Joe Strummer, Rock Art and the X-Ray Style

Embroidery stitched directly through a vinyl record sleeve.  12x12x2 inches, framed in acrylic.      I was a big fan of Joe Strummer from the Clash, they were one of my favorite bands growing up and they were the main reason that I started to listen to punk rock. After the Clash broke up in 1984 Joe Strummer has a very long solo career as both a composer and musician. Joe Strummer and the Mescalero’s was a band that was around from the late 90’s until his untimely death at age 50 in 2003. Like the Clash, the Mescaleros are a mix of different genres of music mixed together to form something new. Rock Art and the X-Ray Style was the debut album from the Mescaleros and it is bright pink with what resemble cave paintings in bright colors decorating the album. I wanted this cover to really pop so I started by stitching an Avant-garde geometric design as the background using bright pink yarn. The design resembles crop circles spinning out of geometric backgrounds. The figures were then sti