Some people garden or exercise to relax. Others take up a sport or learn to cook a new recipe. For Mount Pleasant artist Jean Caboth, embroidery is a therapy, a skill, and a passion that she has developed over fifty years.
Jean says, “I really enjoy working with fabrics and threads. My mom taught me to embroider when I was about ten.”
Her early work from the ‘70’s and ‘80’s focused on making Pop Art soft sculptures.
“Then,” she says, “I returned to embroidery again, using it to detail prints made on fabric.” Over the years, embroidery became a larger part of fiber art pieces. Her art studio quilts often start with fabric paints and end with embroidery floss.
Her artwork, currently on display at the Arts IMPACT mini-gallery in the Mount Pleasant Public Library, features numerous examples of embroidery at a master-artist level.
Among the pieces on display are totally unique samples on vintage cloth and clothing. Jean says, “Those tell stories about people and happenings in my life.”
These days most people use their cell phones to capture personal and family memories. This display, however, shows an artist who uses fabric and embroidery to capture scenes and memories in vivid color and handmade detail with fabric and embroidery floss.
The free display can be viewed any hours the public library is open. It will be available through the end of the Old Threshers Reunion on Labor Day.
The exhibit is sponsored by Mount Pleasant Arts IMPACT and supported by the Enhance Henry County Community Foundation and the William M. and Donna J. Hoaglin Foundation.