I’m so tired, not just physically by Ava Long

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I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

I made these works using large text that would cover the canvas and glued them onto a foam sheet and cut out the letters to make stencils. I had to measure the text size to the size I would want them to be on the canvas, then outlined the stencils with a pencil and painted the outline in white. Originally the artwork was going to tay simply painted, but I have a passion for embroidery from a very young age and I felt the work would have more emphasis if I embroidered all the words and focused on the background as well. The thread I used for the words is messy and all encompassing- it’s a peice that shows me as an artist, someone who never gives up even when the embrodiery causes pain.

Ava Long
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Brisbane, Australia, Australia

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Other Media on stretched canvas, ready to hang.

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I made this peice by printing out large font and gluing them to a foam board to cut out the letters and use them as stencils. I then outlined the letters, and filled it in with white paint.
I then embroidered on the letters with thick layers of white embroidery- I completed this painting in a day with the embroidery, as a indication of my artistic drive- I don’t rest until the work I want to make completes it’s vision, despite the pain it may give me (embroidery though canvas can give you pain in your fingers, sometimes blood if you prick your finger.
This peice was inspired by mental exhaustion- when you say you’re tired to someone the answer is to get some rest, but when you’re emotionally and mentally tired there isn’t such a clear solution.

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Embroidered thread on stretched canvas

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Ava Long
11 artworks

Brisbane, Australia, Australia

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