Pair. 2010
Hand embroidery on organza and pleather. approx. 2 x 2″

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Him and Her. 2010.
Hand embroidery on organza and pleather. approx. 2 x 2″

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Green Parked Car. 2010
Hand embroidery on organza and pleather. approx. 2 x 2″

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1FEB10 (lady gaga). 2010. 12.25 x 11.75″
Hand-embroidery on cotton muslin upholstered

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17OCT07. 2007. 12.25 x 11.75″
Hand-embroidery on cotton muslin upholstered around the October 17, 2007 edition of The New York Times

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11JUL07. 2007. 14.25 x 12.25″
Hand-embroidery on cotton muslin upholstered around the July 11, 2007 edition of The New York Times

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Twenty dollar bill

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Though trained as a painter, (she received her BA from Colgate University where she studied art and art history) much of LAUREN DICIOCCIO‘s work uses embroidery techniques that she learned as a child from her mother.

My work investigates the physical/tangible beauty of commonplace mass-produced media-objects, most recently: the newspaper, magazines, office papers and writing pads, plastic bags, 35 mm slides. These media are becoming obsolete, replaced by the invisible efficiency of various technologies.When these objects disappear from our culture and assume the homogeneous texture of a back-lit screen, I fear that some of our intimacy with the process of reading will fade.

These embroideries are life-size sculptural recreations of 35 mm slides I have collected. I am drawn to slides as precious objects: the fragility of the translucent negative material and intimacy of the scale of a palm-sized slide are particularly endearing- I hope to capture this tenderness in my sculptures. To make these little pieces, I embroider directly onto bridal organza, a very delicate translucent material, and allow the excess threads to pour out the back and hang down the wall. – by LAUREN DICIOCCIO

Personally I could die for one of those 35 mm slides!