• Michele Ratté, 2011, Island 3, archival acrylic box, 22kt gold, and palladium mono-prints and hand loomed silk, linens, velum, fishing line. Printed, shaped, cut, and assembled
  • Michele Ratté, Ocean Flower, 2014, stainless steel fishing wire, 23kt gold and palladium prints on hand-loomed substrates, stones, enamel paint shaped, stitched, cut and woven, glass bell jar, 14h x 9w x 9d
  • Michele Ratté, Corallo, 2016, collage with 22kt gold monoprint on woven substrate, textile fragment, leather, and paper, 13h x 17w
  • Michele Ratté, Meria #4 - Coraline, 2015, 23k gold, silk, stones, plastic beach threads, printed, shaped, cut, assembled, acrylic box, 30”h x 7”w x 6”d
  • Michele Ratté, Spirit Root, 2019, cedar root, white acrylic paint, plastic beach threads, pierced, painted, threaded, 9”h x 14”w x 11”d
  • Michele Ratté, Tempio Piantina, 2016, collage with 22kt gold and palladium monoprint, artificial leaf, lace, stitching, and paper, 17h x 13w
  • Michele Ratté, Vernal Heart #2, 2015, 23kt gold and monoprint on hand-loomed silk, 23h x 17w
  • Michele Ratté, Sea Pelt, 2016, 23kt gold and palladium, hand-loomed silk, glass beads, beach rope threads. Gilded mono-prints on silk, shaping, stitching, cutting and tufting, 44h x 7w x 2d

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