Sandra Fernandez

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

CUCAS/PAPER DOLL SERIES La virgen del choclo (Series Cucas/Paper Dolls) 13” x 13” x 2” ¾ 1998Vandykes (brown printing) and Cyanotypes (blueprinting) on paper. Thread, waxed linen, Milagros (charms).Embroidery, machine sewing, and hand stitching. In a private collection PREVIOUS NEXT