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• Donna Rhae Marder

  Oilcloth Dress (for Joanie)

  Sewn Mexican oilcloth

  Size 2

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  Oilcloth Dress (for Joanie)

  Sewn Mexican oilcloth

  Size 2

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  Oilcloth Dress (for Joanie)

  Sewn Mexican oilcloth

  Size 2

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  Snapshot Dress (for Catherine)

  Sewn photographs, papers

  Size 4

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  Snapshot Dress (for Catherine)

  Sewn photographs, papers

  Size 4

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  Flight Map Dress (for Julia)

  Sewn Maps, various papers, paint

  Size 10

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  Flight Map Dress (for Julia)

  Sewn Maps, various papers, paint

  Size 10

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  The Penultimate Dress (for Kathy)

  Sewn paper, buttons, iridescent paint

  Size 4

  Private Collection

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  The Penultimate Dress (for Kathy)

  Sewn paper, buttons, iridescent paint

  Size 4

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  Twinings Dress (for Maddy)

  Sewn teabag wrappers, buttons

  Size 4

  Private Collection

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  Twinings Dress (for Maddy)

  Sewn teabag wrappers, buttons

  Size 4

  Private Collection

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  The Final Dress (for Jessica)

  Sewn photographs, old buttons, various papers

  Size 10

  Artist's Collection

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  Tea Dress

  Sewn teabags

  Size 3

  Collection of the Fuller Craft Museum

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  Tea Dress

  Sewn teabags

  Size 3

  Collection of the Fuller Craft Museum

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  100 GWs

  Sewn currency, matches

  15" diameter x 9.5" high

  Private Collection

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  100 GWs

  Sewn currency, matches

  15" diameter x 9.5" high

  Private Collection

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  Craft Vessel 1

  Sewn 35mm slides, wire

  14" diameter x 15" high

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  Craft Vessel 1

  Sewn 35mm slides, wire

  14" diameter x 15" high

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  English Irish Teapot

  Sewn tea wrappers, fabric, wire

  9" x 7" x 6.5"

  Collection of the Fuller Craft Museum

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  Oval Geometric Lace Teapot

  Sewn lace, wire

  5" x 10.5" x 5.5"

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  Oval Geometric Lace Teapot

  Sewn lace, wire

  5" x 10.5" x 5.5"

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  Yardage 3: Photos

  Sewn paper, cord, acrylic paing

  36" x 61" x 2.5"

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  Yardage 3: Photos

  Sewn paper, cord, acrylic paing

  36" x 61" x 2.5"

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  Yardage 4: Coffee Filters (Pleated)

  Sewn coffee filters

  29" x 42" x 6.5"

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  Yardage 4: Coffee Filters (Pleated)

  Sewn coffee filters

  29" x 42" x 6.5"

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  Yardage 5: Held Together by Matches

  Sewn paper, matches

  30" x 42" x 2"

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  Yardage 5: Held Together by Matches

  Sewn paper, matches

  30" x 42" x 2"

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  Double Solitaire

  Sewn playing cards and metallic paper

  42” x 46” x 2”

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  Carol & Chris Diptych

  Sewn silk neckties

  15" x 22" each

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Donna Rhae Marder has been using domestic themes, materials and methods to create artwork for over twenty years. All of her work uses a sewing machine as a sculptural tool and the debris of daily life as the material of art. Marder refers to herself jokingly as an indigenous suburbanite trying to make use of native materials. The artist addresses conservation issues that arise from using found materials by testing and de-acidifying all of her papers.

Statement

I have been taking items of little value and turning it into cherished ritual objects.  My husband and children have been supportive of my activity, if sometimes confused.  My oldest daughter recalls going away to college and stopping herself before she asked a family where they put their used teabags.  She recognized that not everyone saves their used teabags.  At our house, they have been kept (sometimes for years) to become Japanese teapots and little girl’s dresses.  The matches my parents saved became rya rugs and embellishment on moccasins.  Later I accumulated my own matches to incorporate in vessels made of dollar bills.  My life and work are Siamese twins—too late to separate them now.

Selected Collections

• Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
• Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL
• Numerous private collections throughout the United States