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Luck of the Skies Artwork
United States
Mixed Media, Fiber on Wool
Size: 36 W x 72 H x 2.5 D in
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The artist uses a quilting machine to freehand draw imagery over a lightly felted composition of wools from the Gardner family farm. This organic composition is wrapped around a two inch thick sculpted foam panel, additionally wrapped with a layer of cotton batting. With this design, there is no framing or glazing. "Following a public project that first allowed me truly explore the notion of what it meant for me to "paint" with wool to create watercolor like blending of colors, I really wanted to dive into a work that fully engaged this technique. Birds have long symbolized freedom to me and the Great Blue Heron has the further role as a creature of luck. No matter how my day is going, if I had the rare opportunity to see one of these amazing birds gracing the sky, I consider myself lucky. Having this kin of sky and wind soaring through a rectangle didn't feel right, so I chose a sculpted form to hint at the soft shapes of clouds and the curves of wings. The hand-dyed sheep and alpaca wools forming the core of my textile work express my Midwestern rural roots. For me, the meaning and intention behind material is important. My work is not just my own energy and intention. It is of the land that bore me, the energy and care of my family, and the passing down of generational knowledge. I further this intention by fostering a love and appreciation of the natural world through my imagery. I believe that spreading this love is not just a hobby or luxury but an act of survival for the human species."
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Mixed Media:Fiber on Wool
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 72 H x 2.5 D in
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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My lace sculpture is an act in seeking balance, of repeatedly introducing contradiction and opposition to show that a harmonious equilibrium is possible. Combining the flowing, inherently feminine lace with hard, industrial man-made resin alters the inherent quality of each material. Each goes through a process of loss and gain. The result is a dimensional expression of politically-soiled notion of compromise. Here, balance creates porous solidity, frozen fluidity, a three-dimensional canvas. I consider my all my work to be works in lace, and in lace, I see more than kitsch doilies or superficial decoration. Lace represents countless individual threads intertwined to create interdependent networks with the nuance of connection shaping endless possibilities of pattern. As broad as this cultural metaphor might be, lace also represents the intimate and delicate, as well as the domestic and historic traditions in handcraft. I am influenced by the passing down of handcraft from one generation to another, while also striving to re-contextualize traditional craft. In my sculpture, this contextualization occurs primarily through the lens of science and mathematics. These influences can be reflected within bodies of work in ways that utilize the design principles of origami, invisibly physical forces such as gravity, or the way that a single simple curve can transmute a formless plane into mathematically complex geometry. My work has always been grounded in this nature of dichotomy and the oscillating exchange that occurs by combining dissimilar media and processes is an expression of the desire for and in search of balance in body, mind, and action.
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