Melanie Maria Ciccone

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"

recycled guitar strings, silk sari rags

recycled guitar strings, silk sari rags

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

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