are always in flux, in constant metamorphosis.

Another pivotal influence in my work is the Art of Frida Kahlo. Her imperative desire to represent the changes and transformations that were occuring within her physical and spiritual being are extremely inspiring to me.

In the end my work is always a result of my interest in Nature and Life itself, where everything seems connected into one multi layered, textural, infinitely complex organism.

I seek to represent "Qi"-that of which everything in the Universe is composed-

"Qi" is matter on the verge of becoming energy, or energy at the point of materializing.

As a concept, or a reality, "Qi" crosses without hindrance between the fields of philosophy, art, spirituality, natural science and medicine.

In this respect my work could almost be perceived as kitsch. Because, it is kitsch to attempt to repossess an experience of intensity and immediacy through a material, physical representation.

Its a new beginning...

2009-01-20T20:30:00.000-08:00

This entry is to open a new chapter on a fresh page...

I am about to start a new piece, don't quite know how to start...

The concept is sort of like this:

Its a textile piece. Elements of the piece connect with one another creating illusions. Things are above and below. There are layers, there is depth and there is relief.

I want to look at images of cells and other organisms for inspiration. This piece will represent my own relations with the world, with Life and Creation...this is not a religious piece...it is though a highly spiritual and absolutely personal, intimate view of Life...

I want to use printing in this piece. I thought it could be digital printing...but that could put a restriction on the size of the piece...unless I piece it together?...

More images, sketches, ideas coming soon...

Watercolor Stripe

2009-01-20T14:41:00.000-08:00

Thread Texture

2009-01-20T14:40:00.000-08:00

Stitch Pattern

2009-01-20T14:38:00.000-08:00

Scribbled Flowers

2009-01-20T14:37:00.000-08:00

Rocks

2009-01-20T14:36:00.002-08:00

Point de France

2009-01-20T14:36:00.001-08:00

Painterly Lace

2009-01-20T14:35:00.001-08:00

Organic Lace Shadow

2009-01-20T14:34:00.000-08:00

Organic Lace

2009-01-20T14:30:00.000-08:00

Organic Flower Print

2009-01-20T14:29:00.000-08:00

Lace Forest

2009-01-20T14:28:00.000-08:00

Graphic Trim Texture

2009-01-20T14:23:00.000-08:00

Fish Scales

2009-01-20T14:22:00.000-08:00

Diagonal Texture

2009-01-20T14:21:00.002-08:00

Diagonal Stripe

2009-01-20T14:21:00.001-08:00

Delirium Trellis

2009-01-20T14:20:00.000-08:00

Brush Texture

2009-01-20T14:19:00.000-08:00

Jewelry Stripe

2009-01-20T11:26:00.001-08:00

Flower Mandala

2009-01-20T11:25:00.002-08:00

Federal Diagonal

2009-01-20T11:25:00.001-08:00

Escher's Garden

2009-01-20T11:24:00.001-08:00

Embroidered Diamonds

2009-01-20T11:23:00.000-08:00

Delirium Butterflies

2009-01-20T11:22:00.002-08:00

Crochet Delirium

2009-01-20T11:22:00.001-08:00

Coral Stripe

2009-01-20T11:20:00.000-08:00

Coral Reef Texture

2009-01-20T11:19:00.002-08:00

Bouquet Mandala

2009-01-20T11:19:00.001-08:00

Botanical Pattern

2009-01-20T11:18:00.001-08:00

Botanic Stripe

2009-01-20T11:17:00.000-08:00

Botanic Layout

2009-01-20T11:16:00.002-08:00

Botanic Garden II

2009-01-20T11:16:00.001-08:00

Botanic Garden II

2009-01-20T11:14:00.000-08:00

Bauhaus I

2009-01-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

Bauhaus Equilibrium

2009-01-20T11:10:00.000-08:00

Aqua Texture

2009-01-20T10:28:00.000-08:00

Soy un Artista!

2009-01-20T10:05:00.001-08:00

Luqui pintando-Enero 2009

Que frio!

2009-01-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

Luqui equipado para el invierno! - Enero 2009

Luqui...

2009-01-20T09:57:00.000-08:00

Verano 2008

John y Luca

2009-01-20T09:56:00.000-08:00

Luca cumple un anito!-30 de Junio 2008

Papa y Luca

2009-01-20T09:54:00.001-08:00

Visita a Durham, NC-Octubre 2008

Mama y Vale

2009-01-20T09:52:00.000-08:00

Visita a Durham, NC-Octubre 2008

Cacti

2009-01-20T09:38:00.000-08:00

Trip to Asheville, NC-October 2008

Wildflowers

2009-01-20T09:36:00.000-08:00

Trip to Asheville, NC-October 2008

Climbing Moss

2009-01-20T09:31:00.000-08:00

Trip to Charleston, SC-December 2008

Roses...

2009-01-20T09:28:00.000-08:00

This image is so common and yet so irresistibly pretty, I couldn't help myself I had to have it!

Trip to Charleston, SC-December 2008

Beautiful Falling Moss

2009-01-20T09:26:00.000-08:00

I love the depth in this picture and the textile quality it has...

Trip to Charleston, SC-December 2008

Skeleton Branches

2009-01-20T09:20:00.000-08:00

Trip to Charleston, SC-December 2008

Card 7

2009-01-20T09:17:00.000-08:00

Card 5

2009-01-20T09:16:00.001-08:00

Card 4

2009-01-20T09:12:00.001-08:00

Card 3

2009-01-20T09:11:00.001-08:00

Card 2

2009-01-20T09:09:00.001-08:00

Card 1

2009-01-20T09:07:00.000-08:00

Spring Day

2009-01-20T08:34:00.001-08:00

Wildflower Garden

2009-01-20T08:32:00.001-08:00

Organismo-April 2005

2009-01-20T07:55:00.000-08:00

Organismo, is a surrealist vision of the invisible within us. Nobody knows how we truly look inside. Each of us unique and different. None of us the same. Organismo, means to go beyond the physical self to represent our spiritual self. White and transparency are employed to further enhance that sense of elevation and spirituality. Other elements such as relief effects and patterns suggesting movement and dimension are used to imply that this Organismo is still very muchin motion and alive...

Tecniques employed: block-printing, stitching, embroidery and beading.

This piece was selected to participate in the annual art exhibit and auction, Celebrating Women shown at the Frasier Museum in Louisville, Kentucky-April 2005.

The Womb-March 2007

2009-01-20T07:16:00.000-08:00

The origin of this piece truly began at the core of my own organism. I felt compelled to express what my body was going through...the most amazing process a woman can go through...conceiving Life or not...

Frida Kahlo was with me throughout this whole creative process. The way she uses her own image and her own experiences as a canvas to express her deepest sorrows and joys.

Techniques employed in this piece are: block-printing, embroidery, stitching and beading.

Entrail

2009-01-20T06:55:00.000-08:00

This piece was included as part of Stitch Spectacular, an annual show that recognizes the exploration of new frontiers in creative hand embroidery.

Entrail-Concept:

This piece is inspired by an imaginative view of a section of the inside of a human body, my body.

Everything connects, vein like threads travel and unite with one another; a swirl of beaded, printed, stitched and embroidered cells interact and overlap. It is a three-dimensional world.

Red tear drop shapes, reminiscent of blood, drip reminding us that it is real flesh.

It is a micro-cosmos in constant flux. It is also a metaphor for Life itself, we are like tiny cells lost in the myriad relations of a much larger organism.

Cosmic Flora-Evolution

2009-01-19T14:01:00.000-08:00

Cosmic Flora...

2009-01-19T11:27:00.000-08:00

I finished my piece. I call it schizophrenic art...sometimes it feels like the art of a nut!

It is truly addictive...I have trouble putting a stop to my work at times...but then I feel an imperative need to end everything I start. I love cycles and this piece as all my other ones represents a cycle...a small view of Life...