Traditional stitches applied to vividly-colored fabrics (often with two different thread colors) for a radical new look

Difficulty: Average

Printing on Paper

but it can also be experimental and messy and not quite perfect

Josef Albers in Mexico - Lauren Hinkson style_Bags Traditional stitches applied to vividly-coloredJosef Albers in Mexico Lauren Hinkson, Joaquin Barrendos contributor Mexico is truly the promised land of abstract art, Josef Albers wrote to his former Bauhaus colleague Vasily Kandinsky in 1936. Josef Albers in Mexico reveals the profound link between the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica and Albers abstract works on canvas and paper. With his wife, the artist Anni Albers, Albers toured pre Columbian archeological sites and monuments