Sandra Fernandez

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Little Princess II (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 8” 7/8 x 9 “1/8 x 2” 3/42001Relief, child’s drawing, collage, knitted wire, color photograph, silk thread, milagros. Sewing, embroidery. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Disruption (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 12” x 15.5” x 2.75”2001Cyanotypes, Vandykes, polaroid transfer, veneer, thread drawings, paper, tea bag, found objects. Sewing machine and hand embroidery, stitching. In a private collection PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Innocense (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 10” 1/8 x 11” 1/2 x 2” 3/4 2001Handmade paper, reeds, fabric, found metals, metallic thread. Knitted wire, Polaroid transfer, machine stitching, hand embroidery. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Fear-y-tales (Serie Cucas/Paper Dolls) 11” 2/8 x 17” x 2” 3/42000-2001Paper, bark from a coconut tree, a milagro (charm), a white moth, piece of a decorative ceramic tile, thread and wire. Cyanotypes and Vandykes printed on paper, machine embroidery, hand sewing and stitching, embossing. In a private collection. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Dressing-up (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 9.5” x 12” x 2.75”1998-2001Crochet, silk paper, fabric, Cuban cigarette wrappings, color xerox-copy of an old photograph. Hand sewing and stitching. In a private collection. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES For my Andrea: may you never feel trapped (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 8” x 10” x 2.75” 1999Drawings by my daughter Andrea and her left footprint transferred to a plate and etched. Sewing machine embroidery and hand stitching. Color xerox-copy of an old photograph, red willow, wire, thread and a milagro (charm). In

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Untitled#II (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 9.5” x 12” x 2.75” 1998-2001Images printed on tea bags using Vandykes and also on veneer and paper utilizing Cyanotypes. Found bark tree, buttons. Hand sewing and stitching. In a private collection. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Untitled # IV (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 12” x 8” x 2.75”1998-10Paper and veneer printed with Vandykes, crocheted skirt, lace paper, color-xerox copy of an old photograph. Hand stitching and sewing. In the collection of the University of Wisconsin Hospital, Women’s Health Clinic. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Untitled # V (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 15” x 10” x 2.75”1998Handmade paper, color xerox-copy of an old photograph, thread, reeds, a milagro (charm). Machine sewing, hand stitching, crochet. In a private collection. PREVIOUS NEXT

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES Niña de Chiapas (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 17.5” x 10” x 2.75” 1998Vandykes printed on veneer; cyanotypes printed on cheesecloth. Paper, thread, old positive paper photograph, worry doll. Machine sewing and hand stitching. In the collection of the Blanton Museum of Art.  Austin, TX. PREVIOUS NEXT