Portfolio > My Presidents

The series, My Presidents, focuses exclusively on the presidents of the United States, intending to uncover forgotten biographies and dismantle myths with the hope of coming to a greater understanding of our current political and social state as a nation. I am interested in the legacies of these men. Not necessarily what they are most commonly known for, but what I found to be truly fundamental about their presidencies, how their personalities shaped our country, and what kind of a people they were as president. My Presidents consists of a hand-embroidered portrait of every past president of the United States of America. After extensive research, I have given each president a nickname that I feel more accurately describes them -- as a president and a man -- than those nicknames which history has already bestowed upon them. This nickname accompanies their sewn portrait, using my voice and a traditionally women’s medium to re-tell the history of men in power in the United States. These are not classical oil paintings of our country’s leaders, but folk-influenced portraits of men who become humanized through the tradition of embroidery, hopefully providing a better understanding of their experiences as presidents.

embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history George Washington
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
John Adams embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
Thomas Jefferson embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
James Madison embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
James Monroe embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
John Quincy Adams embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
Andrew Jackson embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Martin Van Buren embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
William Henry Harrison embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
John Tyler embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
James K Polk embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Zachary Taylorembroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Millard Fillmore embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
Franklin Pierce embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
#15 James Buchanan
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Abraham Lincoln embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
Andrew Johnson embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Ulysses S. Grant embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
Rutherford B Hayes embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
James Garfield embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
Chester A. Arthur embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Grover Cleveland embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
 Benjamin Harrison embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
#25 William McKinley embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
#26 Theodore Roosevelt embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
#27 William H. Taft embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
#28 Woodrow Wilson embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
#29 Warren G Harding embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
 Calvin Coolidge embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2009
#31 Herbert Hoover embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
#32 Franklin D. Roosevelt embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
#33 Harry S Truman embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Dwight D. Eisenhower embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
#35 John F. Kennedy embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
#36 Lyndon B. Johnson embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Richard M. Nixon embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Gerald R. Ford embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
Jimmy Carter embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history Ronald Reagan
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
George H.W. Bush embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2010
William J. Clinton embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011
George W. Bush embroidery fiber art US Presidents american history
embroidery on canvas
11" x 8 1/2"
2011