The Art Krannie

5×7 Mixed Media Works 1

These larger pieces are where play meets intention—still experimental, but with more room to breathe. Each 5×7 work carries the same spirit of exploration as the smaller studies, but with deeper layering, more complex stitching, and the freedom to let an idea fully unfold. Every piece is an original mixed media creation, stitched, painted, and assembled by hand.

Please note: colors may vary slightly due to lighting, photography, and individual monitor settings. Each piece is represented as accurately as possible.

Price: $250 USD each

Textile artwork on a 5x7-inch panel featuring a vintage black-and-white photo of a woman printed on fabric, a hand-stitched green flower motif, and a gold fabric label reading “Sometimes I question my sanity, occasionally it answers back.” The piece includes lace, painted cheesecloth, and layered batik fabrics in earthy brown and green tones.

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A sly bit of stitched humor wrapped in Victorian restraint. The sepia-toned figure looks poised and proper, yet the text below betrays the mood: “Sometimes I question my sanity, occasionally it answers back.” The piece balances composure and chaos with layered texture—lace, netting, and thread echoing the frayed edges of thought.

Techniques/Materials: Machine-stitched batik background with hand-painted cheesecloth overlay; painted lace and embroidered motif; quote printed on painted fabric; antique photograph printed on fabric and altered with paint.

5x7 textile artwork featuring a purple silk cocoon with strands of pearl beads hanging from it, set on layered painted fabric. Three lace-like embroidered leaves in red, purple, and green thread accent the composition. The background is a batik fabric altered with gesso and paint, stitched vertically with a subtle ribbon detail beneath the central leaf.

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Part botanical, part baroque daydream. Soft purples and mossy greens pulse under stitched lines like veins through silk. A cluster of pearly beads tumbles from a hand-dyed cocoon, equal parts nature and ornament. The lacework leaves hover like thoughts—delicate, tangled, impossible to pin down.

Techniques/Materials: Machine-stitched batik background altered with gesso and paint; painted fabric patch mounted on TimTex; ribbon accent; hand-dyed silk cocoon; beading; machine lace thread leaves.

5x7 textile artwork featuring a light blue sculpted paper face centered on a deep red hand-dyed crochet doily. The doily is adorned with dark beads and sits on a batik background with branching red embroidery and hanging copper chains.

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A strange bloom from a dream garden—rooted in thread, crowned with quiet contemplation. The crocheted crimson petals radiate around a serene face, eyes closed as if listening to something only it can hear. Copper chains trail like stems, grounding the ethereal against a dark stitched sky.

Techniques/Materials: Machine-stitched batik background with hand embroidery; navy blue beads; hand-dyed doily; painted paper-cast face; copper chains.

5x7 textile artwork featuring a sculpted clay face surrounded by a dark, hand-painted doily and small cube beads. The face rests on a ring of green chenille yarn. The background is composed of layered commercial fabrics stitched with angular lines and embroidered branches, with small green leaf-shaped beads near the bottom.

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A quiet spirit rooted in earth tones and patient stitching. The copper-toned face rests within a halo of dark crochet and gleaming beads, as if emerging from the soil itself. Threads branch outward like roots, and small green leaves scatter below—proof that stillness can bloom.

Techniques/Materials: Machine-stitched background; hand embroidery; beading; hand-painted doily; copper clay face with textured thread base.

5x7 textile artwork depicting a stylized flower arrangement made from painted antique velvet leaves and bright, geometric blossoms made from hand-painted hexagonal tiles tied with dark thread. The stems and leaves are embroidered over layered patterned fabrics in shades of green, pink, and burgundy.

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Color in conversation with texture—each bloom a flash of light against quiet structure. The painted tile flowers feel almost sculptural, their glossy facets balanced by the dark velvet leaves that anchor them. It’s a study in contrast: shine and shadow, geometry and growth.

Techniques/Materials: Machine-stitched layered background; painted antique velvet leaves; painted kitchen tiles; hand embroidery.

5x7 textile artwork featuring three red velvet triangles adorned with metallic charms, including a round engraved quote medallion, an infinity symbol, and a small clock face, arranged on a multi-textured, machine-stitched background of layered patterned fabrics.

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Three deep red triangles rise like fragments of memory—each holding its own relic: a watch face, an infinity symbol, a quote about the power of shoes and ambition. The geometry feels deliberate, almost like a coded message stitched in confidence and time.

Techniques/Materials: Machine-stitched layered background; velvet fabric mounted on TimTex; assorted metal charms.

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