Meteen daarna ging ik op internet op zoek naar beeld van het werk van Malkovich. Ik vond geen beeld, wel dit citaat: "If his onstage physicality flips out the front row in theatres, his offstage predeliction for sketching and sewing have done the same thing for film directors. Directing him in the The Sheltering Sky, Bernardo Bertolucci "could not believe it" when he saw his existentialist hero hunched over an embroidery hoop. But it's less pretension than pragmatism; Malkovich just hates to be bored.". Malkovich wil zich niet vervelen dus hij borduurt.
Bij mijn zoekactie kwam ik wel een andere bijzondere bordurende man tegen: Ray Materson.
Ray is een bekende borduurkunstenaar die, toen hij een 15-jaar lange gevangenisstraf moest uitzitten, de verlossing vond in het borduren." During the first year of his 15 year sentence for drug-related offenses, Ray was angry at the world. With nowhere to turn for help, he ultimately looked up and prayed to god for "all the wrong things." The answer to that prayer came in a moment of inspired clarity - Ray traded some cigarettes for a pair of socks, secured a sewing needle from a prison guard and started stitching his way to redemption. His creative ability is all the more amazing when you realize that most of his miniature masterpieces measure less than 2.5" x 3" and include approximately 1,200 stitches per square inch. His unique works have been featured in numerous exhibitions including the American Museum of Folk Art in New York City, The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, The Center for Contemporary Art in Seattle, WA and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City to name but a few. "
Mad Girl 1992
A few of her favourite things 1991Ray schreef een boek over zijn tijd in de gevangenis: Sins and Needles: A Story of Spiritual Mending en op de site van CBS is het filmpje Ex-Con on Pins and Needles te zien.
Veel van zijn werk is nu opgenomen in prive-collecties, oa in die van John Malkovich.
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