The Brooklyn Love Exchange

Iviva embroidering The Brooklyn Love Map during the Dumbo Arts Festival, 2011
About The Brooklyn Love Exchange
Embroidering "Brooklyn Love Map" on-site during the 2011 Dumbo Arts Festival. Thanks to the many visitors who shared their Brooklyn love stories. It was a great time!
Embroidering Brooklyn Love Map, Dumbo Arts Festival, 2011
Brooklyn Love Map. Embroidery on antique textile. 42x42". 2011. $3000. Part of the BAC-sponsored Brooklyn Love Exchange.
Brooklyn Love Map
Suspenders. 2011. Part of the BAC-sponsored Brooklyn Love Exchange. 6.5x5.5". $350.
Suspenders
"My Man Cleared a Forest to Get to Me." 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. 6x4.7". $350.
My Man Cleared a Forest
Williamsburg Hug. 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange, sponsored by the Greater NY Arts Development Fund of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). 7.8x5". $500
Williamsburg Hug
"Brooklyn Heights." Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. Embroidery on antique fabric. 2011. 3 x 5.6". In a private collection. This says, "He told me that when he met me for the first time he thought, 'In another life, this is the type of woman I should marry.'" They ARE now happily married!
Brooklyn Heights
"Invisible Pact in Vinegar Hill." 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. Embroidery on fabric. 6x 4.5". In a private collection. I had the pleasure of interviewing this couple at the 2011 Dumbo Arts Festival. Their moving story, which started in junior high school, was one of my favorites.
Invisible Pact
"We giggle together in Carroll Gardens." 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. Embroidery on antique fabric. 6.8 x 5". In a private collection.
We giggle together…
"Brooklyn is THAT Girl." 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. Embroidery on antique fabric. 5 x 8.5". In the collection of embroidery artist, Joetta Maue. "Brooklyn is that girl you can't decide if you should propose to or never speak to again."
Brooklyn is “that” girl.
"Brooklyn: breaker of my heart." Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange (my first piece for the project). 2011. Embroidery on fabric. 3.7 x 3". In a private collection
Brooklyn: breaker of my heart
"He Had My Heart in His Mouth." 2011. Embroidery on fabric. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. 8.65x8". In a private collection.
Heart in His Mouth
"Red Hook." 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. Embroidery on fabric. 72.x4.28". $250.
Red Hook
"Beschert Taxi." Embroidery and watercolor on fabric. 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. 6.25x7". In the collection of Leslie Rummel.
Beschert Taxi
"So Happy, So Happy, So." Embroidery and appliqué on fabric. 2011. Part of the Brooklyn Love Exchange. 6.7x5.75". In a private collection.
So Happy