Wendy Collin Sorin

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Mixed Media

symbols Symbols
Logos from the Corporate World, Walmart “stars” and stripes from various Viennese grocery chains, were cut, combined, and fused to make a new flag proclaiming no national allegiance. Hand stitched text from the U.S. anthem asks: O, say can you see?

give-me-your-answer,-do-(1) give me your answer, do
CAUTION tape, cut, recombined, fused; hand stitching; window screen
The title came from the “daisies” formed with Os and U, subsequent pieces repeat the answer: no.

CAUTION-(#1) CAUTION
Deconstruction of meaning and function as each letter is combined separately in a series of seven.

vienna sketchbook 001 Vienna sketchbook
Drawings from a sketchbook purchased in Vienna, from a series of 36. Layers of notes, sketches, collage underneath zigzag patterning.

WHETHER-1 WHETHER
A collaboration with artist Diana Duncan Holmes of Cincinnati, Ohio. Inspired by the sky on her trip from my home in Durham back to Cincinnati, Diana photographed the changing cloud patterns. I responded with imagery from poetry, aviation symbols, and meteorological signs using collage and hand stitching.

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