Jean M. Judd

medium: textiles

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Abstract Textures 2.1 2017 Textiles	Contaminated Water #9 2017 Textiles	Contaminated Water #10 2018 Textiles
Fractured 'Gello #2 2016 Textiles	Fractured 'Gello #5 2018 Textiles	Moon Shadow 2015 Textiles
Rusted Lace #5 2017 Textiles	Rusted Snowflakes 2017 Textiles	Rusted Vines & Hinges 2016 Textiles
Shadow of the Past 2015 Textiles

Contact information
2807 State Road 87
Cushing, WI 54006
Phone Number: 715-566-0212
Email Address: jean@jeanjudd.com
Web site: www.jeanjudd.com

Artist statement
When asked, her medium is “hand stitched thread on textile”. That statement can further be explained by whether the textile is a commercial textile, a hand dyed or painted textile, or an enhanced textile with rust pigmentation that was created in her studio.

Over twenty-five years of experimentation with these materials has led to a distinctive narrative in her artwork. The series that have developed and are still being built out, show a wide range of subject: abstract, geometric, conceptual, and minimalism. The intricate and dense hand stitching in each work gives the piece a visual and physical texture that creates interesting shadow and light play across the work.

The common factor in all of her mixed media textile artwork is that cotton fabric is the canvas on which she works, and hand stitched thread is her brush. They are used to create a piece of fine art with visual as well as physical texture. The design process starts with a hand dyed or dye painted fabric ground. It is transformed over time into its final form with the last hand stitch.

What started in the artist’s mind as a vague idea is transformed into a larger, more complex, and more dramatic finished artwork than originally intended and creates excitement for the potential for the next new artwork.

Each piece is a journey filled with the artist’s emotions and life experience. The hand of the artist can be seen and felt in every inch of the artwork.

Biography
Artist Jean M. Judd of Cushing, Wisconsin has been constructing textile artworks for
over twenty-eight years incorporating
dense hand stitching which gives visual and physical texture to her work. Her work includes pieced work using commercial fabrics as well as rust pigmentation and non-traditional dyeing techniques. More recent work has been using whole cloth construction using her hand dyed and painted fabrics and rust pigmentation along with her signature hand stitching. Each piece is unique and her work can be found in many private art collections in the United States, Canada, Europe, as well as the US Embassy in Lima, Peru.

She exhibits her award-winning artwork nationally in juried fine art exhibitions and is represented by several fine art galleries across the United States. She is the author of several books describing her processes, artistic philosophy, and experiences with artist residencies.