Saturday, December 4, 2021

1. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000486

Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possibilities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell @ https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000486

2. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Super-Baby Vacant High-Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

 https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000489

“STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: Super-Baby Vacant High-Chair: Found Objects: Still Life NFT Collage Series.


Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possiblities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell @ https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000489

3. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

 https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000498


Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possiblities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell @  https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000498


4. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000079 


Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possibilities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000079 


5. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000090 

5. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possibilities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell  https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000090 


6. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey




 6. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: Vacant Chair: Found Objects: Still Life NFT Collage Series.


Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possiblities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell @ https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001000497

7. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: The Vacant Chair, Still Life NFT Series by Xenobia Bailey

https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001007242 



7. “STRAIGHT OUT OF THIS WORLD”: Super-Baby Vacant High-Chair: Found Objects: Still Life NFT Collage Series.

Fiber Artist/Designer/Cultural Activist Xenobia Bailey has launched an NFT series and is taking to NFT's like music to the sound waves. "I really love the endless and unimaginable creative possiblities that NFT's create for artist and passionate collectors.

This photo series is the continuation of my epic project "PARADISE UNDER RECONTRUCTION IN THE AESTHETIC OF FUNK:  Living a Dream in a Nightmare: This is photo journaling as the art of my studio practice of experimenting with draping vintage chairs with vintage crochet afghans that art found in thrift stores and online, that illustrate various ways of masking chairs to bring an animated character to the inanimate object. 

This is an undocumented and scholarly researched American Design aesthetic of the skill of adornment of my mother and other African American Homemakers and caregivers. this is a way of enhancing the ambience. A gift my mother took great pride in grading our living spaces with.

This NFT Edition is on sell at https://www.voice.com/creation/100000001007242 


Friday, August 19, 2016

Xenobia Bailey's Photo Research for Future Project with Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe Botanical Garden on the Hill and SFPS Adelante Program

I really had an enjoyably education tour of the Santa Fe Botanical Gardens at Museum Hill and the Leonora Curin Wetland Preserves, Aug 17, 2016, with Director of Education at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden Mollie Parsons, and the Director of Education at Site Santa Fe Joanne Lefrak.  

This 3 year Botanical Garden is one of Santa Fe's cultivated living treasures...!!! I look forward to watching it grow...!!!http://santafebotanicalgarden.org/about/































Friday, June 10, 2016

ARTIST XENOBIA BAILEY IS HIRING ASSISTANT CROCHETERS FOR NEW BODY OF ART WORK

Harlem, New York Fiber Artist Xenobia Bailey is looking to hire freelance experienced crochet assistants that work/live in New York, Jersey City, Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC area, (we may be able to work with crocheters in other areas in North America) to crochet elements for a new body of crochet work.

Payment will be paid by piece work. Crocheters must work at a comfortable production pace, have excellent craftsmanship and experienced in doing single stitch tapestry crochet work.

The project consist of crocheting multi colored circles, squares or triangles of 4 ply yarn with a size "D" Crochet hook, and size "10" thread with a size "B" crochet hook. I will supply yarn and instructions.

Interested crocheters can please send images of previous and/or sample work and contact information by responding to this post

(view examples of work I am interested in fabricated)
Thank you so very much in advance...!!!

Xenobia Bailey

Monday, November 2, 2015

My Midnight photographing session of the interior and exterior of the Hudson Yards No. 7 Line Subway Station

 Notice the dramatic evening lighting.



 Notice the spotlight lighting as the passengers enter the subway station.

 Mosaic above the escalators.
  Detail of mosaic above the escalators.
 Detail of the exquisite craftsmanship of the mosaic artist.
 View of the Jacob Javits Center from the Hudson Yards Subway Station
 Sitting area outside of the subway station.
 Side view of the glass dome.
 Side view of the glass dome and the construct of buildings for the future Hudson Blvd community around the subway.


 Entrance to the the subway.
 coming down the right side stairs.