"Sunflowersat Whitehall Farm," 17.5" x 28", made by Pam Geisel, July 2013
Just north
of Yellow Springs on State Route 68 there’s a field that for the last several
years has had sunflowers planted in it. There have been a few near accidents because so many people stop to take photos because it’s
such an awe-inspiring sight.
Part of the
property has a wire fence but I decided to use my artistic license and add the
wooden fence so I had somewhere to lean the bicycle.
"Sunflowers at Whitehall Farm" detail
The
sunflowers are made from three different commercial sunflower prints that vary
in size. I added the brown batik fabric to the center of all the sunflowers to
unify them. I also added over a hundred light purple seed beads to represent the centers of the last rows of sunflowers.
I found the
perfect hand-dyed fabric that had yellow and green blended together to use for
the background behind the sunflower stems.
"Sunflowers at Whitehall Farm" detail
The chain on
the bicycle is black cord that is couched down and the spokes are stitched
thread.
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