Jenny Welden

Textiles

FEAR NOT, 2024, 6.5′ x 39′ installed, Torn silk, fragments from artist’s wedding dress, fragments from artist’s childhood blanket, wool, rayon, polyester, acetate, 23 karat gold leaf, and free motion embroidery on hand-dyed and hand-painted cotton.

View the exhibition here.

Pieces of Angels / Flight, 2024, 20.75″ x 36.75″ x 1.25″, Fragments from FEAR NOT, free motion embroidery, mixed fibers, and acrylic on torn silk dupioni and cotton canvas in custom frame.

Mother and Child, 2024, 66″ x 30″, Fragments from FEAR NOT, torn silk, free motion stitchwork, acrylic glaze, and mixed fibers on found fabrics and hand-dyed cotton in custom frame.

God’s Hands, 2024, 67″ x 112″, Torn silk, free motion stitchwork, and mixed fibers on found fabrics and hand-dyed cotton flannel

Joseph, 2024, 52 x 54″, Fragments from God’s Hands, torn silk, free motion stitchwork, wool, acrylic glaze, and mixed fibers on acetate and found fabrics with custom frame.

Three Rivers (triptych), 2024, three panels, each 8.75″ x 13″ x 1.5″, free motion stitchwork, cotton, rayon, polyester, and acrylic on cotton canvas in custom frame.

Incubation, 2023, 27.5 x 29″ x 1.5 “, Free motion stitchwork and acrylic on linen and cotton in custom frame

Blue Angel / Broken Ladders, 2023, 71″ x 56″, free-motion stitchwork, acrylic wash, and mixed fibers on cotton canvas in custom frame.

New Horizons Duo (face), 2022, 91.5″ x 62″ each, Free-motion stitching and multi-immersion hand dyework on cotton flannel. Hand-stitched bindings.
Land of Many Suns, 2022, 9′ x 30′, latex paint and ballpoint pen on cotton canvas. Five panels; varying sizes; each approximately 6′ x 9′, hemstitched edges; grommets at corners.
Ancestor’s Challenge (face), 2022, 122-135″ x 135-141,” free-motion stitching and assorted cottons, linens, rayons, and felts on cotton canvas.
Ancestor’s Challenge (reverse), 2022, 122-135″ x 135-141,” acrylic paint and Isacord thread on cotton canvas. Hand painting and free-motion embroidery.
Wedding Quilt (as of 2023), 2020-ongoing, 91″ x 103″, Assorted fabrics, assorted yarns, and Isacord thread on linen chambray, exposed wool batting. Hand embroidery, machine applique, free motion embroidery, free-motion quilting.
Reverse of Wedding Quilt (as of 2023), 2020-ongoing, 91″ x 103″, Isacord thread on linen chambray, exposed wool batting. Hand embroidery, free motion embroidery, free-motion quilting.
Community Quilt, 2021, 90″ x 106,” assorted cottons, linens, and rayons, Procion Mx chemical dye, Isacord thread. Improvisational piecework, immersion dyeing, free-motion quilting, free-motion embroidery, assorted hand-stitched labels, hand-stitched binding.

I facilitated this community collaboration with my textile students in my Quiltmaking, Contemporary Improvisation course at the University of Kansas. My students and I each student contributed hand-dyed and improvisationally-pieced blocks, which I composed, quilted, and bound in unity. Special thanks to my students, who will be forever with me.
Cathedral, 2020, 40.5″ x 64.5″, Procion Mx chemical dye and Isacord thread on cotton, linen chambray binding. Screen printing and hand-painting, free-motion embroidery, hand-stitched binding.
Night Wonderings, 2020, 39″ x 53″, Posca Pen on Denim.
Star Bear, 2019, 62.5″ x 53″, Isacord thread on salvaged upholstery fabric. Free-motion quilting and free-motion embroidery. Supported by wall-mounted custom armature.
Fragment, 2019, 59″ x 30″, salvaged thread on felt. Free-motion embroidery. Supported by wall-mounted custom armature.
Galaxy Window, 2018, 91″ x 32.5″, Procion Mx chemical dye and Iscaord thread on linen-cotton chambray, cotton sateen, and salvaged fabric. Multi-immersion dyework, machine piecework, free-motion quilting, free-motion embroidery, hand-stitched binding.
Interior Landscapes, 2017, 11.5″ X 59″ each, cotton canvas on stretchers, Procion MX chemical dye, Isacord thread, assorted yarns. Multi-immersion dyework, free motion couching, free motion quilting, and free motion embroidery.
Nothing New Under the Sun, 2017, 69″ x 77″, cottons and linens, Procion MX chemical dye, Isacord thread. Multi-immersion dyework, piecework, free motion quilting, hand-stitched binding.
Southwest Stripe, 2017, 88″ x 110″, assorted cottons, linens, and salvaged fabrics, Procion MX chemical dye, Isacord thread. Multi-immersion dyework, free-motion quilting, hand-stitched binding.
Locust King, 2017, 52″ x 68″, Procion Mx chemical dye and Isacord thread on cotton canvas. Multi-immersion dyework, free-motion embroidery.
Purple Wonder, 2017, Procion Mx chemical dye, cotton, linen-cotton chambray, Isacord thread. Multi-immersion dyework, free-motion quilting, hand-stitched binding.
Wild Goose Chase, 2015, 63.5″ x 52″, assorted cottons and batiks. One-seam curved-press geese construction. Machine piecework and quilting; hand-stitched binding.
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