Melanie Maria Ciccone

vintage textbook paper, printing ink

printing ink, paper

[chine-colle monoprint]

printing ink, rice paper, paper

rice-paper bag, printing ink, free-motion stitching

"we come alive in bodies not our own" - Colum McCann

1930s paper surveyor's map mounted on waxed linen, cotton embroidery floss, pencil markings, markers.

"we are not separate"

coffee-dyed linen napkin, cotton embroidery floss

cocktail napkin, cotton embroidery floss

vintage hand towel, cotton embroidery floss

"we were never what we are right now before"

tea-dyed cocktail napkin, cotton embroidery floss

vintage tablecloth, cotton embroidery floss

vintage linen napkin, silk embroidery floss, silk ribbon

cocktail napkin, cotton embroidery floss

"she is drawn to the [w]recklnessness of the imagination" - Colum McCann

tea-dyed linen napkin, cotton embroidery floss

waxed paper, tulle, cotton embroidery floss, bubble wrap

vintage placemat, cotton embroidery floss

vintage cotton placemat, cotton embroidery floss

recycled linen skirt, cotton embroidery floss

recycled linen skirt, cotton embroidery floss

linen, chiffon, cotton embroidery floss

vintage linen napkin, free-motion thread

[director of the Downtown Women's Center Los Angeles]

recycled fabrics, dotted swiss, silk sari rags, thread

vintage hand towel, various recycled fabrics, free-motion stitching

linen napkin, recycled fabric, free-motion stitching

linen napkin, free-motion stitching

recycled textiles, free-motion stitching, laces

recycled clothes, vellum, free-motion thread

construction paper, free-motion thread, pencil

silk sari rags, burlap, machine thread

recycled clothes, free-motion stitching, paint, vellum

recycled bras, silk charmuse, vinyl screen, cotton embroidery floss

recycled clothes, silk and cotton embroidery floss, plastic produce netting

[paper quilt]

recycled Equator coffee bags, printing ink, cotton embroidery floss, butcher paper, vellum

dupioni silk remnants (courtesy of Camille DiPedrini dress shop South Pasadena, CA), thread

cotton fabric, batting, linen, thread

cotton fabrics and recycled clothes

various textiles, recycled clothing, cotton batting, thread

recycled chiffon, netting, dotted-swiss, thread

vintage textbook, printing ink, plastic, cotton embroidery floss

bubble wrap, produce netting, black tulle, thread

recycled plastic, silk sari rags, bird netting, thread, brass snaps, hanger

[pictured on home page]

IN MOTION

waxed paper, bird netting, silk flowers, rice paper, buttons, vinyl screen, vintage hanger, thread

The Financial Times, National Geographic "The Political World" Map, recycled plastic, vintage buttons, thread, wire-mesh bodice, vintage hanger, victorian plate, free-motion text w/ thread

"i am your mother / i am your daughter / i am your wife / i am your sister / i am your neighbor. i am our past present and future."

IN MOTION

waxed paper, tea-dyed lace, vintage fabric, recycled clothes

rice paper, bird netting, fabric, recycled clothes, indigo-dyed ribbon, free-motion text w/ thread

"a cape for your journey"

vintage handkerchief, vintage gloves, recycled clothing, vintage fabric, free-motion text w/ thread

"the gift of your heart frees me from mine" - joe henry & over the rhine

recycled guitar strings, silk sari rags

recycled guitar strings, silk sari rags

cotton fabrics and recycled clothes. "memory quilt"

used guitar strings, silk sari rags, thread.

pencil line drawing and cursive text, mono print 'ghost print', vellum [typography not included].

silk sari rags, 19th century Japanese Edo tapestry remnants, thread, vintage sequins and buttons, free-motion stitched lyrics of selected songs by Over the Rhine.

[3 individual flags depicted together. commissions available.]

silk sari rags, thread, repurposed architectural gable screen, vintage frame

free-motion portrait, vintage hand-dyed linen

free-motion machine stitching, repurposed cloth

Indigo dyed vintage handkerchief, thread: free-motion stitching

Silk Scrap, thread, shell buttons - free-motion stitching

Paper, ink -  cut from blind contour drawing

limited edition print

-for sale (various ink and paper combos)  

repurposed mens cotton shirts, thread, buttons.  back is washable linen

tea stained vintage damask napkin, thread

Vintage 48 Star Flag, thread (Hafiz Poem)

-for sale

Repurposed Dupioni silk, lace from undergarments, bird netting, cotton embroidery floss.  Private commission (see detail image for view of embroidery grid)

repurposed dupioni silk curtain, undergarments, bird netting and cotton embroidery floss. Private Commission

Edo period woven banner, silk sari rags, cotton embroidery floss, quilting thread, vintage sequence and buttons

-Commissionable work

silk sari rags, quilting thread

-commissionable work with individualized text/poetry/song...

Japanese Edo Period banner w/hand embroidery 

Quilt in process.  Various vintage and contemporary cotton quito fabrics, cotton quilting thread, cotton embroidery floss

Various vintage and contemporary quilting fabrics, cotton quilting thread, cotton embroidery floss

paper, silkscreen ink, cotton quilting thread

part 2 of diptych

limited edition print available for purchase

paper, silkscreen ink, cotton quilting thread

Limited Edition Print - for sale