hallway gallery - bobby Regenbogen

I am a multi-media artist, writing Haiku, and making collages to illustrate them. I use hand stitching, weaving, and most importantly, rescuing vintage fabrics, to them from a utilitarian origin into art.

I love finding a faded, stained tablecloth, and imagining how it graced a family’s Sunday dinner table, week after week until holes finally formed from repeated washings.

I also rust, burn, and relic some of the fabrics. Old decorative handkerchiefs may come under the Xacto knife and be embellished by handmade aprons and children’s dresses.

Covid 19, the death of George Floyd, and photos of unknown people from the past are lifted up so they will always have a place of honor in my world.