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Space Beyond the Definition

Description: The horizontally oriented piece consists of gray gradations on the left and upper sides in rectangular shapes. On the right side are circular gradations in pinks. Flowing from the right lower corner toward the upper left are ribbon shapes that create the illusion of deep space.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[artwork made of handmade paper on silk]

Description: The horizontally arranged work consists of perspective lines receding into the distance. Halfway into the distance the receding lines are covered in blue soft textured handmade paper fibers. The floor of the space is checkerboard pattern and also recedes into distance. A brown ribbon type images also slither into the distance.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[handmade paper and silkscreen on cotton velveteen artwork]

Description: This detail view of the artwork shows the geometric shapes that float through the atmospheric landscape. The colors are in the dull pink, muted blues and beige ranges. Deep space is depicted with mountainous shapes reaching into water.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[artwork of screen printed silk and handmade paper]

Description: The horizontally arranged artwork depicts various grids floating and moving in space to create depth. In the background is a large semi-circular shape in a textured blue green color. There is also a wide strip of brown that begins in the far lower right corner and moves at four different angles until it reaches the left side of the picture.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[artwork made of handmade paper and screen printed cotton velveteen]

Description: The horizontally arranged artwork consists of textured paper in a blue-green that gradates to a pink color and moves from the foreground to the background in a curving motion. Angular brown lines are in the background and the middle ground consists of pink colors. Some white cloud like forms float through the picture plane and a gray stacked shape fills the left side of the picture.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[artwork made of handmade paper and screen printed cotton velveteen]

Description: The horizontally arranged artwork consists of silhouettes of mountains in the distance in various pale shades of gray. In the foreground are two curved shapes consisting of parallel lines of textured pink paper. Three lines geometric in shape move through the picture plane flattening while also creating more space.
Date: 1987~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[waves and bird-like ribbons]

Description: Underlying horizontal dyed silk with depictions of rolling waves receding into the distance with bird-like ribbons above and in the foreground a framed section of the sea at opposing angle.
Date: 1992
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

Clouds in the Evening Glow

Description: Wavy ribbons recede into the distance which is encased in a framed gradation of color and in the background a circular opening through which the ribbons reach.
Date: 1991
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[ribbons through the sky]

Description: The horizontally oriented surface designed textile art includes depictions of pink ribbons rippling through the sky into the distant background. At the lower edge is seen a silhouette of a mountainous horizon.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[silk yardage dyed pinks and oranges]

Description: Silk yardage dyed in pinks and oranges with large circular lines and small spots resembling eyes or knots of wood.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[circles, squares, and horizontal lines floating]

Description: The horizontal predominately blue and muted gray fabric artwork includes shiny circles, squares with horizons, and groups of parallel lines that float through the space of the artwork.
Date: 1990~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[pink ribbon and pink ball with angles and squares]

Description: This fabric artwork contains a large multi-color V shape with a pink ribbon floating across and behind. A shiny pink round shape floats behind the V shape and three square frames, two in the foreground and one in the background, create depth.
Date: 1990~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[parallel bars, shiny circle, and ribbon]

Description: The red horizontal fabric artwork includes several vertical parallel lines with a ribbon floating behind to create depth. Lines and textures reminiscent of moss hanging from tree branches fill the left and lower portions of the work.
Date: 1990~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[frames, clouds, ladder, and wavy canyons]

Description: The blue sky is filled with wispy clouds, a ladder reaches from the lower edge of the work to the top edge. Two frame shapes reach from the outer edges of the work to the center creating depth. Behind the frames shapes are green wavy canyons.
Date: 1986
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[concentric circle and faces]

Description: Blue amorphic outer shape holds concentric circles in which are faces cut from magazines. In the lower right portion of the work are many parallel vertical gray lines. Wisps of clouds can be seen in the background or sky area.
Date: unknown
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[circles, rectanges and gridded window shapes create depth]

Description: The artwork is layered with many concentric circles and gridded window images from handmade papers arranged at angles to give illusion of depth. The colors are muted blues and browns with some rusty pinks.
Date: unknown
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[dyed silk yardage]

Description: Dyed silk yardage in dark blues with horizontal yellow and blue wave patterns are broken with intervals of vertical lines.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

[dyed silk yardage]

Description: Silk yardage dyed in vertical linear patterns of oranges, greens, reds, and browns spotted with circular shapes resembling eyes or knots in wood.
Date: 1991~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
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