Even though some slides and movies are personal and others are commercial, every picture represents a time in someone’s life, and something that person wanted to remember and share.

Art Made From Film

Strapless dress, fabric is made of slide film stitched together. Sculpture has a head made of a slid
Strapless dress, fabric is made of slide film stitched together. Sculpture has a head made of a slid
Fabric made of slide film positives, sewn together using pink crochet thread. The film images are al
Fabric made of slide film positives, sewn together using pink crochet thread. The film images are al

Threads of Enduring Sisterhood

Dimensions: 60” X 15” X 10” About 4.5

Materials Used: Images of women - slides removed from frames, transparencies of art once used to teach art history, transparent images of friends stitched to nylon netting with crochet thread over an annealed steel wire armature. Camera, slide carrousel, translucent vinyl LP head. LED light inside a heart made of found plastic and red fabric. Electrical wire can be oriented up to the ceiling or down out of the bottom of the dress.

Installation: hangs from the ceiling.

9 ft Sculpture, film reels, 35mm film & slides movie trivia & sell refreshments crocheted
9 ft Sculpture, film reels, 35mm film & slides movie trivia & sell refreshments crocheted
35mm film rains down like water from a 9.5 tall sculpture that hangs from the ceiling.
35mm film rains down like water from a 9.5 tall sculpture that hangs from the ceiling.
Slides used in theatres refreshments and trivia including Silence of the Lambs.
Slides used in theatres refreshments and trivia including Silence of the Lambs.

Katherine Hepburn’s Chandelier

Dimensions: 9.5’ X 3’ Materials Used: 35mm movie film, buttons, crochet thread, movie reels, Slide film positives, with movie trivia and refreshment advertisement.

Installation: suspended from the ceiling, sculpture in the round.

Photo Credit: Brittany Glover Photography

Write Barbara's Tangled Locks

Dimensions: 32” X 18” X 13”

Materials Used: photographic negatives, nylon netting, fabric, film, plastic film reel and case, audio cassettes, plexiglass, wire

Installation: hangs from the ceiling with feet resting on a pedestal or floor. It can be illuminated with an LED bulb provided upon request.

Comfort Shawl

Dimensions: 36” X 28/36” Materials Used: Slide film positives, 35mm movie film, buttons, glass beads, crochet thread. Threaded rod on the back allows it to be hung on the wall or suspended away from the wall using clear custom Plexiglas brackets.