Teresa Cole

Hoop Skirt Press

Work

Patterns

Pattern prevails; in fact when I went looking for it, I found ornamentation everywhere especially when my quest led me to India. Through our multivalent culture my search has been to sift, refine and restructure pattern as intent to comment on the complexity of contemporary existence.

Hand carved patterns printed on paper.

Untitled Pattern I, (hand carved relief print on paper, 48”h x 42”w, 2006)
Untitled Pattern II, (hand carved relief print on paper, 48”h x 84”w, 2006)
Pattern Shadow, hand carved relief print on paper, 42”h x 96”w, 2006 (private collection)
Untitled Pattern IV, (hand carved relief print on paper, 44” x 90”, 2010)
Untitled Pattern Negation
Untitled Pattern : The Negation of Space, Detail, intaglio printed collagraphs, 5' x 6', 2011
Pattern in Blue, relief print, 44" x 30", 2010
Grey Ring, relief print, 44" x 30", 2010
Arabesque in Blue, relief print, 44" x 30", 2010

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