Ruxandra (Rux) Guidi (Day 3)
Ruxandra (Rux) Guidi
She/her
Primary Medium: Fiber/Textile | Fibra/Textil
About the Artist
Ruxandra Guidi is a writer and journalist born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, with 20 years of experience reporting across the U.S., Caribbean, South and Central America and Mexico. Taught to sew as a child by her Bolivian grandmother, Ruxandra found improvisational stitching to be the perfect companion to her writing practice once she became an adult. Her quilts or memory maps aim to tell stories and asks questions about landscapes, such as, "What would the line between Arizona and Mexico look like if there was no border wall?" or "What is the deep ocean like?" Her first gallery show, at Tucson's Snakebite Creation Space in early 2024, has jumpstarted Ruxandra's artistic practice, encouraging her to find ways to keep showing her work and engage with audiences through her art.- https://www.fonografiacollective.com
How to Purchase
The best way to purchase Ruxandra's memory maps is to email (ru@fonografiacollective.com) asking to see a catalogue or commissioning new work, or messaging her via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ruxguidi).About this Event
I will be working on a couple of different memory maps during my open studio hours, showing my process of choosing the recycled fabric, piecing it together and identifying the landscape or memory based on story that I will compose. I will be happy to answer any questions and I welcome any interesting fabrics visitors would like to donate to future or commissioned quilts! My pieces will be covering the walls of my small studio, as well as outside wall space.
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About the Studio
City of Tucson Ward: Ward 3
Pima County District: District 3
About the Art
About the Process
I consider myself a writer and storyteller whose practice extends to stitched mapmaking. My sewn objects are abstractly narrative, relating to my writing on nature or landscape, among other things. My stitched maps represent the relationship between performance-of-the-everyday, generational embodied practices, and the non-verbal yet narrative relationship that comes to reside in the objects of creative labor. All my materials are either second-hand or found--from the fabric I use to the thread—and it is done by hand. Typically, I work on my stitched maps over the course of writing, which is why many of my recent pieces accompany feature articles I have written for various magazines or a novel-in-progress. In that respect, my stitching practice is very similar to my writing: It starts with an idea and an opening, and it morphs as it develops until my writing project ends. About five years ago I began a practice that was a kind of chaos, but a chaos that made sense to me nonetheless. I'd finish those pieces and immediately stored them away. But around the time I moved to my current home of Tucson, Arizona, I found the time to indulge in sewing more regularly. I now have a clearer sense of what I'm after in my craft: I want to be telling stories, projecting my views and dreams onto fabric that has a personal meaning and belongs somewhere between storytelling and handicraft. I know I am still at the beginning of my journey as I look for inspiration and guidance, particularly when it comes to showing my work and reaching an audience.Explore Nearby Studios
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