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TELEPHONE POLES  

Is the telephone pole just a utility to hold up wires, or is it an overlooked masterwork of urban installation art?
I have documented the unintentional art produced by years of anonymous contributors stapling advertising flyers to telephone poles.  Considered a form of graffiti by some, these unusual displays of abstract layers and colors change daily, as more flyers are added or torn of, by people or by extreme weather conditions.
These colorful telephone poles are only found in certain areas, as most cities have laws forbidding this type of vertical litter.  Metal poles and under-street wiring are gradually replacing wooden poles so this type of street advertising - the accidental art it creates - will gradually disappear.
I have photographed the telephone poles and flyers, in a nearby Berkeley, CA neighborhood, to document exactly what was happening at that moment in time.  I then manipulated the images on my computer to distort some of the details and contours and reproduced these images using hand dyed fabrics which were cut and collaged together.  The details and contours were then added back with hand embroidery.  The result is an almost - painterly translation that mimics some of the layered and fragmented character of the original street art.  ​
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LOOKING UP ASHBY IN BERKELEY, CA     56" x 44"
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REFLECTION ON CLAREMONT STREET, OAKLAND, CA
 25" x 18"
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NORTHEAST CORNER OF 6TH AND ADDISON , BERKELEY, CA.  24" X 14"
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VERTICAL LITTER  84" x 9" x 9"
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IDEAS FOR $5.00  -  10" x 8"
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​SPRING UPWARDS  30" x 24"
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NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLLEGE AND ALCATRAZ IN BERKELEY, CA.  30" x 24"
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INSIDE THE POLE   12" x 12"
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VIEW FROM ABOVE   #1, # 2, #3  - 14" x 14" each
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TELEPHONE POLE ON ADDISON STREET, BERKELEY, CA
​ 30" x 24"
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​TELEPHONE POLE WIRE GRID - 30" x 24"
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VERTICAL LITTER #2    48" x 9" x 9"
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COLLEGE AVE. AT 63rd ST. OAKLAND, CA.
FALL  30" x 24"
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CAR BEHIND POLE   30" x 24"
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MAGENTA FACE   30" x 24"
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GIRL WITH TELEPHONE POLES    16" x 20"
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NO BOOZE, NO DRUGS  -  19" x 19"
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VERTICAL LITTER BY COFFEE SHOP   and detail     30" x 24"
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COLLEGE AND 63RD STREETS, OAKLAND, CA  
SPRINGTIME  20" x 16"
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RADIOHEAD   30" x 40"
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ABOVE XING  8" x 10"
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​WHAT IS STREET SPAM?  
​18" x 24"
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XING   20" x 16"
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​VOTE, VOTE, VOTE - 40" X 40"
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      • INDIA
      • MANHOLE COVERS
      • TELEPHONE POLES
      • FLOWERS
      • ONE OF A KIND
    • SLIDE MOUNTS
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    • KNIT AND CROCHET
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