"Misty Forest"
Misty Forest
Charlotte Schmid-Maybach
Media: Sewn archival pigment print on Kozo paper, thread, iridescent watercolor
Size: 10"x12"x2"
Price: $1800
Artist Statement:
ALTERED LANDSCAPES
I engage with landscape, both natural and urban, using an interdisciplinary approach combining photography, textile and assemblage. I back my photographs with interfacing and sew on them using machine embroidery until the threads integrate with the photographs to create a new object: photographic tapestries.
Sewing allows me to get my hands into the photograph, and thread changes the photographs into something more dimensional and textural. Thread is a transformational element in my work, and the finished pieces feel like fabric. The threads blur the line between what’s the
photograph and what’s beyond the picture or imagined.
Artist Bio:
Charlotte Schmid-Maybach is a visual artist working with photography, thread and assemblage. Originally from San Francisco, she earned her BA from UC Berkeley in South Asian civilization and MA in Photojournalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Her background as an archaeological photographer in Pakistan and fifteen years as a newspaper photojournalist have informed her artwork. Charlotte started studying with Los Angeles artist Tom Wudl in 2016 and made the transition to a full time studio practice. She received the Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 photography award in 2021. Her work has been shown at the Fuller Craft Museum, Neutra Institute Museum, Themes + Projects Gallery, Lois Lambert Gallery, Center for Photographic Art, Colburn School of Music, Brand Gallery and others. Charlotte is based in Los Angeles, and her work is held in private collections in the U.S.
